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' , Chicago, April 10,
The schooner Ozellc, Capti Marvin,
master, arrived at II acme, Wisconsin,
Lake Superior, having on board a
.young la dy, jMiss Sbpia Richardson,
formerly' of Cleveland, Ohio! whoufor
the last three J years has been, living in
solitude upon a desolate and uninhabited
Island in Lake Superior, near 'the Brit
,:,.i. 1UA ;.-t...... ri 'Toi
Boyal, upon which she v.asast away
. in thd spring of looG. i
1 was in uacine when the chG0&er
arrived, "and ICaptain Marvip; who is
an :ald and valued' friend of njiine, was
kind enough to' introduce me to this
! young lady, (whose adventures .have
'Kiwii sin rmrnrlr.i rIf nml frnm whom T
Hcthe factwjbich follow. -Miss Rioh-
ardson'is apparently about ,22 years
. ow. .iter countenance, without oewg
';.! vositivelr handsome, is nleasincr in its
, -- ,
.i wen urt'u , uqu, aimougii lieu a ua
1 her she was irrayed in garments that
I were anything but fashionable and el
egant, and bpr hands wero roughened
ii i .Ij iiit. v. .iJ r
and browned by exposure and toil, it
was impossible not to perceiie the was
an educated and intelligent lady.
"7 'buThtu "61 Iay ISU, tile bark Mary,
i laitdj, Ohio, bound for Green (Bay, with
, hi cargo of provisions, dry goods and
hardware. The crew- consisted of 8
nu-n, includi ng the captain and mate,
jfuu juiifi, iir. weuigc Jiiipi.Tru.son,
was the cousin of the young ladylfbove
Mentioned, and it was under iis charge
- ttiat bhe i em parked with the intention
of meeting ait Green Bay wt affianced
husband, Dalniel Ashwill, who had been
i living at Grt'en Bay for a year, and to
j. whom she Wi(s to be married pn her ar
j; rival there, j Miss Richardson was the
. daughter of a respectable antj toleraby
wealthy family; and she sailed with a
I stock of clothing amply sufficient for
ier.reimrenionts for a year or more.
This was a
prudent and economical
measure, when the scarcity
and dear
is rcmem-
nesrf of her
bored, , and
I destined home
as it atterwarils proved,
was ' the mewis f sccurincflher from
much ,sufferi 'and .privation. The
t-urgo t t
pork, ' flour.
ie bark iiH made up of
.grpcornusj - miping tools,
and several! baits of blankets; buffalo
robes and heavy clothing. ,
Iho conisiioiKcment ot ,tie voyage
was t)h
Hsatst, and nothing occurred to
destroy
tlio uuticmations ot hanmnrss
indulged in
by Miss 'llichailspn, lmtil
the yt"-T
Uland;s
Straits
el -liiad passed the Mauitouline
and was about toenicr the
of Mackinaw. Thev passed
iho (Jr
(at ranitouline jusf at dark,
ana jmntcaiateiy atterAvarda were as
. i . i f . i . i
sailed ,rv a tcrnnc storm, surnassm?
in
violc
moo kuiv thine which MissRich-
an
Vis on
had before seen.' During tho
i mornii)
ig ot this day the Uaptain tap
jed a
w Ins cab
Larrbl of whisky which was in
in, m the couten.ts of which he
arid the ma had copiously partaken.
(.ontva
ry t(b tlieir usual custom, they
hud retired to sleep immediately., after
'. l
pupperl leaving the helm in chartre of
asailor nanted "Dan." MiseRiohard
:son is of the opinion that the-whisky
had circulated among the ciiew as well
as. the bffieerf,' and-that thejy were all
under its influence. At j all events,
the storm continued to 'increase in
.violence, and the vessel w:aa driven
from her cojurse. When at length the
captain and mate were aroused and
brought on Wkf the -former innounced
that they had been driven through the
Middle Chaniiel, and were then nearly
opposite Stud t Stc. Marie. I He took
I the helm, faying he would, keep the
; ; lark bent ijng about in Tqquamenon
Bay until j morning. Eitlijer he was
1 .mistaken in bis calculatioas, . or was
. unable to ijianage his vessel, for when
I mortiing bfoke, they discovered they
i were in the neighborhood of a large
h island, the name of which Miss Rich-
ard.ion hal forgottrn, butlwhich the
raptnin saijd was 150 miled from the
I BauTt. -('llliis was probably Michipi-
coten lslailil.) Ihe stond appeared
16 ihcreasci m violence and) the vessel
. began to ft-el its effects; lisa Rich
sirdson waj in great alarm and dismay,
; which wer not at all lcsJencd when
her cousin jmformcd her that the bark
was leaking badly, and that she was
: in jmmincat danger ofsinling. She
4 does not .remember all thatjtranspired
after this, as she was in great distress
! both of mind and Ivody ; but after some
- hours had passed, she waslsummoncd
to the deck, and saw thai the bark
. must soon strike upon what she was
told was an isandv" The rudder of
the vessel had become unshipped or
: broken, her rigging wiis torn to, tat
ters, and the captain said their only
hopeaaa to wait until she struck, then
to leap iut i the water and trust to the
waves to -vash tliem .upon the shore.
The yawl iad been stove iniby a heavy
sea some tijinc before. Thej vpssel was
.about a mjfe from the lar.j, while im
mediately an front f her irose a low
line of bruien and picged rfceks. The
only life-preepvcr on board was jriven
. to Miss Ifiiclumteon. who lintlated it
nnd tied i
beneath . her arm. The
; bar strutfk-u it h immense force upon
'. ii-uv.N iuvi appc-arco.Pi suck rast.
r ithtr unop the sand 'or -between the
breakers.; The captain and "the crew
te.;oel overboard as slie struck, and
i f:" t): i L .. i .. ii 1 - . -
yiiw luruHKiAon ai id ucr j.itstii were
iVut t';dlv, when a sp4r from the
bjroken ainu aj. altered mast' fell to the
; deck," striking t)c i.ute updn the head
.-him iniauu v Auuiir iiu..
;, ardson's Courage forsook
l - i -nr.. ' i ' -ir. . i
'issltich-
ier at this
sensible
.. fid sightji' and slie .'aula
-np'cn tlie deck
: I' rointbis
mis point
I iriro tlie narrative
in Jitrf pwn M;brdas, .copied
lrom tho
irie. whi'ih 1 took dunned our inter
png I remained in this posi
tion-1 eti
inpot say, biit whenj
I regained
13 v senses
I sav that thd storm was
i m' awal
v, ninl the TSjfl was
gtill
sticking fast where jsiie struck. A
my gidelai iGergc, his face qoyere
.w bdod, and hiTeyes staring wide
in death. I almost fain ted, again at
the sif?ht. but with . strong effort I
repressed nry feelings and igot upon
my f eetl ' -The' waves wero yet foiling
hcavily xut as L looted upwards tne
clouds brokawayand the sun oeam
ed dowA updn uicC I kfieaf that the-
water would beceme more tranauil as
night approached,' and I hoped that if
the captain and crew had reached the !
shore, tiy would endeavor to rescue
sc. 1 went into the hold, and ob
served that the leak did not increase.
The scams of the vessel were! open,
arid her timbers were strained and
broken, but she appeared to be so
tightly jammed between the rodLsihat
she could not sink. '.The liid llew
strongly towards the shore, and! I saw
spars and barrels thrown upon the land
Jbyidie waVes, and then washed off
agarurJj.y .the returning sed. j
Hours passed by and J saw and
heard nothing of the captain W the
crew. I was alone with the dead. The
thought became unbearable, and I re
solved to leave the wreck and endeavor
to reach the land. I -brought up my
trunks from the cabin, and lashed one
to each end of the spar which had
killed poor George. Then with infin-
into the water, which had now become
comparatively calm. Summoning up
all ray resolution I lowered myself in
to the waves. The life-preserver sup
ported me admirably, and I managed
to reach thesnar to which my irunks
were tied. The wind carried meslowly
towards the breakers. There were
passages between the rocks, and for
tunately I was floated through out? of
these and finally thrown upon the
shore. I was, terribly lacerated and
exhausted, but managed to crawl up
on the j?aud out of tlie reach of the
waves, and then laid down with a full
and grateful hearts After resting for
perhaps half "an hour, I untied my
trunks, and rolled them upon the
bank. The shore was covered with
casks and boxes, and I succeeded in
securing some of them. This fatigued
me excessively, as I was then unused
to labor, and was not so robust as I
now am. . 1 .
Night was approaching. My gar
ments were wet, and I began to shiver
with cold and hunger. I had eaten
.nothing except some biscuits, which I
had devoured just before leaving the
wreck. The loneliness and danger of
my situation rushed upon me. 1 did
not know what would become of me.
I feared I should perish w ith cold and
hunger. I knelt down upon the sand
and tried to pray, but no words came
to my lips. I arose again in utter
wretchedness and walked towards 'the
water. A dark bale of goods was toss
ing near the shore, and I saw that by
venturing into the water a short distance-!
could save it. I mad tbe at
tempt, and got the bale to land, bat
its weight prevented roc from rolling
it out of tho waves. My scissors were
around my neck, and. I cut off the cov
ering of the bale. It was composed of
buffalo robes, and the sight inspired
me with new hope. I cut the cords
which bound it together, and carried
the robes, one by one, on shore. Some
of them were wet, but three were warm
and dry. I opened my trunks, took
off my wet apparel, and replaced it by
dry clothing. Then, making a bed of
two of my buffalo robes, I wrapped
myself in the other, and prepared to
pass my fir$t night upon my desolate
island. The terrors of my situation,
my uncertain fate, and my grief for
my poor cousin, for a while deprived
mo of sleep but at length I fell into
a deep slumber, from which I did not
awake until the sun of the next mor
ning sjionc into my face. .
Tho wreck had disappeared. I sup
pose that during the night the wind
had again arisen, and tossed the vessel
to pieces upon the rocks. , The wind
still came towards the shoro, and ev
ery few moments a wave would throw
upon the sand fragments of the wreck,
or portions of her cargo. I felt strong
and rctreshed, but very hungry, and
I knew not of what I could make ray
breakfast. I bean to renew my for
mer labor of. rothug the barrel and
boxes out of the way of the returning
wares. My hands were torn and bleed
ing, andmy limbs soon ached with lhe
unaccustomed fatigue but I persevered,
as I could not beartosee so much prop
erty swallowed up by the waves. A
mong the boxes was one marked Sar
dines. , I forced, the lid off with a
stone, and feasted my eves upon my
tivaurp. jm, bnut up in uieir iuue
tin boxes, the fish were as useless to
me as if they were in the bottom of
the lake. My hunger increased, and
I sat down upon my buffalo bed and
gave way to tears; Suddenly, I re
membered, that in one of my trunks,
I had a newly invented chisel for cop
per cutting, which my father, had sent
as a present to Mr. Ashwill, who was
engaged in the mines. I found it,
broke open one of the boxesof sardines
and enjoyed a delicious and refreshing
meal. My hunger satisfied, I again
went to work, and spent all that day
' in saving such a I was able tohandle.
The next day I occupied in collect-
mg together the goods which I had
savetl.
I found that J had cizht bar
rels of pork, two kegs of lard, twelve
barrels of flour, two of sugar, several
I, . , r .1 ' i . i
boxes of candy, caudles raisins, and
dried herrings, my box of sardines,
another bale of buffalo robes, a box of
dry goods, needles, pius, thread, yarn,
&c. ; a box of mining hatchets, a box
of heavy clothing, and a bale of Wan-
! kets , .
iug mim uay j. expiorca my isi-
anjj. I found it cutirely uninhabited,
ai far as could then judge, and I af
terwards ascertained this to be true.
Tho shore wag sandy and barren.
Hajf a njjle from, tlje lake there were
short an4 serubbly trees, which grew
larger an$ larger as yqa advanced.
On this day, also, the iics throw
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upon the shore the -dead and i bruised
ihodies.of eycdi of the sailors, among
jthem" that oif my cousin. In liis pocket
found metal box tiled, witnfncwon
oiatelies, which were afterwards q the
greatest service to me. 1 4u slial
Fow crave in the sand and hunedthem
as well as I could. It was a tad and
awful duty, and left me very raelan-
choir and depressed
For several weeks I was certain that
a vessel would arrive and rescue me.
But when six weeks had passed,-and
I had seen no sign of any hdman be-
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mg, l negan to giye way o me most
poignant agony and fear. I was en
abled' finally to overcome this, and as
Autumn approached, I had become in
a measure, at leasts reconciled to my
fate. .- I i;
I knew I had provisions sufficient
for three or four years.. 1 had already
learned to eatch fish, and to cook my
pork and flour without th aid of dishes
or stoves. . iVith the fragments of the
wreck, and some of jny empty barrels
and boxes, I made a low hut, which I
covered with sand to the depth of a
foot. One end of this was closed, the
ether was fitted with a door made from
the lids of my two trunks ; over my
barrels and boxes of goods I stretched
a sail j fastening- it down by means of
ssKStr,idiyri)unaio rones into a
dress, which I fancied would be im
pervious to the coUL My shoe?, gloves,
and bat were made of the same mate
rial. The forest supplied me with fu
el, and I soon learned to "chop it with
considerable ease. During the early
part of the first Winter -I suffered, ter
ribly, but I managed to live through
it, and the next season I was inured
to hardships. 1
In this manner ,1 passed three long
and lonely years. I kept a journal
during this unhappy period, and this
was my only recreation. My books,
and even my bible, were left in the
vessel. During these three years I
saw but seven vessels, j They either
did not see or would not regard my
signals ; my anguish on these occa
sions was indeed indescribable. The
thoughts of home, and of the friends
who were now mourning mo as among
the dead, would rush upon roc with
overpowering force, and my misery
seemed too heavy for me to bear.
At length, I know not on what day,
but by my calculations on the 25th of
February, my island was visited by
six Menominee Indians. They had
erossed from the British shore, partly
in their canoes and partly on the ice.
They wore as much Surprised to find
me upon the island as I was delighted
to see a human face'again. We could
not understand each other, but they
made signs that I should go with them.
I was iri their power, but I Was willing
to go,- as I conceived that by their
means I might finally obtain "my re
lease and restoration. They returned
with me to tb Brlfc'reh -eotkftfcy -frUaL I
think is not more than twenty r twenty-five
miles from the island. They
conducted mo in Vi two days' journey,
to a French trading pbst, where for
the first time in three years, I found
myself m the company of civilized
men. I was received with kindness,
and soon forwarded to Fort William.
The commander of this fort entertained
me hospitably, until the lake became
open, when he -despatched me to Mar
quette, fromwhich point Capt. Marvin
has conducted me hither. AttheSault
I learned that Mr. Ashwill had return
ed to Cle'veland, and I am now on my
way thither."
Such, Mr. Editor, is this remarkable
and interesting narrative. Tho jour
nal kept by the .young lady is well
written, and no doubt would prove an
attractive and saleable book if pub
lished. I intimated this to her, but
her modesty appeared to dissent from
that opinion. She came to Chicago
in the jiam.e train with your correspon
dent, and leaves toTnight for Cleveland,
her kind friend Capt. Marvin having
furnished her wih the means of pur
suing her journey., She will be re
ceived at her home as one risen from
the dead.
A Wonderful Penman. ;
The Paris correspondent of the New
Orleans Picayune writes as follows ;
There is a writing jmaster here, one
Thaforet by name, who has such a
command of his pen that he is able to
copy a bank note in. all of its details,
with such nicety as to defy tho tellers
of the bank themselves. A collector Of
curiosities called on'M. Thaforet one
day, and asked him for a five hundred
franc hank note. -'Willingly,' replied
the writing master,, 'but "I must tell
you that I shall charge two thonsand
francs for it, and the orginal is always
better than my copy.' And Louis
Philippe' children had a writing-master
named Sylvestre, who copied a
thousand franc note so exactly that it
was impossible to tell it from the gen
uine. lie gavo it to the Count d'Ar-
cont, who was then the. Governor of
the Bank of France. I'M. Sylvestre,'
replied the Governor, when he . held
the note in hi hand, accept this orig
inal note of a thousand franca for your
c??y v'ncn we shall keep in our ar
chives; but do not i be surprised if we
instantly place you and keep you for
life under the surveillance of the po-
Ihe said. Sylvestre was forced to appeal
lo Louia Philippe before he eouldbave
.1 . v.
iv... iim,iuo VWiui.u vrgoul. UQ as
this disagreeable measure annulled.'
Four Ihtotheri Killed. hr
A gentleman, living near Santa Ro
sat. discovered nn pvonimt ona:.1AM
blc tumu)t among his flock of sheep
Goug among them to discover the
cause, he touud a couple of them with
thext throats cut and dyingf Imagin
ing this destruction to ;Jbe thi'Vork of
wUd animals,; ho cut them open, and
secreted a lot of strychnine in their
bodies. The next morning he found
the, poison had done its vrork. Four
panthers, measuring not less than eight
feet from tip to tip, were discovered
within a few rods of where the sheep
had been fLHapd Reporter. z
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fcUBBHB B. BHAKB & SUIT,
STAtSyIIjLE,
Friday, May 6, 1859.;
tsucMtJnxtoa o tsstn c koet, '' ''" "
CudaMat ear rUk. by taking tle Po Uastix E
enpt, tn esJiihit, in caw th money 'o- OoM tJollaw.
mhea went, obouid he Mck to tlx- iodide at tbm shraC witfa
eaUBax r waf-r. FeatafaUotp taken as monry. -
W. A. Jnrnev. "Et . Is our did r author-
hel cnt for Iredell count r, to receive 8ub-
scriDtions for the VrnrPiii and siam receipts
in the names of the tnihtihers. He will al
so attend to making collections for our office
generally
FOR CONGRESS.
GEN; J. M. LEAOH,
OF DAVIDSON COUNTY.
The Way the Money Goes.
The profligate Administration of Mr. Bu
chanan, Democratic President of the United
States for whom Hon. A. Scales voted
and whom be upholds in policy and endors-
of aliy country, for corruption ana wasLeiui-
nesa with the Peoples' money. Take, for hv
stance, the following example fr.rnished by
the records in Washington CUy, at the in
stance of a Committee of Congress, and lein
official is incontrovertible :
At Niasar.1 10 men are employed at an
eipense of $12,fXKl to collect $8,X at Od
wego 23 at $18,000 to collect $G.0(X -at
Buffalo 20 men at 17,000 to collect $R000
at FlatUiburs- 20 men. 'at S14.000 to collect
$18,000 at 6urlinrton 33 men at $16,000 to
collect $8,500 at Wtseaieet 8 men at $7,000
to collet 130 at Portsmouth 21 men at $11,
000 to collect $.,:00-at Newberrvport 13
men at $16,200' .to collect $9,900 at' Marble
head 9 "men a $2,200 to collect $250 at N.
Bedford 14 men at $0,500 to collect $4,8C0
at Perth-Ambov 13 men at $4.00 to collect
$1,500 at Norfolk 23 men at $19,000 to col
lect $91.XKJ at Ocracoke7 men at 2.000 to
collect $82 at Toledo 7 men at $4,400 to col
lect $567 at Detroit 10 men at 37,000 to
collect $405 it San Francisco 1
$402.01) ti .collect $158,000 at Ben
icia 3 men at $4,400 to collect $2.3000 at
Stockton 1 man at $3J00 to collect $143
at Sacramento 1 man at 3.500 to collect 3f
at Monterev' 3 men at 7.050 to collect 45
at; San Pedro 6 men 4,200 to collect 304.
So much, for the economy of a Democrat
ic Administration ! When it phnlt te recol
lected that the above are only a few items,
to show the rottenness of Democratic rulers,
and untrustworthiuesaf locofoco politicians
generally, what would be the astonishment
of thconntry. provided all the corruption of
the Democratic Administrations since the
memorable days of Martin Van Buren could,
be laid bare even .Tames Buchanan's ram
bling and ma 1, career? This is cause suffici
ent for the People to rise with indignation,
and rebuke through the ballot-box that
terror to evil-doers rebuke we, 6ay the polit
ical charlatans that would once again aslf at
their hand3are-election to office, from Pre9
vdentloTgreWman.' -r not kov
fair a man's standing be, previous to him
keeping bad-company, his reputation must
suffer when he 13 found with associates pf
bad repute, and his patiotisia mast fail in
consequence.
Verily, if Mr. Scales has eloquence suffici
ent to gammon the people into a re-election
he will deceive many. Like a dead-body
lashed to his shoulders he must earrv al6nnr
with him the ponderous weight of James
Buchanan, with all his bins of commission
and omission and they are countless, and1
great Mr. Srale3 cannot detach himself
from the President and his odious meaenres.
In vain will he call, " Who thall deliver me
from the body of this lcith !"
Terrible Disaster.
On the nightof the 23d of April the steam
er St. Nicholas, from St. Louis to New Or-
leans, when near Wand sixty in the Miseis
trippi river, exploded a Iwiler, by which oc
currence 42 per.ons were killed and missing.
They were chiefly attaches of the boat.
Vessel and cargo a total lo??.
California Papers.
We are indebted to a friend in San Fran
cisco for. a file of California newspaper?, by
Tchuantepec route. They are all well filled
with mining operations for gold.murdersand
various other crimed and little else. The
confirmation by tlie United State Senate of
Hon. J. W. Mandeville as 8ureyor Gener
al of California, was a smirce of much rejoic
ing among the friends of that gentleman.
We learn by a private letter that Broderickc
did everything within his power 16 defeat
Kandcvillo, for which act of kindnea3 he
will be remembered by one section of the
California democracy hereafter. The fact is
Bmdcrickc never had any more right to be
sent to Congress than a sheep-stealing dog,
anyhow, and the earlier he ais many others
like unto' him. are expelled from Congress,
he better wilL it be for the .country. Tlie
steam ferry-boat Contra Costa Jying between
an Francisco and Oakland, with one hund
red passengers on board, collapsed her boil
ers on the 4th of April, while racing with an
other boat, killing six pereons, and eighteen
others pcalded and wounded. The event had
produced ranch excitement in the city.
points among the Chivalry.
I- South Carolina, we have heard eav. in dim-
f - r , - j ,
d for the many noble deeds of some of her
Chivalric soiia, and her great men are not
few and far between ; but, according to the
following account, she cherishes come rowd
ies and vagabonds, many, perhaps, as can
he acarred up in other States making less
pretension to all the "decency." If South
Carolina cherishes a supreme regard for
States right, it would fee in apparent that
ho email number of her people pay no regard
o ii.cLoidual tight. Brother Fink of the
jcingt!i Flag, lets off in this wiae concern
in? that which came under hu friend's obeer-
arion, recently, while oa a visit to Columbia :
j Shameful Proceedings.
1 " Wc hare learned through, our Colom
bia exchanges, and aleo had it verbally from
fame good, honorable and reliable citizens,
fhat Colombia on Snday before the Sheriff's
election was the theatre of the most de
moralizing and shameful- conduct ever en
acted m a civilized an enlightened commu
nity. The doors of drinking saloon were
thrown open, men, weak men, dissipated and
degraded men taken in, made drank, and de
tained (some, say locked up) trntil Monday
and then carried to the polls and made vote
in aviate oi inebriatiri:and : coaaequenkl j
without thft least "ihowledge: of wluit they
were doing! r-JTbats wbat jok xtUjustct and
liberty is it ? " Shame ' u pon feuch justice and
liberty and those who pracjice n 4
Acquittal otSicklev, V
The telegraph lias Jinnouncca tnat uaiaiei
E-Sicklis wair On the 20th' April last,ao-
nulttd toh jury for kilSng Philip Bai
ton er,-ana was sei uwnj nww4uu-i
The followin contains the details' tflhe an;
nouncement, and what followed :
" The District Attorney' concladcd his ar
gument of th instructiona to the jury, about
thirty miiiutea past one in me aittTuoon.
5he counsel on both 6ulc3 agreetl -feo waiTe
nddresaca to the jury, ... .t
- The Judge theiv eut)mittea rnetruouons,
and thejuiry retiral." After an absenc of an
hr andfifteenr minutes ther rcturried into
court and rendered a verctiet oi "fioteautj
This announcement was received wTtn ft
most nncontrolaWe burst of applause,all eff
orts on the part of the officer of "the CourjL
to suppress;!, proving mteny mine. -.k
' A feeling of the most intense satisfaction
ranidlv snread hver thethr.- and in ft few
piinutea Pennsylvania A venue waaalmpst
entirely depopulated. . " '"'
Thousaadd mehei to Judiciary v&iKJre,
and followed the carriage containing Mr
Sickles from the court house to its stopping
a - , -f
pome, wnicu was next coor tor ms own resi
dence. -Here an immense malitudo j!tccted
his arrival, and upon lii alighting, the air
resounded with cheers.
Never before was there so nnivcraaLcxcie-
mcnt in Washington, A general 'fccliDg. of
ut'rflrLtlP.1 qrns mapircsiei an all circles at
" There will be a grand demonstration to
night, and a serenade of Mr. Sickle counsel.
We arc glad that Sickle's waa cleared-
that part of it was proper and right; bt to
lionize him iu his terrible misfortunes, xkh
life spared to him, id disgusting enough, and
but proves the true character iof the simple
tons engaging in it, A deep solemnity upon
the finale would be more consonant' with
common sense, than parade with trombone
and bugle. Would such roinFcn?e as this
console the broken-hearted Sickles ? .
But it is whispered, loud enough to be geu-
erallv heard all over the land, that, iti amor
appoint of view. Sickles has no better eland
ing thau his wife has, and that with equa
justice she in turn might slay several rivals
We therefore want to see a re-aetion in the
public sentiment in favor of the woman, ami
not for the man to have all tlae sympathy
that was well enough while his head wasju
the noose of the halter, but now he being
at liberty, sympathy belongs not more to
t)iie than the other.
College Examination.
The exam,; nation of you
j lathe rcee-ivMis;
ii struction at Gincxal
Cotlee. .Siatcsvillc,
will take place on Jhursdav the 20th of May
(instant) and will close, the day following
with a concert and graduating exercises. Tlie
nnblic is invited to attend.
Oouirty Temperance Meeting
We are requestek to state itliat tile Third
Quarterly Meeting of the Iredeitcounty Tcin
perancc Society, will take place at Uetheala
Church, on the ll day of May (in-tnnt.) at
11 o'clock. A sermon is expected from Itv.
W. B, Pressly and addresses from other gen
tlemen of ability". An interesting meeting
is contemplated atwl the frieEKls of Temper
ance and the public generally. are invited to
attend.
Tobacco Culture.
Tliere.was published in the Express last
week, a short Imt pertinent communication
upon the subject of .Tofweo Culture in this
portion of the State, written by a gentleman
of sound experienre and much observation,
and "therefore his view? are worth much.
We have besides been informed by gentle
men who have traveled through. portions of
Iredell, Rowan, WiHces and other counties
from the- twbacro-growing regions of North
Carolina and Virginia, that much of the soil
iu these counties is as well adapted to toh-.icco
culture as lands that produce the article in
abundance, and of superior quality elsewhere
and they expressed their surprise that our
farmers would not go in for tobacco crop.
Wc believe, however, that a few fanners in"
Iredell and Rowan will embark in tbc busi
ness of growing tobacco this year, and right
sure we are that they will find their' reward
in it. Mr. J. If. Dalton of Iredell, we for
got earlier to remark, has cultivated tobarco
extensively on lm farm in the north part of
Ifeflell for maivy ycirs. and he informed us
that ft j-aid well he has also an extensive
manufactory and puts up an article of twist
epialto tho best Virginia brands, for which
he finds good sale in southern markets.
Last summer we saw as fine lenf in Mr.
Diilton's establishment, which was grown in
Iredell, as we ever met with in the great o
bacco markets of St. Louis and Baltimore,
where we have examined immense quantities
of tobaeco from several States. Tlie tobacco
crop will withstand 'more vicissitudes than
any other crop almost, is easily conveyed .to
market, and will always command a good
price, according to grade. While wewould
not urge farmers to pay less attention-to oth
er cropping, we would suggest that their in
terests might be materially benefitted by the
cultivation of tobacco on sorrie portion of
their farms, and give it fair trial. They now
have good Railroad facilities and accessible
uiarkets, and can choose the' best the coun
try affords"' without restriction to any pnrtic
ular port. The importance and value of to
bacco cropping, can be estimated from the
following statistics which we find in a iw ex
change :
A. Convention of Tobacco Grower.
A convention of the producers and hnycra
of tobacco will be held in Louisville, .(!?..,)
oa the 1.5th matant. Tliat is tbc day nsrt
for awarding premium to the crowcrs of the I rr ? r nil 1 "
best tobacco0 Sn ler the auspices of the State ! f Pennsylvania. Mr. Mormis i pect
Agricultnral Society. The deg7i of th j ed to be on the forks at an eary dayv
Convention lis to brini; the prolacer and j Henry A. London, Esm, fornnlr Se
purchasera. together, in ordtr to an i;er-
Change of opinwua. The agriculturalL
mar leirn what gradee are best suited, to the:
nm'rha a nst ivlll moot ta miut rot Air .nU
a 4,u. ..... u. v ...w . v . . t-. . r, ( i .
The LonisvilleJourijal, speaking of the great
commercial importance of the staple, say '
that the value of raw tobacca exported from I
the United State to Great Britain 3, 1
500,000 in l&Y), and during the fir?t half of i
the present century that country collectel i
tmport dutirs on it to the enoranoiia arxreate j
of over 570 millions of dollars." The total-
value of onr exports of tobaeco in 1857 wa?
$20.G2, 772, and in 18T3 amounted-to $12.
409.882. During the first xiiise months of
1957 thte import revenue. derived hy Franco
from it waa 25 millions dollar., four-fifths of
which were exported from the United State.?.
The Qyclonedla ears that tobacco, next to
salt, , is probably the article most consumed
by men. In oa.e form or , another, but most
generally,n fume or smoke, there is no cli
mate in wBich it is not cOnsamed, and no
nation that has not adopted L To put down
its use has equally baffled legislator and
tttoralista, and, In tlie Words of opfcp
hier Bubicci. it majr b saif to be tokr
en, b saiptt tjl savages . uy
The ayecftee cxHisumptkm of male pofrr p ation
jperr bead "oyer eighteen years Irf age, p some
countrieims alniost fabuloua,; :tbc.
German Stales, included in tjlie opeton oi
ZoU'verein, it reaciiea tronj v$ to lz f aunas j
in UojTancL Belgiam jiBd .Ifenmark '14J W
pounds. The advance cost df tobacs de
rived from the fact that m we ported
JeV.AU- J! UtLCJlfTHUUi CI, ON 4C,M4h.V ',VwV v
60 lUand in 1857 nlyn57,84 u av
erage value per nogsuead 512 41 .
E3 We. are requested to! sfntflLjtpi thcf
Rev. IL TLUttdson, of the NL C. Conjfereuce,
will deliver the Address before the t. $oci-t
etKS of Olia Iligh Schooi,inMl3:tth Of
Mar, instant.
ilJLl-l,i-LJPJJ.f
, w-. ! -it
A Violent Assumption SntheTaoftae
' SDellinsf! Clerk." . t '
"1 -
The editor of the Winstcjn Sentinel
haTiag Keard Jot a fevr mmutis the
closing partrof Mr. Scatcs epeeli-at
Btoke5," t ;thc disoissjon wlric t came
oil ai tJiHmuij uciwecu iiim uin f.vjreu.
Leach. asserts.that Mr Scale juni-
d and uraiutauied certain posttions.1
ISott, those vruo were tresenj and
heard Mr. Scales, 'say thatbeftS'filmed
and maintained no such toositloi.iand
that the
"Spelling C3crk,yhas fi4ed
a:-ft'yi;u lot Air.
up
JT Air. CaiS A1CQ '
mm
airo errrcrtYire inuonnnxna.-
differet,from the one hrealljvnade
Why then has the Sentinel fU ''au
thorized" to make, the assertion St lias
do;iie ? We suppose thai the S!jtinel
had no idea that Mr. Sealeg vould
have the presumption toi say ovr any
other speech, thafi the ofd denial atfe
speech, with certain-little varitions
wrhich had been fixed tip to sr tbc
present campaign in yirgiriv and
North Carolina. The, Sehtihcl facing
heaf d Mr. Scales go over this Speech
so often, and having no fears buj. v-hat
he had it well by heart, 'did not dem
it necessary to listen' to; him ai Pan
bury, but only stepped iri t o hea t a lit
tle of" the close; and,- ai Mr cales
camevdown the last quarter str. tch in
the old style, the" Sentinel preihined,
Scales will soon fly the track al eth
er, t I .
The Sentinel closes .hf-savicc'that
Mr. Scale "litterally i dernoBhed"
Gen. Leach. Of course j tlie Stincl
knows, not having. heard; Mr. f4caleis,
speech. .But, a Mr. Scales lta here
tofore demolished everything Jefore
himyand has "Utterly dejtnoli$hjiT,old
Buchanan, in his lute speechn the
tariff, the Sentinel riouldhavfi ndouht
1.mt that he did effectualjy usof the
General. It is said -that'-Mr.tScales
talks so fast that the ''Spelling ijlerk"
can't keep up with him,; and, tpt un
derstanding what' is said! he naturally
feels "warranted , in as$ertingfi Xhat
his speech is a smasher,! dcna-ishing
every tiling w its fay; IGrren Pat.
j r-- - ! Jf--
Meeting of Internal Imprsyemenpoard
Thisi board .met '"in thijs city fjp. the
2Gth instant. Present, HfsExe"ency,
Gov. Ellis, James Fultbn and. M.
Iion'g, Esqrs.
11
The Governor announced i the
Joard that he had, through his private
Secretary, effected the purcha.Hf the
Oapc Fear and Deep Rivjerwoik; with
their privileges, franchi.ses,&c.,3gree
ablv to an act of the General X-cm-bly;
for $365,000. Tlije Bo.u then
appointed ST. N. Nixon ajnl darned Cus
sidey, Esqrs., of New HimoveiV loses
A. Bledsoe, Esq., of Vajke, and'JI.. A.
London, Esq., of Chatham, aBardof.
Commissionc'rs of said works.
On the proper certificate mae by
thp Albemarle tf. Ohc?ipeakc,4nal
company it was ordered by the''j6ard
that the sum of SlOOOfon tLpart
of the State, be subscribed. to-H cap
ital stock of said company, accfrdin"
to tlie provisions of an act of th.(rcn-
eral Assembly. The Pr;er-identf,the
Board, Gev. Ellis, was! aAitliorcd to
make the subscription (and to. iotifJT
tlie Public Treasurer of ithesaiu',
Owen II. Kenan, EsqL, was anoint
ed State proxy in the called nctin"
of the stockholders of tlie tVilnJ
.& Wcldon It. R. Co. tolheJieldjtm the
10th of May. j . ;.. f
A resolution was pjassed hi the
Board urging upon the jrliffej-Jn,R.R.
Co.'s in which the State is intcstcd,
the necessity for the adaption ofsome
method by which the tansmisn of
through freights, with certain ij and
despatch, could be ensured, 'tlwj Secu
ring; to the State the profits Rising
therefrom, and to ow seapot the
credit, as well as enhanced btjpness,
to be derived from the shipmeIt, &c.
of North Carolina products. -' -w
This object, it is thought, ca. be ef
fected by a system of through -eight
trains, or by a greater unity ofjietion
amang the Rail Road Cb's aforesaid.
We will set forth th resoluiori in
full in our next. ; !
. A meeting of tho conimissiotrs of
the Cape Fear and Deep Riteifnvorks
was held on the 27th, but did n thing
of importance except to appnt, as
ft1iuf TCmniu.i F!licftnfl: fr Ti!Jn
fretarv- and Treasurer of thccoi tviLnv.
v - l V a '
v . j, i i
TOT Ql the COTU1TlLlS10n. - i . .;u 1
rer of the commission. I
e :r,,,-.:'
arc indebted to Graham Dave Esq.,
Private Secretary to the Go vernor,
ho will please accept pur tlia ks for-
the same. Standard. 1 y , .
Gen. LsacL
It will be seen by
referend a to ex
tracts in other columns jof thisaper,
that Gen. Leachfof Bavidscj, . was
nominated-by the Whig District Con
vention, lately held at Winstoh N.C.
We learn it is the intention j-f Gen.
Leach, health and strength peri fitting,
to canvass the drstrictlthoroiTjhly.--
lie- win meei nis oppanent; Mr.fpcales,
af all points, and we predict hat he
ot course, that lie nad kjept th track
from-tlie beginning. The ''Spelling
Clerk" musttake better ieare tr Mr.
-will do Kimself credit; anddiia political
party a yajtrawo sen ice. r lie will j.
deem tne via xnaxncr, we earnestly
biclieye, 4 , ". " . .
Let the Whura i recall to mind the
days of other yearvr-the ilays of the
great ana true piainots, ;iay ana Web
ster, vhose patriotic word arid deeds
ncr cr failed to stir- the deep feelings
of the patnotie lieart- the 'days 0f
V?ll . A Ji.Mr4vtlATf An
is t ration so just ad pure as la disarm
his uetnies and ivring from them plau
dits .of approval frOm tmtf end of the
qountry to! tho.ttlier ; and . let ; theia
contrast with thoke-. men '-and times,
anU the primjiples theflluitrated, th$
present race tf . men jn htgli places"
and the abuses they practice ; and de
liberately resolve to scire in one more
ranipaign f of" the restoration of politi
cal morality and the trinnlph of right
goTernment. .Earnestly and actively
sustained by Bis political friends,, the
native eftergy. aji! aeal of Gen. Iweach,
will display itself in. tire, approaching
canvass, as' it 5ras : never seen before,
He. has etrengthr.and can wse it well.
Then lianir ont-vourt banners, Whisp
of the 6th District, ancLleJ; the State
hear, your old-time bnglo notes, clear
anil bold, ringing iir p very vale and
from every hill-top. "We come, we
come V'A-Saliqbury Tfatehman.
Last Saturday while in Columbia we
witnessed one of the many fire$ that
have occurred there of late. Jt will be
remembered that on Saturday the wind
was higher Chan? t has been all this
spring. At about 3.J o'cloek the fife
alarms were Sounded,- and it was dis
covered that the. fire proceeded from
tne stables attached to the City Hotel.
Notwithstanding the early moment the
whole fire department was at the
scene, it swept the entire stables with
an adjoining building, and it was with
great labor and difficulty that the
flame were arrested. -This undoubted
ly -was the work of an incendiary, as
the five originated in a feed trough.
This, we are informed, was the third
and successful attemptto fire the build
ings in that neighborhood, by some
fiendish monster.
In the morning the residence of Mr.
Thomas IlarTey, located in the eastern
portion of the City was destroyed by
fire with its entire contents. !This was
accidental and of a most heart-rending
nature. The servant girl approached
the fire too close, "when her clothes ig
nited "and communicated the 'flames to
the bed in the room' where she was,
burning hero badly that she died du
ring the evening. Fires have become '
a regular every day occurrence in Col
umbia and it behooves her citizens to
be on the 9 hi' vhc.L&x.S. l.)Flag.
More and more Corruptions.
The Knoxville Whig recites the fok
lowing additionarinstances of the un
paralleled corruption that exists under
the present 'Democratic Administra
tion : 4
"John Slidell, the Louisiana Sena
tor, is agreed, on all hands, to be one
of the most corrupt and grasping men.
in America. He has been mixed up
with the large appropriation for clean
ing out the mouth of the Mississippi,
and has received the lion's share. The
corrupt use of that appropriation was
so apparent, to the late Congress, be
fore its close, that it paused a law re
turning the remainder to the War De
partment, to be used under the direc
tions of the Topographical Engineers
of the Government, Slidell, determin
ed to have the money, and to defeat
Congress, prevailed on the corruptand
imbecile-old man in the '.Presidential
chair to", pocket the bill, and hold it
over until after, the adjournment, -and
he 'did so, thus causing the money to
remain in the hands of Slidell &Co.,
who will consume it ail before Congress
can convene again.
"Another case. Tiffany. Cochran
and others, engaged in a five, million
speculation, and; in the plunder of
Mex ico, procured the appointment of
McLanc, of Baltimore, and the broth-er-in-laio
of Tiffany, as Minister to
Mexico, who will carry-out their
schemes of robbery.
Sad Affair Two Boys Poisoned.
A 'sad affair happened in , ITermon
village bn Fridaydho 6th, resulting in
two deaths. It seems that two boys,
lone a son of. Mr. Ladd, and the other
a son of Mr. Kinney, went to work in
a'garden with a spade, and dug up a
root known commonly as ajiuuskrat
root. t After washing the root they
went to Ladd's barn and ate freely of
the same. A short time after, the son
of 'Mr. Ladd felt . sick and started for
home. After arriving there he was
taken with cramps, frothing at the
mouth, and other evidences of poison,
and died shortly after in great agony.
The other boy started for home at the
same time across lots, and was found
in a field an hour afterwards.1 He pro
bably became weak from the effects of
the poison, and fell ' where he was af
terwards found. The ground near him
hras considerably Itorn and rooted up.
line result oi ms struggle during tne
spasms.' He was taken home and died
soon afterwards. Both boys were bur
ied (Saturday, the 9th.M Bui
Bather Bold.) j
A o.Antlm.n. 'r. . rL. T ,
l .vH:,u,.um w
where hejnet an inqusitive country
r-ii; : ...i.- :j . 1
' phuwih, otuncu v wcii
wllPfA h mof an innneifirn WMintrV
.Itfl
Where nave you come irpm
if I
may be so bold ?" f .
i4N)t bold at alb I cameffora Bos
ton." i
iKhere are you going, if I may be
so; hold 5" , - ; -
"I am going to yermont.'j
"Who are-you coing'to see there,
r may be so bold r' - , J - f
"I am going to see the widow M."
"Are you a married-man,! if I may
bb so bold?" . L 4
-.Lani a widower.-' ' ?v j
a "Are you going to marry the wid
ow.M., if J may be so bold 'iY . - '
"Ahem! that's too too bold."