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n of tlio Watcliiuaii. Aritio.i. pt ye ar,Two Doi.Las psyable in fs rut jf not paid in advanceJTwo dollar j'4ffttw WI be charged J I , -isrsin-rtcJ at $ t for the first, an J 25 cts. '''. iH-aiimt insertion.: , vouil-wruriaiu K-u "V ret k ghfMiwn Hjr 1,1 whoa JvertiH hese rates. A liberal ueduc- tise by Ihe year.i Vn" 10 .t, K.liior ml be post paiJ .. ia ! - run ;ONO OF THE UN NlfJN. ' (L4I'nff a(1,u,riiWo aPart f which have ouUishfd b,for'' ("3y" lh?. na,eiSh Peg'c0 but laly 'J'catin. have, wn'ce the passage of the "(twP1 'n!,uft', K ,n '"Wwhat altered, andded LyttiK Author, to the Hon. Daniel Wcstkr. fiJn the graceful pen of Jouh Camf.ro. Esq., ItUooih gentleman whose fine talents and are sure to bt appreciated ave been favored with l . iirrenooritfiice. -lLMBtfao',, N. C. . . . i . Having only hau tne honor; or a pawing I Tift ClliHM: ie A nnrartf A n V V ii.lL iL ViLJLlv Jli. IN 0 J. J. BRUNER, "fW t S NEW. SERIES. i " Keep a check upox all your """ r1" Dojuis, and Liberty is safe." 1 .Editor 4- Proprietor. ) Rolebs. vL ?e' ( VOLUME VII NUMBER 21. j, . SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1850. ! I)r . .L lihrou'-h HiV friend, ilr. Manguni, Home i,lKX""-'r 1IlUt k,.,, pardon for the liberty I have I1" . u .:iL,'inr tVie enclosed linea to :.w.ln:u"." 1 . one, whose iu- ,'n,Vrtifiuiico and sterling pntrioi'iBin are alike Caniinnierty of the nation. J , and niottt ret tactful confid ant, hit. - - . . . . . i . Y our oueaieni servant, J. CAMERON. ... .iff cnvri np TUP. IfVlON. i i nil ? y . . ' " " - T - - I . If I ..... . iV.ax. W- - Tii 5lf' f frwi, ditided like the billows, fi Tri tkk " Richmond Dinner o Hon. D. W. rui;H Statfsmen nay differ, and partea may rage Ad tM.fp' of faction breed civil commotion, ' IA it W' aepur ppuo "mpia " That hiig U our altara with patriot devojti lion. REVOLUTIONARY BIOGRAPHY. A Passage from the Life of Commodore Talbot, of Rhode Isla nd, the suihiect of a new volume of biog raphy by Mr. Tcckermas, to be published by J. C. Riker, Fulton St. j ATTACK OF A FIRE-SHIP ON THE HUDSON RIVER, 177G. ! -The lonely harbor of ibis now great melrop. olis then offered a scene of rare and excitin" interest. Riding ajt anchor in the vicinity of Slaten Island, appeared the British fleet, with the army under Lord Howe. Every spar and line of cordage in those swarming battleships, was defined to thejeye of rhe distant spectator, against the lucid azure of the sky; and, on quiet nights, reflected to the gaze of the boat, men that haunted the adjacent shore. Their dark, massive hulls, and scowling cannon, wore a portentous aspect, and seemed to cast long and prophetic shaidows upon the free waters into which they had ruthlessly intruded sini Sadly, yel with gentle care, his humble com-, panions in danger bore him through the solita. ry woods, in the grey, cold twilight of morning, to a thin but hospitable settlement then called the English Neighborhood ; but on their arri. val, his dreadful condition so alarmed the chil dren of the place, that no house would give him shelter. At last a poor and aged widow opened her cjafrin door, and allowed the weary and scorched bearers to lay him on the floor, and cover his tortured frame with a blanket. Fortunately, in the course of that day, two A tnericau officers, General Knox and Dr. Eusti9, passed the vicinity on business; and hearing of the case, hastened to visit their countryman. The seasonable medical aid of the latter gen tleman soon essentially relieved his anguish; that God w ho will judge you righteously there can be nothing gained,! but every thing lost by concealing the truth -do not utter at this sol He replied, " I emu moment an untruth." know it all, I am about; to go before my judge, and to you, sir, I declare with my dying breath I am innocent." j Never had I such emotions. I have stood by many a death bed-r-by the rejoicing chris tian and the despairing rebel by the youn RECEPTION OF THE TURKISH ! COMiMISSIONER. On Saturday last Amtn Bey, Commiss ioner of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, was presented to the President by the. Secretary of State. All th heads of Departments and several other distinguished persons were present. On being introduced to the President, the old but this to mje was most impressive, j Amin Bey made an address in the Turk- He had been one of our lawmukers, had sent his influence from the legislative hall to the ex treme borders of the State, had moved respect, ed and beloved; yet! there he lay a felon! dying a felon's death f about to have a felon's burial ! and this all ihis with a strong proba and although for a considerable period deprived bility of innocence ! j And then all he wished of vision, he was soon able to bear a removal his family to know was, that in death amid to Hackensack, to await his convalescence. the "swellings of Jordon," he persisted in de Meanwhile the Asia had been extricated, with daring his innocence. Was there not a pos- great difficulty, from her perilous situation ; sihility that the men who code mned him were ficant of the years of bitter trial cf which they nd the bold enterprise that so nearly proved mistaken ? Upon them we cast no censure Li i' , i - I 1 isn language, oi wtucu ine loiiowing is a ! translation : ! 1 have the honor to he appointed by the i Government of his Imperial Majesty the I Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to visit the United btates of America, with the view ot strengthening those relations of peace, and friendship which so happily have al ways existed between the two countries. I have it much at heart to execute the wishes of my Sovereign in an acceptable et demagogue! itnve for trte HpoiUof the Hive, VtVvl a hope, from which Fr rirher joys we derive, Tbat the Sialr of our Union, forever wilt! be, Lik the :hiDwa divided, yet one a the sea." A N'irtherfl fanaliet continue to rove. Awl jVni Utjeir mad rabble a holy com nunion ; Lei l, chivalrous Southerner, rash aa he's brave, Ja biJ wild iadignation make tight of the Union. In ii of them ull j Ever eaf to each call, ' By our Star let ub stand, 1 To with them or fall, Fully fruntiiif, our Union forever inuatjbe, Like the billows divided, yet one as the sea." y' j Wkep Utely the tocsin pealed forth on the land, And the fVry cross' sted o'er the face Of the nation, From he North, Fast and Went stepped a patriot band, i And the SVnith joined the war cry, with wild acclama - j tM,h i ! Then istrove' side by aide, ! Tamugh the battle's red tide, ;i Men wlio differed as far As the' Ocean is wide, AD linked by1 the feeling : Our Union will be, "Like the billows divided, yet one as the Sea." Skill ihoaUler to sliouhler, like brothers we'll stand, Together read proudly our pathway to glory ; la ioterei uttited; one chronicler's hand, Oar history will grave on the pages of story ! ' For Webster and Clay Will Mire find a way, Where; the bright tar of promiHe, Shall Uaie like the day, Illuming the inotto " Our Union shall be, Lk the billows divided, yetioue as the sea." .. 'Ntfie. Though withdrawn temporarily from the Conflict, yet ho one will pretend to say, but that the commanding Influence and powerful exertions of those two great Statesmen contributed in a great measure lwJ preparing the way fur the passage of the great oj the UuuuUus. were ominous harbingers. her destruction, created such apprehension and They doubtless did what they believed to be manner ; and, though the two countries Upon the heights of Brooklyn, at York Isl- 'oss f confidence in the enemy, that they slip- right ; but, if mistaken, oh, what a fatal mistake! and. and Paukis Hook,-rose the newly-heaped ped their cables, fell down the river, and an- What a commentary upon: circumstantial evi batteries of the Americans. Never smiled that chored below the city. The hopes of the Ame- dence 1 lovely bay more cheerfully than during those rieans revived in the same proportion as those 1 am informed that; a petition had been drawn clear days of that eventful spring. More soli- of the British were discouraged. So obvious, up to the President of the United Stales for his tary than at preseint, with its constantly plying indeed, was the auspicious influence of this pardon, on the probable nay, almost certain steamers and forest of shipping, the position of event, that by a resolution of Congress passed innocence, and that it had more than 1,000 the belligerents Iwas olainlv dbvionJ Th on the tenth of the ensuing October, this sol- signatures. But it ! had not been forwarded. comparative eilenee that hurrs over the broad riled attempt," as it was designated, of Captain Now it is too lale ! The man of influence the waters the fat-tkimming clouds that; for a Talbot, was made the occasion of a vote of I gentleman sleeps in a convict s grave ! moment, darkened their crystal sheen, and the thanks, and a special recommendation of that occasional furrows raised by sudden breezes officer to the commander-in-chief, besides pro thai swept across! them, stimulated the imagin- moling him to the rank of Major. iV. Y. Lit ation of lonely enthusiast who, from seme iso- trary World laieo point, looked lorth and mused upon the landscape.. .. ; ONE WAY TO FIGHT A DUEL. li was evident mat neither party had, as yet, A Scotch maior. who had been so skilful with .1 r i . .'i ueieruuneu uiion lis course. l ne consnlerate. on I his , t.,.. I ma bvtuiu aa iu ugui octai uucio, nuu is i imii niucf, icil lll3 IIIIOOl IctllCH OI a SUCCeSS" . f i . e L- ... ! . ec pea ted success, but who, on account of his ex. in ukjw, m iue nisieni juncture ; yei me ac r... I . - r .L ' i . f - . "5UIC ucaiio iui iuai state oi me colonial aeiences was but oar i color their . 1 a nauy Known to ineir opponents, and a prema- tore inariceuvie rniht occasion temporary dis- comhture, even mi that well appointed squadron. On the other hand, it was of the highest mo ment that the Americans should be assured of the readiness of our troops to cope with their formidable invaders. It was needful ihalthe spell of vague alarm should be, in a measure, broken, which had been -inspired by the pre sence of those destructive engines, whose thun der seemed to gather new potency from their long Quiescence : whose shrouds and decks bristled with pikes and bayonets, and whose black and heavy sides contrasted vividly with the red hues of the soldiers' uniforms, grouped thickly at the port-holes and on the taftrails, as if impatient to pour forth upon the land so in vitingly spread below and around. To one gallant heart, this inaction was especially irk some. Captain 1 a I hot had obtained the com mand of a fire ship, and lay directly before the city, awaiting oirders. To secure a more effi cient position, and the better to disguise his purpose, he took advantage of a light wind, as cended the Hudson fifteen miles, and anchored quarrelling, when a little in intoxicated, for bis boasted courage, was de. spised by his brother officers, came one even ing into a large company. There happened way when she was found, bhe appears tohave From the Wilmington Chronicle. West India Correspondence of the Chronicle. Grand Turk, T. I., 7th July, 1850. Mr. Brown Dear Sir : By the Schr. John Russell, hence for your city, 1 have time to fur nish you a few hasty lines. There is wrecked American brig on " Am berg rise Key," 22 miles distant from this port, called the " Betsey," of Pittston, on the Ken nebeck river, Maine. Her mast were cut a- to be present a Yankee, an officer in the same regiment, which was then stationed at Montre. al. This Yankee related among other things the failure of a certain expedition in which he had the misfortune to be wounded. That was because you were a rascally set of cowards, observed the major. You are an infamous liar, says the Yankee. The company stared. The Scotchman looked down upon him with as been abandoned at sea ; Or that all hands on board have perished. The cargo consists of bread, pork, lard, (hams, butter, fish, soap, tongues, lumber, staves, shooks, chairs, &c. Some of the barrels were marked " W. P.," and the chairs W." The cargo, to all ap pearances, was ladpn at Boston. It was all saved in a damaged stale and brought here yes- terday, and sold at public auction for the ben much contempt as Goliah did upon David, and efit of those whom it may concern. The stern immediately asked, are you a man to meet me ? of the vessel was stove in when found, and she Yes, replied the Yankee, at any time and where high and dry on the reef, half full of water. you please, only with this proviso, that we meet without seconds. Well, then, to morrow morn ing at five o'clock, at . Agreed. The company present endeavored to dissuade the The residents of these islands have been thrown into a state of temporary excitement, in consequence of a large amount of treasure hav ing been supposed to be found in Great Sand Key, (6 miles froni this,) and taken away a few days since by a little schooner from St. Johns, N. B. There is a great deal of proba " f Washington, D. C. Pifc Sia:; I thank you for your letter, and the ac- just above Fori Washington. 'rjf'""'!. , oitiijj ti iiiq u imm. i no kvo ui uur I' mo may Well inspire us ull with more or less of the lruc:ii spin. anu i am giau you uuiik me wonny to receive-a dedtcation-of your verses, .! Like you, I fond IJ t that the United States may be, forever, "ijike the billows divided, yet one as the sea.' i Yours iwuh regard and all good wishes, I L e For three days, in this romantic spot, he qui. etly awaited an opportune moment for action. On the one side, the banks of the noble river sloped gradually, half-covered with low cedars, Yankee, telling him the major had every ad vantage where he had none, aqd he had better compromise matters ere he would have cause to repent his rashness; but he still persisted. bility about it ; and the amount of the money The next morning the Yankee repaired to the that was dug up, is said to be $7U,UUU sterling, place somewhat before the appointed hour, Since the supposed' finding of the above sum. armed with a large musketf 'shortly after the a large number of the inhabitants of these isl. major made his appearance with his brace of adds have been busy in digging for like treas. pistols and sword. Before be bad advanced ure on several of the little keys or islands near far, the Yankee, in an austere tone, bid him this, but as far as I have understood, none has stop or he would blow bis brains out. The been found by them ; yet there is, no doubt, as are so lar separated, commerce and thd increasing facilities of travel cannot fail to bring them nearer to each other. With their extension, more intimate rela tions will hereafter naturally arise be- tween the Ottoman Empire and the Great j Republic of the New World. ! It has occasioned His Imperial Majes ty much pleasure to know that he has won the approbation of this Government, and that of the American People, by the course which he recently pursued in fa vor of the unfortunate Hungarians, whose position had claims on those feelings of humanity and benevolence which at all times occupy the heart of His Majesty. I am instructed by my Government to visit the institutions of public and private industry of this country, and to inform my self of the system of education S0 3ucccss fully followed in the United States, for the purpose of making a report of the same. The hospitable and kind attentions which I have received from the American people, since my arrival in the New World, I regard as so many evidences of good will and respect towards my rever end Sovereign, whose unworthy servant I am ; and I beg leave to take the present opportunity of expressing to you, as the Chief Magistrate of this truly great coun try, how deeply grateful I am for them. To these observations the President made the following replv : Sir : Your arrival in this country is not unexpected. The Representative of this Government at Constantinople informed us, some months ago, of the purpose of the Sublime Porte, to send a public agent to this country. The government of the United States, received this information, extension of friendly and commercial re lations between lhe Ottoman Empire and the lliputlicof .the New World. Amin Bey ! you have said,' and said truly, that bis Imperial Majesty, your Sovereign the Sultan, has won the approbation of the American Government and lVople, by the course pursued by him, in favor of (hose unfortunate Hungarians whose recent condition had claims on the feelings of the -humane and benevolent all over the World ; that approbation, let me say, is deep, and cordial, and wide spread.--Not disposed to interfere with political i.i i r.i IT-. ,... ine people ot me uuueu stales are yel in telligent and well informed, and quite ob servant of all that passes in the world, connected with questions of national arid human rights. While they maintain a Mrict neutrality in all foreign wars, they nevertheless sympathize most deeply in all struggles against oppression. They are lovers of justice, of mild governments of humanity, and of every thing which promotes the cause of political and social happiness among men. , I repeat. Mr. Commissioner, the pleas i ure 1 have in welcoming you hither, arid re assure you of the disposition, of this ; Government to make your mission agree I able to yourself and satisfactory to your , intelligent Sovereign, the Sultan of the : Ottoman Empire. f - The address of Amin Bey was interpre ted to the President by Mr. Brown, drag, oman of the American Legation at Con stantinople, who in like manner interpre ted the reply of the President to the Com missioner, who listened to it with pro found attention, and from time to time e vinccd the deep impression it made upon him. The following is an extract of a dispatch from Mr. Marsh, the American Minister, Resident at Constantinople, dated 20th May, 1850 : j " Believing that a better acquaintance on the part of the Turkish Government with the power and resources of the Amer ican Union, and with the mechanical skill of her citizens, would be one of the most effectual means of extending the commcr- j cial intercourse between the two nations. of creating a demand in the Levant for the products of American industry, and of establishing political relations with Turkey, which might be of the most es sential service to us, I have exerted ray self to induce the Porte to send one or more public agents to the United States, with a view of informing itself, through reliable sources, upon the points to which I have alluded." " Amin Bey, although specially delega ted by the Capudan Pacha, is treated in the note by which his appointment is com municated to the Legation as a public agent of the Sublime Porte, and may, im mediately or hereafter, be invested with diplomatic rank ; but the principal duty with which he is at present cbareed is j the examination of our Navy yards, docks, ships of war, and other establishments connected with our military marine. I I suppose, however, that he is also instroc j ted to report on our national resources. DANIEL WEBSTER. Joint Camcrov, En., llitlsboro', N. C. muni ot rtiLr iirith a ma 7omohf at fnio nnor . ikU Salnnd tuo a sir. lha hamta t inn nf m rnf ai whose dark umbrage already wore the freshen- ted 8tratagem, reIuctantly obeyed, but ex- and privateers, money buried on, or near it that ing lints of spring ; on the other, like natural postuIated wilh hi,n on the injustice of such un- will, some day, be brought to light, as the 70,- ORIGINAL ANDTRUE. Mr. Franklin A , who was a gentleman of cood Qualities and infinite rood humor, used ii-mucM pleasantry to relate the following scene gave no bint of the" deadly preparations luecdote i having occurred to himself when then jmaking On board the unwarlike craft that fortifications, rose the grey and upright rocks of the tufted palisades, rew dwellings were then visible the ripple of the water on the pebbly shore was audible in the lull of the wind, and the tranquil and sequestered beauty I of the our nublic works, and the condition of our with pleasure, and I am happy to-day to ; productive industry ; and I trust that ev realize the anticipation in which we have : ery facility in the power of Government, indulged. j mav De afforded him for thoroughly infor- The high consideration due to your j ming himself upon these important bran Sovereign and his Government, and what ches of inquiry." we learn of your own intelligence and j character, conspire to make you a wcl- ytung man. A young lady in the neighbor hood" had won his affections, and he had com- mepced paying his addresses. During the courtship he sometimes supped with the lady s family, when he was alwavs resaled' with a homely dish of mush , and milk, and being of a erjogs turn was geneially.invited to say grace over the meal. 1 he supper did not taste amiss si the family of the fair one was in moderate ' ... .. circumitances, and being himself poor he ad mired such domestic economy : besides he was at UCed provided he could gain bis fair Dulcsl ea. Tbe'cours of true love, it is said. nev. f did run smooth,' and Frank chanced to have -rival much richer than himself. One even " When be wait visiting his charmer, after me board had been spread with the frugal meal swung so gently at Jier moorings. The lapse of a few hours after Captain Talbot hid chos en his anchorage, evidenced the sagacity of his movements. Three of the enemy's snips, in order to protect the left of their army, in case of need, had shifted their ground from the har bor to a spot about half way between the mouth of the Hudson and the fire-ship. Orders were therefore soon forwarded to the latter to make a night .attack. She was filled with combusti bles, and besmeared wilh turpentine. Sever al trains of powder were laid ; and one of the crew was easily induced to strip himself, and lie down upon deck, with a lighted match, rea dy, at a moment's warning, to ignite the vessel. At two o'clock in the morning they weighed anchor, and droppedslowly down with the tide. h mush and milk, but before the family had la- The nearest iof ibe three ships was the Asia of De 80fj Djs commision and left the place. Mir seats at ine taoie, some one spiea Frank's iival riding up. Immediately a change caine o er.lhe substantial meal. As if by mag. ic, the'tale was cleared of its load, and ndrught remaned45 lej ,ne ,aje j, ,no wm(e elolbj In the course oi a short time, however, the table was again furnished, not as before, buVwjththB suitable appendages for making and with warm bread, such as i hastily baked, and in common parlance called 1 short cake Whin all was ready, as was the custom, brother A- was invited to say grace, who with due solemnity, hands folded and eyes clos ed, pronounced the following imnromotu ben. ,4ictlon : ; ' - ' - u The Lord be praised, j ji How I'm amazed To set howr thing have mended ; I Here's short cake and tea, For supper I see, , i - Whert mush and milk were intended." It t almost unnecetarv to add thai: after this ;rece, Frahk never returned lo woo his lady but tif left her to the undisturbed posses". oq of hi, ,ndre fortunate rival. 1 . . ' gentlemanlike proceedings; the Yankee was 000 have been. implacable, and determined to punish him for Salt is selling for from 9 to 10 cts. per bush his past conduct and the abuse he himself had el at this place ; is abundant and of excellent received. Lay down your sword and pistols, quality. This raking season is over for this says he, (still presenting bis musket,) and to year in consequence of the floods of rain that the right about face, march ! The poor major have lately fallen here, which have overflowed was again uuder the necessity of oheying, and, the salt ponds with fresh water. The trade uttering a volley of curses against his star, pass, here is now duller than it has been during the ively submitted. The Yankee then quietly game season for three years past. took possession of his arms. lis base, lis In great haste. OtJbblt rK. - - - I o i cowardly thus to disarm me of all defence, says .1 .T - ' 11 III I . . . w tne major, ino, repuea nts lenow comoaiani Michigan s ISevo Constitution. we copy I will deal honorably with you ; there, take my from an exchange, the following summary of musket, (throwing it towards htm.) and defend tne new Constitution of Michigan. The Con your life. He, quite incensed, seized the weap- Tention rather reversed the old Constitution on with a mixture of exultation and precipitate tnan made a new one : vengeance, and, rushing forward, demanded Homestead exemption, and an re-elective ju- his arms, or he would blow him to h 11. diciary are among the new features. There is Blow away and be d n'd, says the Yankee. to be no Independent Supreme Court, but eight Provoked at such unparalleled insolence, in a Circuits, with one Judge elected in each. Eve- fit of frenzy he drew the trigger! But, alas, ty County of 10,000 inhabitants has four terms the musket had not been charged f The glory of Court a year. The Supreme Court meets of our braggadocia was so sullied, and his feel- four times a year.j The question of negro suf- ings so mortally wounded by this indignity that frase is to be submitted to the people. Indians may oecome citizens, a proposition iu reier to popular vote the question of licensing or not licensing the sale of ardent spirits, was rejected. The legislature is required within five years, to establish free common schools, to be kept open three months in each year, and also as soon as establish estate Agricultural Jiulgc Berrien A Strange Development. The New York Express says : " In reading AFFECTING SCENE IN THE INDIANA PENITENTIARY. During the recent cholera sickness in this prison, the services of the clergyman were of- practicable to ten in requisition, who has given several sketch- es of the last moments of the dying prisoners. Here is one : i i ( Preservation of Pumpkins through the great, r ptr of fit winter, if sound and well ripen 7 fjljr. Attained,-bj stowing them in a mow of dry hay; or straw, or placiug on a barn floor nd covering with any light forage. A dry teller wil frequently keep them sound ; but these are iliuallv too moist for this niirnosn 'Hey ougbi occasionally to be looked after, and I nj snowing evidence of incipient decay, should be Immediately used. All the pa'rtially H be, small, and imperfect should be fed soon tfier taking from the field. sixty-four guns, whose fall spars and towering hull no sooner loomed upon the eager! gaze, of Captain Ta I hot's hardy band, than they steered directly for her broadside. Unsuspicious of any danger, it wa 1ut a moment before her little adversary had flung her grappling irons, that the Asia, fired ; and then a scene ensued that baffles description. From the depth, as it were, of profound silence, there echoed the re. verberalion of cannon, the cries of the wound ed, and the piercing shouts of alarm and re While I was-in prison the Warden led me venge. loan instant the darkness of a cloudy to the bedside of a convict by the name of Shear night gave place to a red flashing glare that er. I was informed that he had formerly been revealed the fort, the waters, and the fields, one or two years a member of the State Leg. with the distinctness of noonday ; and brought islglure had stood very high in the estimation into vivid relief the huge vessels of "war now of bis fellow. citizens and at the time of his alive with their startled crews, who hastened conviction was surveyor of his county. He to the relief oY the Asia ; ome pouring water had been tried before the United States Circuit on the rising flames, others disengaging the Court, and on mere circumstantial evidence fire-ship from her eidev and not a few intent at had been convicted of mail robbery and sen. the guns, which hurled an incessant shower of tenced to four year's imprisonment. The poor balls at the boal in which ihe daring originator man knew me, having heard me preach in the of this sudden conflagration, was propelled by prison. "Sir!" said he. ! must die." He his brave men towards the nearest shore. Al- was then in a collapsed state the marks though lighted in their aim by a pyramid of death were upon his countenance. I sat down fire, of all the shot from the ihree vessels, but by his rude couch and held his pulseless hand, two struck' the crowded bark of fugitives. Cap- Long did I endeavor to point him to the tain Talbot, however, in his anxiety to render Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the experiment certain, had lingered amid ibe the world." His spirit grew calm and almost burning timbers of the fire-ship, and ') was the joyous, arid he professed that the terrible sting' last to escape, tne seaman wno appueu me was gonse. INow, saia i, onearer, you are match having, according to a previous under- perhapsjiear death, have you any word to send standing, immediately jumped overboard and io jour family 7" Oh ! said he, I have a been picked tip by his expectant comrades. wife and two children I wish I could see them When, therefore, the boat reached the Jersey once more. He paused a moment, unable to come visiter. The occasion is striking: as well as pleasing. From the Bosphorus you come, j the debates in the Senate upon the fugitive slave on an errand of peace and friehdly inqui- Bill, we find the following remaiksof Mr. Ber ry, to the western shores of the Atlantic. rjen of Ga., and Mr. Pratt of Maryland. Mr. From a country of so much antiquity, and pratt fiajj . so much history, your Government, with now there is one fact which the Senator a far-seeing intelligence, has dispatched : (Mr. Berrien) has related to me. which l de you to this our Western Republic,"that ' aire to mention to the Senate. The honorable you may acquaint yourself wiji its civili- ! Senator, as I have understood from him, has zation, its institutions, its extent, and its collected upwards of $300,000 for a citizen of ? power ; and with the causes which, in lit- , the Stale of Khode Island, for negroes import- i tie more than two centuries, have raised ed in, Georgia. j ud and established a communitv of more ! Berrien. Will the Senator allow me I S than twenty-five millions of people, under ' Unquestionably the Senator is correct in his j forms of Government entirely free, and yet dement. I have stated to him that many ; such as have been able, as we trust, to years ,'n exf rc,s.e ol "mJ P'ofc.uonal .... , . P ; duty, I had collected a large amount some- make the American character not unfa- ' near fc . amounl he a!eain or vorably known in the world. noef vvhich were ,-ft in haml$ by a cii. In the name of the American People Zen of Rhode Island, and which were given by and Government, I bid you welcome ! ; citizens of South Carolina and Georgia. I sta The country is before you, and all open to ted that to the Senator, but I did not intend your examination and inspection. What- ! that it should be introduced here, soever there is in our political organiza- Mr. Pratt. I certainly understood the Sen-; tion, in our svstem of education and in- ! a,or 8,ate at ,nJ ,ime he 10,(1 me of the fact, struction, in "our commercial regulations, ! ,hat h himself wished to bring it to the nptice or in the organization and equiptment of of lhf S'nle' M an' ra!e' not u,r!der our national defence, whether in the army s,a"d the S;na,orl .,0 refl,,csl lhat 1 ehou,J MJ . .u :n u i:i.. ..,v.:, .1 nothing on the subject. u ui uaj.wm ' ou" -""J The Express adds : - It is but a small iat your inquiry. Competent ofheers will be ler whelhe'r he Senaor ke jn confidcnce instructed to conduct you to the dockyards or noL h to lhe fact lhal wo wUh lo call and public arsenals; the hospitals for in- ,he altenl;on of our readers, particularly thosa valids and the various institutions for the . cf New England, and especially Rhode Island. relief of the poor, the insane, the blind : What is this fact? That one lawyer of tho per publishing the: Constitution should have 825and the impotent, will invite your atten- State of Georgia has collected three hundred tion. You will pass along, with opportu- thousand dollars for a citizpn of Rhode Iiland nilies to observe,the great lines of com-! for negroes imported into Georgia! We do munication. of canals and railroads : and not suppose, much as we would to believe,' that Schools setting apart twenty. two sections of spring lands for its support." The Convention provided that every newspa for it. Greensborough Patriot. j HONEY. Honey is, according to Mr. Milton, who has lately published a treatise on bees in England, a universal specific ; and among its other val uable properties, he declares that it prevents consumption, and states that lhal destroyer of human life is not known where honey is regu larly taken as an article of food. Those who have less faith in the specific, may perhaps at tribute the cause lo difference of climate rather ftrl than the honey. The Italian singers it is said are greatly indebted to noney ; but tneir prac tice is to sharpen) it with a few drops of acid, though they sometimes take it in a pure state. Selection of Seed Corn. This month seed corn should be selected. It can only be well done in the field, by gathering those ears with small bull-ends, the second ripe, and taken from stalks which have two or more well filled ears to each. In this way, the best vaiieties of corn in cultivation have been obtained. j A thopketper once wrote to his sister. Our aged i wttier died yesterday of a large asHortmeut of disorders." shore in safety, the appearance of the gallant leader was frightful and his sufle tings intense. His skin was blistered from head to' foot, his dress almost lenlirely consumed, and Ibis eye sight gone, j go on. No doubt his thoughts were at home, sweet home." He rallied and proceeded "Tell my family that I am innocent of the charge for which I suffer." I said to him, " Mr. Shearer, you ate now in a few minutes to stand before 'i Teddy, my boy jist jjuess how many cheese there is in this bag, tn' faith I'll jive ye the whole five." " Five," paid Teddy. Arrah ! by my jsoul, bad luck to the man that touid ye i" you will visit and 'examine those manu facturing establishments, the produce and growth of private enterprise, which have enabled the vessels of the United States, to bear samples of the skill and industr of their people all over the Levant. You will see the broad fields of American ag riculture, producing wheat, maize, rice, cotton, and tobacco. Finally, sir. jou will have an opprotunity of beholding the mountains, and rivers, and the lakes of this continent and be able to report, ac curately, when you return to the confines of Europe and Asia, on what scale of magnitude arc those natural features of the earth which have attracted your at tention. While you remain in the Country, Mr. Commissioner, every proper degree of re spect will be paid to you, and, so far as depends on us, the wishes of your Sover- j eign respecting the success of your miss ion, shall not be. disappointed ; and 1 trust with you, that its etlect may be a greater VBTS - m - - a it H an isolated cas. I ne constitution lof more than foriy years had made for this impor tation of negroes Piracy, and yet in a section of country whence we hear most said against idavery, we see that the greatest pecuniary re. wards have leen derived Irom a trafic in slaves. With such facts staring in the f.ir.e, and pro claimed alouJ from the Senate Cbamer at Washington, may our zeal for the true welfare - . . . ' , .... Ir t ' ot the slave be queswoueu, anu tne taunt oi ny pocrisy be flung back upon us, as wc herald our own hive of freedom and our abhorrence of opprsesion. The fact which Mr. Pratt has here drawn out is not a new one to many of our readers, but it is a sad one, and one which' we cite now not on!y to deplore it, but for the; sake of saying, in the name of common chart-; ly for all men, that it ought to teach us to have a little forl-arance with others, when, id say; the least of it, we are no Letter than we should! be, ourselves." i " i Whistling. -The City of Galena, Illipois,! has passed an ordiuaure prohibiting within lhe. Cliy llinin. "i yiu "i jcuanj uw $10 uur cu'ccdiug 8aOU. 'j - i
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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