North Carolina Newspapers

I:- TER21S OF ! EETisisra On Pollar a square f6r te'flrst Week, and. Twenty-fiTe Ccata for evert week' tkereafter 1 Sixteen lines . or leaswiU toke quar Dwacupns- xnade in fayor of etanding mat' ter as loiiowi : 3 noaJ 6 uon., . 1 tiak. : i J s Editor and Proprietors. A Familyepper-TOvtifld Oae.aquare, . Two squares,. . Three squares, 53.50 . . V:$1X .7.00 . . 10.00 . 14.00 10.00 . . 15.00 J. 20.00 1 1 TERMS. OF THE PAPER, Vol. 1 1. ,Whepr directions arei nSt given Jbow often $2 a Year, in Advance. Statesville, N. C, Friday, Tiily 1J1859 to insert an AdvertUeiutiit, it will b ed until ordered out. hi EUGENI B. DRAKE jfc SON, , ' --H v;-- i - V",--, -fffc- 1 -4-?- I ; . i , i . ' Feoin the N'ew Ox least Mirror. A DuelStrictly in Accordance with ." the Code of Honor. The . mostj vicious relic of feudal bar parity that purses society in these days fa tne modern ciuei. liumaji Tanity- weaS:, sickl, and effeminate herein manifests itteeir in' its most (dangerous lhase, because it is never onceBuspec ted of being thp prime and sole insti - gator to deeds hf honorable butchery. Let its, taking a recent instance, con vert history into " philosopliy, teach ing by example." J J A young member of a fiimily ren dered illustrious by tfceif virtues in a neighboring '.State, has attained a vig ' porous manhejod, surrounded by loving ; friends, and panoplied by tjhe virtues mnd graces; that high culture and the (influences tljat homo imparjt to char acter, he becjomes affianced jto the wo ;man of his elkoice. ', Their hearts beat in unison.' heir hopes arid aspira tions are. heijiceforth tinged with like ;hues from the clowin portals of the ; rgolden future. His prospeqts, hopes, ! . io- him they -arc-' sanctified bf cause she sh ares and "sympathises with them. ijThe mani jii'i; has been blessed by the i prospective addition of a new person 1' ality to his previously barren life which is thereby vivified, enlarged and exalted, without the sense of personal responsibility; , being in the j slightest degree impaired M The congratiilationsof mutual friends have been rccpived, as well a$ the bles- bings ot tne- rjtoor ana ieeoie iwno nave enjoy C.d thtir benefactions, abd rejoice in their joj . The' wedding frousscaii ioi tne Lr:ae .nas teen lurniiihca in a jetyle cbmineiBsurate with tie .wealth -and high social standing of - ties. The happiness' of tl the par- people spreads contagiously among thei v . - friends and nieighbors. A wide circl cir e " hzrcf By kindly anticipation the - iStores of well deserved happfness that jthc future has garnered up for them. . : . v ' fThe memory of good deeds ione, and . . jgenile words, fitly spoken, ias blos jbomcd into a. rich harvest ojf earnest fwishes fpr their, future weal. The pro- ijniscd day. approaches. . What more 'ouid human heart d ntri n iSiot a tjuloud darkens their horizon I At an eivenling party, ball, br casual i i&it, where' Itheir presence lis hailed pvvith unmixed delight by all who should lie prescni, tile demon of cniv, malice mkindness, 'stealthily creeps in and ;rouchcs like) a beast of preyf awaiting iihe nt 'moment to spring. , It arrives. Sllgllt- an! insult the bending of a brow with unkindly or unmanly seem- ing upon the destined bride, becomes a cloud no bigger than a main s hand that may 'gather to a fierce tornado, . and dash the cherished fabric of their .' happinessi tolearth. It is re torted to by an ominous frown from hini to whom fehe is heqcefDrth "all in all. Kcxt dayj friends are called upon and angry messages interchanged. Few words are necessary, for Honor is a rigid disciplinarian, ari(l brooks not temporizing, come secret whis ? pers havei passed between the mutual ' friends ot the part v. It is uh derstood icr State they will soon depart for anot on business. That night the unconscious girl's sleep is troubled with strangd dreams, and weird images flit before her waking fancy.- She sees the lord of ter beat- , ing heart stretched pale and ghastly ' on the green sward- his maijily form is rigid and encircled with white robes, " while pitying angels weep ablove him. From this vision of -terror she starts " and wakes, thanking God! job, how fervently1, that it was but a dream I ::.-, With the niorning he comek to visit . her. His frink face and evry man ner dispel the drooping thoughts of the - dark nicrht'tiime. But he haa come to sav fai-evell-1 onlv for a ' little ' while. 1 ovc, and he will be with her and hap- piness again, boul-Ht eye. , , A tear glistens in her land moistens her silken lashes. But he chides her witra plea sed tondness. . lie will be back in a ' day or two. One loving kiss! ad his . horse's lioof's are ringing on the: gra velled walk 'before the door. She musei on her dream in strange bewilderment. There must he some ; thing in! drelams. " Had not palphur nia dreamed' and begged heriCoesarto remain it home that woful day when : he was fcutcljiered in the capital? 'Why is her Usually calm soul sq deeply troubled? Vherefore should he go away on that of all the days in the i year? It is- very strange, and a rest- less shadow! haa nestled in tier heart and not be lifted up by the genial sun light, or thet perfumed breeze of that hright'May Imorning, with its joyous orchestra of untaught melodists nit ting through the willow branihes. O there i morp in' the faithful Instincts ' of an earnest loving womani's heart than is : And dreajnt of in our philosophy, wherie is he? Gone with two or three friejnds to an adjoining State to settle an urgent matter of business. He arrives at a neighboring tity (say N.. Orleans) where he is widely known, and esteemed for his noble virtues and manly qualities,. He is just going o ver the Lake, will be back tq-morrow or next dav at. furthest. IJids his friends' a eat and cheerful cood-bye, and seeks the green and velvety shoTea 6 Alabama the State with softly mu sical name and generous inhabitants. Those he came to meet are on the gfound with honorable punctuality. The business on hand is the exposure of a life chartered by the Almighty far a high and hoty mission of useful ness, to he deadly impulse of a fellow man's hostile hand. ; The distance, is measured, the positions are taken, the rines are raisea ana cracs- a human soul is untimely ushered into the presence of its Maker ! The gen erjous virtues and manly truth that won him honor among his fellows shall be! known to them no more. His lips arc bloodless, his form is rigid, his ees are glazing fast in death, and good pitying angela cfo-weep above the prostrate form with its grand possibil ities in the future dashed to earth. Loving girl with the sun-lit eyes, ttaou art a widowed maiden. The day ofi thy promised joy is postponed to etlernity. The fountain of thy tender nets is -broken, at the spring. What boots it to thee, that the young life with -which thy own was inextricably entwined" was laid down for thee: in stjrict accordance with the hollow for- called the Code oi Honor : lias it any healing balm or soothing nepenthe to oiler to thy bruisdd heart, for the deep wpund and immedicable scar that shall abide with .thee for life? What will 'avail the kindly sympathies ot true wpmen ana renaer-neariea men, mat never fail the afflicted, in all the long days ot spcec&Iess sorrow to which thy giiileless young life was condemned by. Ithe merciless -prescription of the Code of Honor ? . he above is no purely fancy sketch. The events recited are of daily occur rence. If there be sermons in stones' assuredly there is a sermon in the sim ple ''narration of facts like these that ghould lead thoughtful men and wo. men to war against the inhuman rule that for trivial or imaginary offences exacts a human life as propitiation "in strict accordance with the Code of Honor." . j . Hope and Memory. The following beautiful morceau, from the pen of Mrs. Sigourney,- has Lbeen inourserap-book for years, and we publish it with the -hope that the reader will admire it as much as we do : ( A little babe lay in its cradle, and Hope came and kissed it. When its nurse gave it a cake, Hope -'promised another to-morrow; and when its i T . n young sister Drougut .a nower, over which it clapped its hands and crow- Led, Hope told of brighter ones which it should gather for itself. The babe grew to be a child, and another friend came a?nd kissed it. Her name was Memory. She said, " Look behind thee, and tell me what thou secst." ' The child answered, "I see a little book." And Memory said, " I will teach thee how to get honey from the book, that shalt be sweet to thee when thou art old." - The child became a youth. Once when he went to bed, Hope and Mem ory stood by the pillow. Hope sang a melodious song, and said, "u Follow me, and every morning thou shalt wake with a smile as sweet as the merry lay I sung thee." But Memory said, " Hope, is there any need that we should contend? He shad be mine as well' as thine. And we will be to him as sisters all his life long." So he kissed Hope and Memory, and was beloved of them both. While he slept peacefully, they sat silent by his side, weaving rainbow tissue into his dreams, hen he woke, they came, with the larkto bid him good morning, and he gave a hand to each He became a man. Every day Hope guided him in his labor, and every night he supped with Memory, at the table of Knowledge.. But at length age found him and turned his temples gray. To his eye, the world seemed altered. Memory sat by his elbow-chair, like an old and tvied friend. He looked at her seri ously and said, "Hast thou not lost something, that I entrusted to thee?". And she answered, "I fear so; for the lock of my casket is worn. Some times I am weary and sleepy, and then Time purloins my key. But the gems thou didst give me when life was new I can account for all-; see how bright they are. WTiile they thus sadly conversed, Hope put forth a wing that she had worn, folded under her garment, arid . - . . . .1 l i Si tried1 its strengtn m a neavenwarp flight; ' I The old man lay dowh to die, and when his soul. went, forth from the bo dy, the angels took it. And Memory waled with it through the open gate of Heaven. But Hope lay down at its threshold, and gently expired, as a rose erive'th out its last odors. Her parting sigh was like the music of a seraph's, harp. She breathed into the bosom of a glorious form, amt said: ' Immortal Happiness ! I bring thee a 60ul that I have led through the world. "It is now thine. Jesus hath redeemed it " Three citiesBoston, Chicago, and New York have been the scenes of forty-four murders since January last- r The Boy' Trials. The Springfield Republican has a capital article on this subject. Here are some of the extracts ; i - . HI3 REGrlATIOS WITH THE "OLD KAN." We suppose that the first severe trial a boy lias to undergo is' to submit his will to the old man, whom he is taught to consider his father. To be restrain ed indoors at night, to be forbidden to go in swimming five times a day, or to be hindered from pinching the rest of the children, just for fun, is an inter ference with natural inalienable rights, every way injurious to the feelings. And then when upon some overwhelm ing temptation the boy asserts his in dependence of parental control, and receives a "tanning,' with a switch, Aia vor L .i ' ly a serious thing. We never could see 'f n(?5en.t road, as wife lor hus that the smart of an operation like this, an'.' to a foreign royal o ducal was at all assuaged by the affectionate ! fami1' S ldi"g InJora, and soon, assurance that it was Wowed out of;Cr or later the mischief becomeappar-. pure love " , ent. inese fctate marriages complicate - '' '-'.- I and embarrass European politics to an '- SITTIXCJ WITH THE GIRLS, i v 1.1 l tr . v m, ... , . almost unconquerable degree. We felt Tne next great trial of that body is ,.a sort of -sorrow for the tkngnter of to be oUiged bra cruel paster-to sit ivictoria in her Prussian match. And with the girls at ool. This, usually ( it is unquestionable that nothing but comes before the-development of those in ron,orVMn nfdl;nnn undeniable affinities which, m afterlife; j I.-I a. 1 a 1 aH :.!.; woQiu leiiu. 10 muKe uie punisnmeni , m . . , his own .ineffable pleasantry as to give j the little boys license to laugh aloud, and to be placedjby the side of a girl thathad no handkerchief, and no knowl edge ot t lie use 01 that-article, is, we subniit j a trial of no mean magnitude. let we have been obliged to "sit up close with b:g llachel. laughing and blushing, till we came to hate her name. We wonder where the overgrown frow zy creature is now, and what the con dition of her head is ? . ' , THE FIRST I-OXG TAILED COAT. We do not believe that any boy ever put on his first long tailed coat without a sense ot shame. Me farst wists his back half off looking at it in the glass, I aim wu;ui irMcpsuut u.i uuu.? u seems to him is 'ii an creation was in ! a broad grin The. sun laughs in the sky ; the cows turn to look at him ; there are faces at every window ; his very shadow mocks him When he walks by the cottage where Jane lives, he dares not look up for his life. The very boards creak with consciousness of the' strange spectacle, and the old pair of pantaloons that stop a light in the garret window nod with derision. If he is obliged to pass a group of men and boys the trial assumes its most terrific stage. His legs get all mixed up with embarrassment, and the flap of the dangling appendage is felt upon them, moved by the wind ot his own agitatioij: he could not feel worse were it a dishcloth, worn as a badge of dis grace. It is a happy time for him when he gets to church and sits down with his coat tail under him; but he is still apprehensive with thinking of the Sun day school, and wonders if any of the children will ask him to "swing his long tail blue." COIN'G HOME WITH THE GIRLS. , The entrance into society may be said, to take place after boyhood has passed away, yet a multitude take the initiative, before ; their beards are pre- sentaDie. it is a great trial either to a tender or tougn age. ior an over grown1 boy to go to a door, knowing that there are a dozen girls inside, and to knock or ring w ith absolute certain ty that in two minutes all their eyes will be Upon him, is a, severe test of courage. To go before these girls and make satisfactory tour of the room, without stepping on their toes, and then to sit down'and dispose of one's hands without putting them in one's pockets, is an achievement which few hovs.cah boast. If a boy can get so far as to measure off ten yards of tape with it short at each md, he may ' stand a chance to spend. a pleasant; evening, but let him not flatter himself all the trials of the :vening are over. There comes at last he breaking up. , The dear girls don their hoods and put on their shawls, and look so saucy and mischievous, and unimpressible, as if they did not wisbf any one' to go home with them. I hen comes the pinch, arid the boy that has tne most pluck, makes up to the pret tiest girl, his heart in his throat, and his tongue clinging to the roof of his iflouth, and crooking his elbow, stam mers :out the words, "shall I see you home." She touches her fingers to his elbow, and they walk home about a foot apart, feeling as awkward as a couple of goslings. As soon as she is safe within her, own doors, he struts home, and thinks he has been and gone and done it. Sleep comes to him at last, with dreams of Caroline and Cal ico, and he awakes in the morning to find the doors of life open to him, and the pigs squealing for breakfast. COXCXCDISG REFLECTIONS. . We have passed over churning and learning the catechism, because wejare feartul of making this article too long, although we fnifrht have -talked of hut mnrn nnniiv-ililn wv t prevented the queen s u g-di ooj, o ocMmieuat gnmiy .y iance from beinga so the master, who is so far delighted with. : fnc;rt ?vnn ii,, ter that would not come, and perplex- to Lombardy ; and as to the women, ities bf literary turn of mind, and aiin the hands of a wild and infuriated head that measured seven and a auar ier wnen astea wnax ine cniei enu 01 man was. Boyhood is a green passage in man's experience m more sense than . t. :t : i .1 . a.. one. xi is a .pleasant imog fo iiuqk ovef-and laugh about now, though " it j nas aei iuus euuuii mcu. jjxauy 01 Our present trialsare as naiculous as those which now touch the risibles irr the re collection, and when we' get to1 the oth er world and look upon this infancy of the soul through which we passed herey we hare no doubt that we shall grin over the trials which we experienced when we lost our fortunes, when'ouf mills were swept away or burned, and we didn't get elected to tne legislature Men are but boys of larger growth.' ' j J Koyal Marriages. - Marrying for money is bad enough, and productive of great evils. But the very worst prostitution of the marriage relation, done, as it is, underleal and religious sanction, is the making of State matches. The sending of some Albert and the affection with which i, -r.-u:. " n v.. tne xiiiiiou vuccu 1a 1 ei;ii ucu, mil e continental al- urce of great con- nni st ance? tlie dompst: tltik of Victoria have embarrassed the British Cabinet. And the difficulty is likely to be rather increased than diminish- irr! QmrTinllxr in .rorravtl nf n war it ( ElJropo. The Iatnlfench marriage is lwell understood to be apolitical union, rr,, T,v,,.4.xa i, i. k in tins sort oi thing, lne second mar riage of ilie Napoleon, was the great error of his life; and we" have yet to seq what the present Emperor can make of matrimonial brokerage. For the first Emperor not only failed in his own, but "was disappointed, in nearly aH that he projected forliis family, It t us republicans k trifling matter tp ue studying court almanacs; i,f ,..;,i.f ;.,;.;n coii hut without lino mil iiicitauj email Knowledge we can know really but lit tle of the springs which cause eccentric movements in European cabinets and conferences. Here and there is a fam ily Avhich appears to he shelved, - like the old .french dynasty, lor instance. It would seem of little consequence what the French legitimists may door think. Yet, with their ineradicable pride and their inveterate adherence to tradition, favored by the preposses sion in their behalf which is general in courts and among old European fami lies, the day. may come when even the despised Bourbons may lift their crests and burnish their faded bearings. No body but a Louis Napoleon could liave restored the empire of parvenues in the face of. the protests f dishonored legitimacy. Again, we say, we may thank our stars that we have on this continent none of these difficulties. We have anomalies and perplexities ; but the very worst of these is nothing compar ed to the European dilemmas. Our strifes evoke hard words, and- cause threats and rejoinders. But no blood is shed. There are no arming and counter-arming. The Newspapers do r the battle, and the various sovereign ties remain still in union. So we hope and believe they w.'ll, till our present great .contests are fought out, and many new ones are entered into and peaceably disposed of. Without our central government to keep the peace, we should have more wars than have, taken place in Europe. : The fedecal compact attests the wisdom of our fa thers, and secures our alliance hetter than .all the treaties which could be imagined. Royal marriages neither make nor mar our peace, while the free intercourse between citizens ot dificr- ent States, and the marriages of indi vidual choice and preference, which grow qut of that intercourse, bind the United States together in social bonds. The southern gentleman does not mar ry the 'northern lady, and the north ern freritleman is not attracted to the southern belle from any State or pol itical motive. They wed because they like each other; and the good thatfoj lows, in softening of the sectional as perities, is as natural as any oi the good results of matrimony, though ju3t as little counted on beforehand. K The republic is the true theory of goyem ment, and everything goes to prove it. , Cruelties of the Austrians. The Turin correspondent of theMor ning Herald says: "The Austrians have, it seems, behaved with great cru elty since.their invasion. ; The Gene ral, levies a certain sum of money in every village through which the army passes, besides a certain number of ra tions, blankets, carts, etc. in depen- dently of this, the soldiers are allowed to help themselves to what they plese ; wine-casks are smashed, costly fur- I niture is used for fire-wood, crockery j b shivered, the men able to bear arms - Urp rpi'tp nnnn and sent handrtnnHd are seized upon and sent handcuffed - soldierv. I leave you to iniiaffine. Here. in inrin. the ffreaiesi inaicrnation nre vails in consequence of these atroci- ties, in the tfflje, and all places public resort, the outcry against Anstrians is unanimous, and I fer but too well deserved. 'Reprisals are loud ly clamored for, such as the bombard ment of Trieste and the shooting of prisoners." -It . is said that the King sent an envoy, under a flag of truce, t'O; the Austrian head-quarters, to re quest the General not to make ,war like a' savage, but as a civilized being. A t5urt acknowledgment of the mes sage -was the only, reply, stating the difliculty of. restraining the common soldiers, ete." . .... , Eemaxkable Eace by Eailroad. One' day last week, as the eastward bound express-train reached Laporte, Ind., a passenger stepped off while the engine- was being replenished with wood and water, and walked back and forth on the platform, and continued to walk until the whistle sounded. The other passengers got aboard and the train passed off, but the gentleman still walked on. A few minutes after the train had gone, a station man saw the pedestrian, and, going up to him, asked in a surprised tone v "What the are you doing here?" The man started, opened his eyes, and looked arouhd bewildered. The fact was, he had been fatigued, and dropped asleep while walking." Rou sing himself, be asked : "Why, where am I?" i4 Where are you ? At Laporte." I' Where's the train I came in?" I' That left ten minutes ago." ; "Ten minutes ago, and left me! I must go in that train. It is a ques tion of life and death with me. - Can you get me to it ? Have you got an en gine here ? Where is the superinten dent ?" . The section master had an "ofHce near. by, and the two went to find that official and procure an , engine. The traveller stated his case he must go on could not delay and offered the officer 8250 if he would put him on board of the train. This strange de-mand-and strange offer caused the sta tion master to hasten and do what he could. . The fire was not out of the en gine that had drawn the train to that point the bargain was settled a draft given on New York for the 250 and in ten minutes the traveller start ed with an engine to overtake the fly ing express. After rushing on for thirty or forty miles, some connection gave away a bout the engine. The engine was stop ped the engineer found the difficulty and in a very few minutes had a Wood en pin whittled out and fitted to sup ply the deficiency. .With this, on they flew. The train had, of course, many miles the start of them, and despite the wooden pin, the engineer crowded on steam, and tore through the coun try at a fearful rate. Thirty miles of the distance passed was run in twenty minutes, but1 the engagement was that they should overtake the train, and overtake, it they did, but not until one hundred miles had been run, and they were approaching loledo. Having at length Overtaken and stopped the train and hurried on hoard the traveller went eagerly to a berth in: the sleeping car, and took there from a carpet bag containing 275,000. His treasure was sate none had mo lested it, and dismissing his faithful courier, he went on his way rejoicing at the success of his perilous and ex citing adventure. Cleveland Jrlain dealer. Montebello After the Battle. A letter to the Messenger gives the following description of Montebello on the day after the battle : "Within fifteen hours after the bat tle :was over, we entered Montebello, where .were only an advanced guard of 40 light Sardinian horse. The city was almost a desert. The inhabitants who had fled the day before, on the approach of the enemy's columns, were returning timidly, one by one watch ing and listening sharply, to find cmt the condition of their, houses. Corp ses covered the approaches to the tt wn, and filled the streets, those of the Aus trians in the proportion of 4 to 1 of Allies. While, M. Gaildrau, my fellow-traveller, was sketching for L" Il lustration the scenes of the battle, ac cording to the Piedmontese officer,4 I went into some of the houses. "Every where I; saw soldiers dead J w hn Rtmek. : Bod es. strewn n had been struck. Bodies, strewn in pools of blood, furniture brbken,-walls j grooved by balls, doors and windows smashedj bayonets bent and twisted, muskets which had been used as clubs;' all this made up one of those scenes which arc never forgotten. I went to the "cemetary. It was literally filled with Austrians, lying among the graves. It is on ground elevated considerably above the road, and has a wall which i3 pierced with grated openings. It might, almost be called a fortification All the intre pidity and incredible dash of. our sol diers was required to dislodge a des perate enemy with so little loss. "I have seen J the Austrian prison "I have seen the Austrian prison- ers. Many of them are Hungarians, and openly express their joy at being ; in our hands, iney ten, m uau xuu - iau, mtremuic o'u" cuuvj 'Jng since the campaign commenced, ot i anaoi ine sorry bwivc ui yjj mi o; the; my." A Happy IfaiL , A zealous divine ;who . had prayed earnestly that God would teach hijfi the perfect way of truth, was directed to go to a certain place, where he t ould find an instructor. When he cae to the place he found a man in ordinary attire," to whom he wished a goodp'orn- in g. 1 never had a bad morning; re plied the man. "That is very sing; )lar: I wish you may always be so fortuneJ" "I was never unfortunate," said V p. "I hope you will always be as hajty," said the divine. "I an never utap py," said the other.- "I wish' sathe. divine, "that you would' explain -Jour-self a little." "That I will cheekily do," said he. "I 6aid that I neveif had a bad mornings for every morning ev en if I am pinched with hunger, I pt&ise God. If it raiiis or '.snows,' or Jiils, whether the weather is serene oryiera pestuous, I am still thankful to ' $fod,. and therefore I never have a jobless morning. If I am miserable ihput ward circumstances, and despised, I still praise God. You wishthat.Inght always be fortunate ; but I.eanhcb be unfortunate, because ndthing bei'alls. me but according to the will of Gjod ; ' 1 believe that his will is always g joTi, in "whatever he does, or permits bel done. You wished me always haj-py"; but I cannot be unhappy, becaiist toy will is always resigned to the wif of I UUU. . . j - "But what if God should thrustt'fou dowp to hell ?" "I have two armsjfaith and love, with which T would hold on" to my God and Savicrurr and ncj'let hifn go; and I would rather be in hell with God than in Heayen without him." The divine, astonished at the Oman's answers, asked him whence he 4am e. "I came from God," he replied "Where did you find God ?" "TVrere I left the world." "Where did you. leave him ?" "With the pure in heart." "What are you?" "I am a king.; "Where i3 your, kingdom?" ljt; is within my own bosom. I have leir)p.ed. to rule my appetites and passion? ; and that is better than to rule any King dom in the world." "How were you brought into this happy ; condition ?" "By secret prayer, spiritual medita tion, and union with God. Nothing below God could satisfy my desires. I have found him, and in him Ia-ve peace and re." ; . . I ' - ' The Douhle-Headed Girl. ' : T ! ; THE STORY CONFIRMED STATEMENT OF AH EYE WITNESS THE GIRL S HISTORY. Vy ' To (he Editors of the New York Evening Jposi : In your notice of a, do'uble-hegtded girl on exhibition in Georgia yooi'ex-1 press doubts as to the truth of, jthV statement contained in the notice, you published. One year ago I sawthis child in St. Louis, Missouri.' She-is a slave, born in North Carolina iJjile an infant she was sold for one thous and dollars. At the age of six or seven years she was sold again for five thous and dollars. The owner took thVqhild to England and exhibited it to j'ran dreds of thousands in the: Qold World. The present owner bought its mother, went to England, and institutedegal proceedings, in the name iof the mo'th jer, for the custody of the child. v The resemblance ' which ihe ' child bore to the mother was so strong 'that the presiding judge' directed it tobe given up to the mother, which was ddne-, The late owner then offered to depos jte in court fifty thousand dollrf to the credit of tlie mother if she wuld commit the child to him- again, d remain with it herself; for, by the laws of England, she and her child .were free, but the offer was: decline, "What should I do with so muchnjon ey ?" said she ; "I wish to returnSith my cnnd to ss ortn uaronna, vr icn she did by the way of New York.- Her owner then asked the mother in what manner she wished to live,nd he would contorm to it. one askecfcior a little cottage and a patch of grojKd where she couia raise ner own cmcK ens. There, says ier master, she lives, with her husband and five other chil dren which he ha3 purchased. VTwo others were sold while young to' a4ne gi u-w auci , auu uv.i g v the master o tbis valuapie larauxiias oiiered hve hundred dollars to kuow who is the present owner of these (wo, no trace can be found of their where abouts. - ' " . . . - ; I never saw a" more sprightly prild of its age than this wonderful win fu. i ii. vi4- u :a- IOW II1C Miuutuciuiauc iin;iciauijvviic spinal column; there are twoheads and necks, two hearts and sets- ot iu$gs, four arms and four legs in short'the child is as much two as one. The two heads converse with each other, as do the Siamese Twins. ' Tlrty can sing toetner or sepaTaieiy, ana can talk with different persons at the same time." L K This double creature can .run and dance, and appears perfectly happyf. It was dressed, when I saiv it, in white, I with a crown on each head; with Jong, flowing, curling hair. The complexion is a dark copper color, with bright full eyes, hoticinc all that takes, pjac in their presence. iiut tor tear ot eman- cipation; the child wouW be V taken North. Nearly one hundred dollars a - aay were receiveu wniiejH was in ou w. t. a - mouu. Character is the only persohalprbper ty that every body looks after fdr yoii. . The Wit of a Mischievous Bella. 1 ' Hon. Henry Stuart Fbote, late Sen . ator in Congress froija Mississippi, and afterwards a shining light in jualifor- , nia, is attracting considerable atten tion in the South at this time. It seems he is endeavoring to look young again, and has donned a brpwn wig and dyed -his beard and moustache. Las wintejr the Ex-Governor wjas figuring about the parlors of the Su. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, in a flbwing wig-)f dark brown locks, 'and ' aii enormouarheard and moustache of the . deepest jet which would have doijie honor to k Gren adier of the French Imperial jGuard.; As he passed the laitge mirrors ihenev-. er failed to cast an aimiring look at his t own "reflection, and hot only sailed atf himself, but was -thel cause of liughter in others who beheld him. Oqe e?en- ing he joined a grpup of cerjtleinenl , who surrounded aytjung anofcharminff. belle, and soon addressed sotoe re-'. marks' to her. She tctur'ned a look of " ' . - . L : . - L . f- surprise, as it she dm not know ihim. "Why, Miss friend, "you don't spemto know me."; "there is something quite familiar to. wv xu yum uiet, u(ii .ruauy ..m uau u recollect your namel f ''My naniierIi53 - , is Foote." iA.h, now I under- stand it' I Once knew a Gov. Foote, of Mississippi,1 but did not know lhaV he ' had a son as young; as you are "Thank you, Miss ; I owe you one,' said the orator, as he turned awky, for his self-possession ras not proof d- gainst' the Avit of the Mischievous belle. A True Sbmance. A romance of reallife has been de veloped m JSew Orleans in connection with the catastrophe at Last Island. last season, by which so many people were suddenly overwhelmed dj a uooa. A middle aged gentlepan escapep from the island, but supposed that his wife and children perished. He 1 was fox months nearly insanje with griejf, bu,i lalely found consolation in the society of a charming school! teacher from the North, to whjpm he offered -hi i hand and fortune. He Was accepted arid the wedding was appointed, wlen he, was surprised by a letter from 1 is lost1 wife, at Rio Janeiro " .With one child she had floated into " Gulf on a piece of tic wreck oi their . house, was picked up by a vcssjel and, . taken to Bio. and the' letter ha been in some way so lon delayed 1jhat it. preceded her arrivil only a day or two.- nhcther the Jiusband wamore glad at the recovery of his old wife or sorry., at the loss of the new one, He alqpe knowei; but hd compensatjed the, disappointment of hijs affianced with a handsome sum of raoiney, and sent her . homer and welcomed; his lost wife as if. no.thing had happened to mar the joy ot her return. Gian s. The bed. of Oc Was t went v4s even feet long and seven jfeet broad. I The height of Goliahvag eleren feet ; his and spear nineteen pounds. Tile b'H dy- cf Orestes, sonjof Agamejnnon, leader of the Grecijan expedition a gainst Troy, was eleven and a half feet high. Maiimus, ji native of jpain, the Roman Empe'roi1, was ninej feet . high Maximus,originally of France, another. Roman Emperor, was eight 4 and at half feet high; j His wife's traced : lets served ;him. for finger rings.j His j strength was such tbjat he could dravc . a loaded wagon, brejak a horse' jaw with his fist, crush the hardest stone , with':his finger and jeleave treesi with , his hand; Ili voraqity was, equal . to' his strength', eatinjg jfortytwo pounds v of flesh, and drinking nineteen boHlea." of wine daily. Byrne and O'Brien, Irish 'giants, were eiiht feet high. A Tennessee giant, ( lately died, , seven , ( feet . high, weighing!, more than .one thousand pounds. The. Kentucky gi ant was seven feet ten inches bighi. Steel BtHyt. 1 . : . crusade has been entered j . , . doctor8 kf Pari into by the doctors pt farw against 4 the frightful fashioni of steel. stays,, brought in with the new cut of jflress now, in vogue. Attention has jbecir drawn to the subject, and a report scfit in to the Academy of Medjcine, - 1 KM w in conseuueuuu ui iu ouuuvu uchuivj - the fashionable houses otj-ms place to show off the fashioni These ytounf ladies whose sole business was to walk up and down the Majgasin wher the wonders of the imagi4ation of thej pro prietors are displayed, vieing with leach other in the degree tp which tofiure could be borne had gradually accus tomed themselves to be drawn so tight that in one case the bursting of a blood vessel was the consequence, and ba the other , congestion of the lungs carried off the victim in a fe hours," What Party do Top Belong Tot J'Well, Joe, to what party does you Vlong?" said Bill, j "t b'Jpng to the Southern Ri no tK- Dimvcratic Anti-Know- no, Lthat aint it nuther the Dimycxatic party jest so, got bacjk agm where it used to was, that's it. Bill, ef Iknow who or what I'm fur pense theni ras cally old Whigs, Tooiobs and Steph- ! ens has got to leadin jus." j- X i. .. . t i .i1 'V V ; V -