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; tixis of iin ciuollya .tjiTcnm. r Jobber jpiiin. pfr 'far. Two Dotj,Rs payable in gjvanrr'i lt if not paid in advance, Two Dollars Mj fity cents vMill be charged. AtrtsTiWET.inisrrtej at $i for the first. and 25 eta. -fiquare for rich BUDsequent inseri'on. Court orders charjj"J'2. pT ent. higher ihsin. thf se rates. A lib frs deduction tp those who advertise by the year. f rri lo tli KJilor must be post paid. C, IV E M j: A FA IT! IFUIIEA RT. ! ' ar rt.izABETit bli.vn. j I (Jo- not rjhre bright gem of earth, Nor poll of dazzling hue, flut ak f.jr something of more worth A hear jhat'a pure and true. I Though rrth may yield her cosily gemi That lik no fair to view ; .1 pk notf.r-nuch djaderns, Hit" for a' heart that's true. A hart pat glows withjioMe ddedi Fr thfa 1 e'erTwill sue : A gliIt!fM heart from envy freeoj- .V heart that pure and true. A lutart like thin is real worth, It 'not iing can outshine ; nxk f.r liere on earth- Tis inll A heart that's pure and kind. t For the Watchman. I I - ! A Grantl Concert -not the Italian Min els. or the Hutchinson Family but a niorc extensive connexion t het Katydids are corning. J hey will make their an- nul visit js usual early in July. They frequently Commence their serenade about the fourth of that month, ati(j continue their peculiar noise just three months, till frost comes. 1 his insect is found in all parts of the United Stales: it! makes a fcaCJ sound by means of a membrane in the co vp f of the wings, which jresembles very much the word, katydid. . And we are told that some old persons! hive observed for thirty years, that the first frost n the rail, comes Just three soatbs to a day, from the time this insect : pears. if this is a fact, it is njew to me, ! ariu iny ui in uuu in ij, anu your rea Mejs. may mark the time ol . 4 ItH appear- ancc verify, or disprove tjhe above I J statement. For the Watchman. j T IE USES OF M ETA is. - i "WitHout the use, of these jve could jisave nothing ot culture or ciyility: no pillage oagriculture: no reaping or mow jing: no ploughing or diguing : no prun ."a Vi iu(iinK .. ,iu graning or (incision I w 1 1 1 1 V I ( r . - - MIllM I U Pto . m ... . I ..... . 1 I j V1" I'rturs: no vessels f Ulens Is of household stuff: jjo conve ' nerit htluses or edifici es-no ,hLiB " - " Hl'IM Hi: VJI pvigai on. What kind of a barbarous flU SOrUKl llle We must ncepwu -Hi- l. . i 4 ted Die Indians of the northJn nn f i ..... ) i'ii j i I !l ,uiirricn, are a clear (lernonstration On Lit if rl'iTin rL-a Kt il',r.t a. .. i i "'. uiai muse wnicn are If mast, 'frequent and necessary us as rorv brass, lead, are the are tne most W pi rnmrnnn let tlfiil : others that are more rare etter spared, yet are thn-y there ied to be made the common mea standard of the value of all oth- pay he kquali hrtant . I . . !. cumrriouities, and gj to serve jf, rmonet, to which use thev have been m 1 Hi. ii . . . "i")eu y an civil nations in all afesJ' rliuuifcisilniiinf Cut - j Therd are how known fiftv-ninp. Vents, iyhich;forty.ihree are petals : fme ,hare very hard and infusible, m - r - - w p iu re me highest heiat of a fu mace f raett Hiem ; while JlprcuryJ onei we I known. wily -becomes solid 71 t egrees freezing point of water. Some than' that frfiid, and wil swim 1 r f it, wh oi'iis plaiimine is abut 21 1 1 Ties as I iavy,' Iroii is the most :iwrnl . - - . .......... 1, , 1 1 r capacity of V hich it has in commotj with t". yimi , uiui 01 ueinfr ? Att Other ; Milan of beinj ;on- -uiutpsieei t,y uiiion with carbon: u wnen A .1 so converted: ot being rendered pmanen ly magaetic.: ocean,, as w enhance the so as to guide us II as the land in value of thils met- fr? the freying oom are found native, oralrettdv in UlicMate. butmJstoi lhem jn - lorm.of ores, or miteralized. Gold is tly.fodnd native, but snm.,;ml ,n Ihe metal in tL L : . I . . 'th Rome V -ruiu is united other substance, as oxygeln.sul. It3 .malleability; is destroyed, racier is diigumed, so hat a 1 acfjuainted with the jmetal now it, in that form. Iron in Jhe sulnhurk (sulphur mixed en a new surface is exposed M its cl if rrson we Iaufd not e form c P it) v H like old or new irasis. and a ir i misten.forthe firmer, it is called 00,8 golj." Hut ohl is sr.fr uue tnis is nnt and it mnv 'Z 0 lry hlm robbery, and twel Known Py the smell . , n I stllnliiia ...I am -j! ..iow Ved. " " Juiijijui wnpn ' o PiUL. l or Ibe Watc unuh. " j 'rcf T Measure Lite, and let lid lr lived some years since in a villae tftfo tlf llurb. ... ' C j trTuta,Tsl!ftn Ishmelite wsas a his l fnu bad rt fecial dislike to iianie. ti ' . . r I "e would not. Q&(J birrl. U h 1.1:1..: et them tirive 1 1 - v. vuutu uy any plan pre nt.:'. . t a young and ne there and ! tiinMiiiL.t : !:nt-j . . .:, 1 v" '"d nine onu ."tuair-maker l j I, ?U "1 iradf. but th'k m.n .J, (T yjat i: J li 1 J ui ,Mcies undersel . and break ihim so set up a shop, "0. - lA 5Qoe.maker a 3 41. ;rchant immediately had cieap oots for sale i ftnd what was 1 Q J. J. BRUNER, Editor 6f Proprietor. the result"? We were lately informed that this member of the "codfish aristoc racy," who labored so hard to destroy the interests of others, had .failedbadly him self; And so it often is that Divine Pro vidence punishes men in the way they have done evil to others. That by their suffering they may breminded of that evil, and feel more keenly it view of their own conduct. This principle of retribu tion in kind, is more common in this world i than we are apt to suppose. There is a (just measure for measure ; astbe old man said who was thrown down and beaten by his disobedient son, - It is just, for I treated my father in the same way in that very spot." Let all the members of civil society promote each ot he interests for they are all linked together. And espe cially let home manufactures be encour aged, and mechanics not be despised or oppressed. THE MINIATURE. A Lynching Scene in California. U the year 1849, during the hot month of August, I left Sacramento City, with a party ol six; including myself, for the remote regions river. 1 had tried Several of the other rivers, without much success, and as some friends whom lytnn in town, endeavored to con vure me that thjs was ihe only true and leiti. mate spot wfeere the "pile" could be made, J very willmgly gaVe my consent to make one ol i heir party. - ; - We settled all the arrangements to oar sat isfacl.on, and then bought provisions enough lo las. us for three months, hired a six mule am, packed our stuff on their backs, and one after noon, about six o'clock, jook up our line of march for the above named place, distant about "tie hundred and fifty miles from Sacramento city. One among our eornuanv nlaved iK- .uy.e-necenlly well, and as ihe soul inir,;r; iiiriii niv tl u r . I l .1 ' " '"" niruyn tne valleys, we all iin r. .worth, at the least caicula- W 'hnusancJ dollars-or soon would be. I -a I . ..I-... .1 ere are they.-and their hones, and expectaih.ns, now? All but one have laid their hones in irangeland. Famine. Hieae. ,,,1 mi"der - hivp ,!lln them, one by one. until I , . - v l yj iHooumen.' of uod s mercy. But I am digressing. N-.ihing worth rioti cingoTctirrred on our route, md nfier four day's hard travel, we arrived, wiln blislered feet aiid aching bones; every body unhappy, and every body as disagreeable as any six men could con veniently be. - , After unloading the learn, and taking a good bath in the rlear, cold waters of the river? we pitched our lent, cooked our supper, and then, as men generally do.-fn.Mirh cases, felt better. I i ' nhU Am n ' . s I reurea early, -ami. enjoyed a good night's Sleeo. All went on smoothly for a week. Ve made the acqunintance of most of the miners at work in the neighborhood, and found them to be all pretty good fellows; they worked hard, and pieaoeu as an excuse that the climate was so bad that drinking was beneficial. One morning, just as the day was breaking1 out accustomed hour for getting up 16 break last, Ave observed a large crowd gathering a rou!n,d the store, and curiosity getting the bet. ler of us, we started to see what the matter was, leaving one to cook the breakfast Aa we drew near, J could see the form of Jones mingling wiih the crowdand gesticulating vj. olenily. I inquired of4im what had brought so many together, thus early in the morning. ' Matter enough he replied. ' Here's that scoundrel of a Morgan stole no less than three thousand dollars from Doy, the storekeeper.' " Is he taken ?' I asked, astonished, at the robbery. Yes, we have him safe enough, and the mo. ney also.' chuckled Jones. f; After Mime inquiries, I found that about two f 'dock in the morning. Dory was awakened ha slight noise inside of the lent. In an in. slant all was quiet, but ihinkin ihat it thing was not riirht h i,,,.L- t,; 1 r . unnVr hirbed, and commenced to se arch about ,he d All at once his ham nd contact wnh a man's head. tame in ' Who's 1 his ?' he asked, and received for an. swor a tremendous blow, which nearly stunned nun, hut instant I v rill.;..,. u J : l i revolver repeatedly at a form that darled past him, and then followed as swiftly as possible in pursuit shouting ' stop ihief.' Some dozen or two turning out, gave chase ...... iui.miiw u scnurtrpn rua desnaraier.,.;.. ...u ?u i . . "liu SIHTfPlllllO in fanlnrinn l C. . la. . ! 1.. -her free,." A d' Z ' 1 " ! he had thrown auJ .7 ' r J,c contained the dust, and that was safely ddker ed to the owner. They were now about forming a lury to trv him fr j " . 0 ve .Tiiirricau ....i.i, vuurru, vvnu jo PS 1..!.... 11. . . S Were A r-rnriH i.w.l.r t rfuui't. mm ini ... a. soon over, and the jtry were not out more than half an hour be. tore they returned, and pronounced him wor- Ihy of death, leaving it to the judge to decide in what manner he should die. ! 4 Well, f)ovs, you JiHve acted wisely, and as Tarn a merciful man, I decide that at ten o rrock Ihis forenoon, he be tied to a tree, and 811 of marksmen load their rifles and have a crack nt Ki.n - 1 1 , . . tt,,u y uou navemercv on ones continued. F in point you, with as many assistants as you want, o see the law carried into effect.' I intimated to ihe Kr..,ki t..j1 .i... h, , ,., -"muio j uu ire mat 1 mild liLri t.- disagreeable a duly, but wittek he ordered me to oerform thT?Z ...w I IJ Of- PiriliPrt rn r . i. m performing so U.s savarre look. signed 1, 4 , r " ,uc sk ne nau as- 1 me, and make no mnr wnr- k... t. prlorm the task he had is. organ had had a fair f-:-i n- ... 1 ."j. , r " nisguuiwas too evident, and as be lay in .hiore with jd, feet and hands bound with strong cords, Jook ing dirty and ragged.:Whh fhe blood slowly dripping from-hi arm. where a iall had lod. ed from the revolver of Dory, I could not! heTp pitying the poor wretch. He musi have read A CHECK CPO!f ALL TOCR KCIERS. . i r SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY,. JULY 17," "l8ol. . un.passmn in my tace, tor, making an effort lo ii upright, m whtch be was not successful, be aeu me l0r a nnnk ot water, I instkntiy hand cu ,,,m some atter.drii king beartily, ap. . r"'RT?a. I asketf hlim if there was anything else 1 could do for hirb. He re- mained silent tor a moment, and hn .A ' The Judge has appointed you' to Jee that the sentence is carried into effect, has he not 7 am sorry to say he has, sMolgan,, I an- ewrreu. J" V eJI, never mind. I youfd rat her it were you man some others here! But I have a par- .v.u.a. m.ur 10 hsk oi you. ferhabs vou will laugh and think it is weakness, but caVt help it. Have you a Bible at your lent)' I told him that I never travelled vithout and that I M t.a k . j i . one, " "arrJ ' rcau 10 nim. t mauKyou, ne said. ' 1 have hot looked mm one tor years, more shame to de ; if I had onowea us precepts, 1 should not have been I left him and walked back to my How I hated myself fur the nart I Lh tent. play m the murder, for I could call it no better It was in vain I pondered plans to ejscape from got to my task. 1 could see no remedy! knd ih M thai I nnn:.. :.. .1 . . .... IIIU31 aasiai in me execution a j , Jmost d me frantic. I . rove it was now about r.ine. Morgan bad one more hour to live. I went to the bead of mv hurl .KJ ll-i . I J ru,auu iiiKiiifFmy Dioie, left forj the store, where the prisoner was still confined. A large uncuiu f people had assembled from thedif. ferent hnrv siJ ...,. i . , pojjiuj; me ume away in one or two drinks, to give them an appetite uitgeoy mat was soon to be enacted WQ V fi w ilia U u iT ) ) I J . I ..w ui mo sueriij, snouted one. or two noisy fellows, as I endeavored ko force my niiu luc piesence ot :lorgan. i. 'Looks a blamed sight more like! a minister Don t you see his Bible?' said another. I passed into the store, where I jfbund Mor seated on a box. He nokel naU ul i . i- r jinougnttui, out a smile illuminated his rn.m tenance when he saw that I had h soook with me. i . r a v t w .. I made no reply, but commenced reading in rt iow voice, in an instant every yrt3 uncT.jverea wnnin hearing, and all was still within the store. Morgan listened with great attention, but l.v th u. f l j .nn.sned the third chapter, the loijd voice of Jones called out. J 'Time's up, bring out the prisoner." I slowly closed my book, and arose. Mor gan also arose, and cut the cords that bound his feet and stepped to the entrance bf the store. He was now very pale, whether ffam the loss of blood, or anxiety, I did not knowi. . . , "j "me umi i uau Wk:i 1 lii ,. vv hile 1 had been reading to hihi, they had v . . w been diawing lots on the outside, arid sit ,,f iho best marksmen on the river had the chance of shooting at the poor fellow. Their rifles were taken and loaded by a third party, tjwo of them with nothing but powder, so that it should not be known who shot him. We walked along with the prisoner, to the spot that had been chosen. It was a hiah plain just back ol the store. I askied Moran If he was ready. t fy. 1 r I Cht these confounded cords, ahd take my jacket of! so that I may stand up like a man, fie answered. j I bpijnd his band, and commenced removing his jacket when something fell to Ihe ground! 1 stooped to pick it up, and found it was a min fature. It represented a young atjd beautiful female, holding in her arms a voub? babe an. .v . I .. 1 r . . -L- r pairoiiy oniy a tew months old nu .1 1 lie iiiuiiicr 1 was looking at the child with such a Innk. ao . r ' 1 only a mother can give, while the child annear. fd 10 be making a playful effort jto reach a ringlet of the hair, which fell in) long curls about her neck. I looked up and aiked. Mor- gan, wnose potrait is this ?' 1. He ,heu fr ihe first lime obsejrved that I had it. ' That is the potrait of mv wife and child, whom I teft in New York,' he saijl, and burst j Into tears. Bury it with me, for it is all that 1 nave now. I felt as though a good crying do me good about that time, and i llnnn tw. I ...T I I jspell would a drop fell vfu" I'aunioi iace, mat was sweetly at her child, let me hope that did not gazing so tarnish the bright colors of the picjure. ; In the meantime a larore rmwri Ik-irl had assem- . , , v, sai,, vrr Uly nouiaer at tne picture with evident delight. I passed it round to them, and every one of those roigh men ap. peared to have a spark of humarl leeling in their breast?, that only needed to be touched to produce good results. I had never made a fppech in my life, but a new feeling seemed to flow through my veins. Springing upon a large log, I commenced a rambling address. I alluded to his poor wife and infant child, their IJ1KI1. nn IX0 no-Finr. L II . 1 dependence on him for support ; an!d the aniie- P"u orrow must feel should thev never I ; ) hM Wished, neara in Joud voice of old Jones, exclaim- 1 uujy, in me ienow go. 1 nave ;ot an old woman myself, and half! dozen chil dren, and I kinder guess how tbeV would feel if I should", pop off".' ; Let ihe lellow go,' said some half dozen of the men who came down on the rrrer. ; 'Let, us decide the matter byputting it to Vote,' exclaimed our old friend Jonjs. j 'To vote it is tben,' said I, overdyed at my success. ' AH those in favor of letting Mor gan go will please signifying it by saying yes.' ' es! yes!' roared nearly every voice in the crowd. I I now turned to look at lorgar. He bad iunk on his knee, when the result of the vote had been declared, and I sincerely believe that he made a short acknowledgmenl to heaven tor his wonderful Ore se rva I inn H. apnaa fvm - 1 19 m H 1 1 1 h,.-. u. iU. r 11 r ti . 1 . . ...... jV biu.x iiuiii knees and taking my hand, he kbanked me with tears in his eyes for the interest I had aken in bis trial. I walked alonig with him towards my tent, and observed that it would be best for him to lea nA n t u Jiunes at once. j I shall leave to-night, he replied, . but there is one thing I should like to obtaih from you, and lhat is your Bible. ; r I'hngly, I replied, 'and may it do you as wui-u gouu as it nas me. Do THIS, LXp LsIBERTT IS Gen' I Ifarrison. I . L i t . -pK-i,auq wnen ne arose lo go, I put the Bible in his band. He squeez! ed my fingers ,hen taking bis Wifef. miniature out, be forced u on me. sayiag. . Up that to remember me by,' and was gone before I could K - j I have the miniature now. j.. hen I gaze at , a sweet smile seem, to n)flv upon ,he lovely countenance of that youn" hride, as though she thanked m. iti-. the partner of her bosom lo escape from such an ignoble death. I f As for Morgan, I never heard Ar,; n. wards. Whether he is dead or alk I tell, and my object in writing thiJ00, tobtain, if possible, ome tidings Jf him. Correspondence of the Mobile Daily Advertiser. Uia MON'n Sppfi El Dorado Co.,1Cal. May 12. 1851. ( T;ii is a great country for excitement. Xnt a week'passes but some cause of it occurs, or is saia to exist. At one time it is th hew and rich n-nlrtn . . . . rumor of another, a a uisii-uiciicj - j i - . . . horrible murder and lynching afT;J is on account of some Indian mam.irt; again, it anion, with its usual accompanimen I . , . 14 1 rr AT r r 9 of robbe. y "r'. or 11 is at last some terrible ure, aesoiating cities and enhnni.; ...i... of the marketable commodities thruahout the ue .u..ujr. nere we are in the mids nf .-... ...... IT . t " prions causes of interest just at present. Ne : , . r vaua L.iiy, &an Franc sco and ourni 10 tne ground, Thousands ruinedthe market vibrates under I . 1 . v-',ll are are utterly the shock, s at which and no one can tell the various poin pnees win settle Meanwhile inew dig. K-0- -.- c.o-uncovered, or old lones made if 1 n (tc a l-.n!. I:. - 1 more productive by some new and improved mode ot washing them. One mile ihis side cS llangtown, or Placerville, and three Uile. us.a rich lead has been discovered. Hi is found in. the sides of a ravine called rw, n n and extends into the hills on each side. Shalts have been sunk on both sides of ihi Kill ... to Hangtown, and the vein has heen struck about twenty or thirty feet deep, and! pays from nny cents to four dollars a bucket, (it is auiie a curiosity 1. e., the diggings I rnean. The UI I r 1 . . ij P7V SU K nr8t lnrough the upper clayey soil, then through a stratum of what i&alled tJ. ten granite, and sometimes through two of these then comes a most singular deposit of quartz and rollen rrranila hr.nl-ln... '.Ij. ; fe1 """'ucis, ueiueniea loffether ny dirt that has the appearance of rhortar rub oish. 1 his conglomerated mass extend- fr some distance, say from three to fifteen feet be- e uum, anu: ovenies a soft kind of rock called "granite" and "the red iow tne granite strata above, and overlies rock. The gold is verv fine, and it im;mai, ly mixed with this cemented mass, paying best at the red rock and diminishing as it ascends oome shalts have naid no hirrh no .1 sand dollars per day, but the maioritV hAv I -" 3 ;ono IUUU ly just got down, and as I said nav from fifty cents and upwards a pan. j Itis the hardest digginglever saw. Pirk-nd sharpening every dav or twn. nnd ikl . ...... niwao aic af as those of the workman's hammer in blows in the cement and rocks are ai sonorous boat boiler. After sinking a shaft, eneh mlnar a si ea m then drifts the remainder of bis chaitj, which is thirty feet square. Some, particularly those who first discovered this place, drift into the hill from the ravine, and have one some itt feet, Square pillars are left at intervals, though the roof is loo solid to need their bnnnort . Whelk-- ik;, 1 1 : . i - i- 1 11 v 1 1 11 1 a 1ca.11 is VP rv pt unciuu in ni .... 5 known, but it i a ' -- lit .cu 114 up "illy a continuation of those nf r:r,... k.,,i v.... da City, it being in the same parallel. Simi lar diggins, though less deep have lately been struck a few hundred V arris frnrn Lmr oto j JVVJI OllJIC which have paid from fifty cents to ohe dollar a bucket, but they do not seem to be extensive The dirt in these places now has tolbe hauled most half a mile, to Weaver creek, d be wash- ed. A I : .. . : 1 . 1 iiiumaiec, too, some excitement ex Ula In roirQrH f T .. .3 1 J l .'l r . "'uc. A in? week tbey have been troublesome near us w.o ivaiw ill iiiiiiciii iPTirMiiaimne i hia I wo men were shot ten miles above us, at Johnson s ranch. One was killed, afid the oth er dangerously vouned. A man wks shot al most in sight of town, a mule shot afid a man robbed within a mile of us on Fridy last. rursuit was given, but they escaped! as usual Means are iai;ing to organize coaiDames to check these depredations. Asa general tact the miners however, aresin. gularly indifferent about these marauding in curs'tons and occasional murders, knd fear they will not be sufficiently anfused unti j many most serious consequences occur. There is good deal of apprehension of evil, hjut I hope it will not be realized. Summer is fast ap proaching, and promises to be hot and dry. ri -i . . . i: . . i ne tnermometer stood at 89 degrees in Ihe shade on the first of May. Several persons have come over the mountains frorh Carson Valley and Salt Lake this season, j The last comers report Salt Lake City mostlyldestroyed j a voicanic eruption. several companies have already started for Carson V alley and the Elates by the overland route. J. THEY COULD'NT HAVE IT I i ur .uouiirie uuaros, appuea lastj week lor the muster-shed in the Fort on Sullivajri's Island, i i - r i- i? j i .1 in order to celebrate their anniversary again this year, m the place where they were accus tomed to heretofore. But the officer inicommand poli'elv informed them that they " could'nt have it." That as a U. S. officer, he. jcould not allow such language used in the Fori, as was last year. Comment on such an act ii unneces sary. No doubt even on that little point he hadjiis instruciions. Southern Republic. A "NEW FEATURE." Judge Howe, of Wisconsin. opens his Court with prayer. On a late occasion, a member of the bar protested, calliug it a hypocritical pro ceeding, and not calculated to impress the bar with additional revereuce The Judge, we are told, justified himself in cool, dignified and ap- propriate language, by a reference to those ob ligations and leaching, influencing every Chris. tian impulse, and which were most beautifully exemplified in bis forbearance at that'momeut. i : i L NEW SERIES. VOLUME VIH-XUMBER ii. SAFE. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. ASHIXGTO.V, July I. tor of rZarA,10p fP 'WS ,he stone of the new Canito . are in fW-..,i tl " ness: and fff.tt, , expected to take part in the cesZ . n corner stone is to be aid on the North The mCnrr f IhR SU,hern "on. 1 he mill ary and civic display will be ve ry imposing. J In looking over the records of the Com missioners, who were appointed by Gen )f city, and pro-' int ,h.e "'"'on of the public build ings. I find that the corner stone of the nricrinnl o,J ...... uc Was laid on the 18th S b' Uen' Washington I'm ihn 0 ep- - lluuce was give by the Com- m.ssioners, of the intended ceremonial on the 3d September previous. The breth ren of the craft were generally invited to asssist. The public generally were invj. ea ; and the Commissioners remark that he ceremony will equal the occasion, and that numbers from all parts of the conti-nent-were expected to attend. A sale of lots was mentioned as an attractive event and drawing of a lottery also, for the el-' egant new hotel," onlv one stnrv r ...k:.u was erected. This hotel was 'bought by the Government and occupied as the Gen era! Post Office, and Patent Office, until it was destroyed by fire. The plan of the'Old Capitol was fur nished by Dr. Thornton, Superintendent of the Patent Office. Gen. Washington approved of it on the 2d April. 1793 The plan of the President's palace, for such it is denominated in all the original records was furnished by James Hoban, Of Lhar psfnn SnmK P..J:.. .,v. wui.u uiiim. as a pre- miutn for the same, he was awarded a gold medal of the value of ten guineas and the sum of two hundred dollars. Sub sequently, he was appointed to superin tend the construction of the palace, with a salary of three hundred "I- 1 , D i-.j u ytai, finding himself. J The mechanics and laborers employed were, as it appears from the records, chiefly redemptioners, i. e.. immigrants whose time was sold to pay their passage. Ihe work on the building was more than once obstructed for lack of funds. The government was poor and in bad credit. General Washington, in order to prevent the abandonment of the work, us ed his personal influence and credit to ob tain loans from the States of Maryland and 1rg1n1a. About 250,000 dollars'were thus obtained. Our people are now talking very strong ly in favor of acquiring and annexing the Sandwich Islands, and the rich province of Sonora, and a vast region in Mexico besides, and I have little doubt that they will do it all in few years time. The Fugitive Slave Law. The Lexing ton (Miss.) Advertiser says that Judge Wilkinson lately made a speech before the Disunion association of that town, in which he descanted with some warmth on the inutility of the fugitive slave law to the South, and declared he desired to see it repealed, as he felt no interest in pro tecting slavery in Virginia, Kentucky, or Maryland. Let the Yankees take their negroes and welcome, for what he cared ; Mississippi lost but few slaves, and had no interest in the'law. From the course adopted by many ol th" fire eaters (remarks the Mobile Daily Advertiser) we are bound to conclude that their sentiments are in accordance with i those expressed by Judge Wilkinson. They care nothing for the fugitive slave law, and would be glad to see it repealed to morrow; for an act of that kind would assist, to hasten the dny when disunion is to take place. They have said that there is no safety for the South except in Disu nwn, a id they would oppose the comprom ise, assist the abolitionists to break it up, And rpnpal tn iho r.. ..;:.. ..i.. .. i cause that woud bring them one step ntar . ii"- iviiiinr; nifte law. )p. er their darling project of disunion. CENTRAL ROAD. We learn from a letter addressed by John C. McRae. Engineer, to the f; borough Patriot, that up to the 25th of last month, the Central Road from Golds- ' borough to five miles beyond Hillsboro'. had put under contract, with the excep tion of two or three small sections. Mr. McRae thus speaks of the lettings at Pine ville, Johnston, and of Dr. Watson: "On Saturday last the lettings were at Pineville, the residence of Dr. Josiah O. Watson,-that whole souled railroad man and hospitable gentleman, lie submit ted a proposition to take at once the Bridge across Neuse and all the Road, which his neighbors did not wish to take, from that river to the Wayne line; and by way of showing his confidence in, and liberality towards the Road, he proposed to take it all in stock. This is the gen tleman who first proposed that he would be one of a hundred to build the Road. Indeed, a half dozen such noble spirits could do it." We have no doubt that by the 1 1th the whole Road will have been put under contract. Raleigh Standard. At a late horse race in England, thirty three horses were entered. One man lost four bun dred thousand dollars on a single bet. AT)EMOCKATlC PRINCIPLE. i Hh,iV'diV W Arff,;"f,(! Mf. Cald. well, (the Democrotic Candidate in ibe 3rd Congress.onal Ditrir,.) i(1 a djseuMion be. tween b,m and the Whig Candidate, Gen. Doc. kery, on the 21.1 ultimo in Richmond, declari ed m poiitive terms, that he had ratlier Utk under a Kingly Government. thrTin i vernmrnt tehere tlie Majority rcle." i ' D the Democracy endorse ibis dtrine ! J ..raweii is their candidate for Congre I bey will su.uir, him. Ther m.f ,K.r gre.s. uornu o oe.ng held responsible for hi. nriQ. cjple.. III. indeed late i the daV to hear a Candidate for Congre.s breaking rmnnA ,..1 ... ... J ""HI' one of ibe fundamental doctrine, ol rmn. I uia ; iar government, that the majority shouldrvlel I , bare been und" Ibe impre.ion it wt, ; Mnce seiiii-ri that . 11 z . . . d-edfrom I. p ' So 7. bill of Riah,, vvu n 7 Ihe u" "X" "mreopuf A min. h"V nFM 'r nh " 'h' d ,ctrine lbu9 ioni r.v Mr. Caldwell is of a piece with hi. r P;,nc,P,- in,.t willm. for thirty &tates to rule-he would'nt live under lucb i Government but he i charmed at the idea of one S.a.e, viz; South Carolina, having every, ihtng her own way, however de,tructjTe to ihe' interests of all the others. Bather live un. ner a kindly government, than one where tha majority rule. How do you rii.h tJiat, Mr. H,r-o uiid ni nrna. oKiwudra f an Voi, ,ake Jlft j jr stand by your friend l.Ral. Register. you rhetrvefire of the Flint. C..I. B. S. Gai. ther, the Union Candidate for Congress.- was ihe first man lo raUe his voice in thi District f in a public speech, against Nullification in 1-32. He now entertains the opinion, ho , ihn expressed. Twenty years of experience, ; of close observation, and mature reflection, ba. but confirmed him in the correctne.. of bii positions. An overwhelming majority of the ' voters of this District concurred with him in sen-iment at that day : hi. nullification become ! less odious to them now, than it wa. iben ? ' Has the opinions of Gen. Jackson lost their in. j rJ.ience wiih those who o triumphantly utain. j ed him, when assailed for the doctrine, of the j proclamalion ? We imagine not ;' and if ihe opinions of Jefferson, of Madison, and Jack.on are entitled to recnerf. we rail iin,..'ik. IT:.... mn of the Western Reserve to notice that every Xuliifier of 1832 is opposed to Col. Gaither . "i-'iua UIIIUII , 1 . . trial every secessionist in ihe district are ar . 1 every secessionist in ihe district are ar d against him That every Disunion paper lis State and in South Ca rayed in this islate and in South Carolina are denonne. uig him. If "straws show which way the wind blows," this fact is ominous arid we com. : mend it to thoe who repudiate nuSification, a. ; well worthy of their attention. ' Ashcille Mcssenzer. A SOUND PRINCIPLE. "All intermediate agencies in trade add to its expense." Charleston Mercury. This is the very foundation of the doctrine of proteetioT to domestic industry. It i. the principle which Mr. Henry C. Gurey lias been endeavoring lo enforce by his writing in "The Plough, ihe Loom, and Anvil." Brjnr tha j manufacturer, he says, alongside of the cotlon. neiu and ol ihe shepherd, so that ihere will be no occa.ion to transport ibe raw material to a distant place to be worked up into cloth, which has then to be transported back again to be consumed. Again, he ay. euabli.h forges where you have iron and coal, and pro. visions in abundance, in.tead of .eading your provisions three thousand miles off", and then have them brought back in the brm of iron, the difference between them to be made up in gold and silver. The true rule for a nation to prosper by is, to make all it can, and to bring the consumer as closely in contact with the. producer as possible, so as to save th coit of transportation, commission., profit, c, ; in other words, save the nece.sity of employing persons in making the exchange of labor, who add nothing to the value of any ailicle exchang. ed, but only increase their cost. " HOME. I know no passage in classical litera. ture more beautiful or affecting than that , where Nenophon, in his Anabasis, de scribes the effect produced on the remnant ! of the ten thousand Greeks when, after ; passing through dangers without number, , they at length ascended a sacred moun j tain, and, fiom its peak and summit caught sight of the sea. Dashing their bucklers, , with a hymn of joy they rushed tumultu. ously forward. .Some wept with the ful- j ness of their delirious pleasure, others ! laughed, and more fell on their knees and ! : blessed that broad ocean. Across its blue I waters, little floating seabirds. the memo- i ! rials of their happy homs came and fann- J I (,(1 their weary souls. All the pfrilsthey ' ' had encountered, all the companions they 5 j had lost, all the miseries thy had endur-' j ed, were in an instant forgotten, and 1 j naught was with them but the gentle,' i phantoms of past and future joys. One ; j was again scouring on his fleet steed a- j j cross the hoof trodden plains of Thessaly; I another reclined beneath the flower-1 crowned rocks of Arcadia, and gazed into the dreamy ryes of her whose form, amid! battle and bivouac, was ever with himti i a thirdrecalled that proud clay when.be- lore the streaming eyes of bis over joyed parents, and amid the acclamations of all Greece, he bore ofT from amid competi tors the laurel-wreath of the Olympian victor. Oh ! home, magical spell, all powerful home ! how strong must have been thy influence, when thy faintest memory couldj cause luese bronzed heroes ol a thousand fights to weep like tearful women J Wi.th; the cooling freshness of desert fountain,! with the xweet fragrance of a flower found in winter, you came across the great wa-i tersto those wandering men. and beneath! the peaceful shadow of your wings theirf souls found rest ! I A HAIL STORM. ! i A violent storm of wind and bail pass- ed over the plantations of Gen. Means and Sheriir Plunket, three miles west oC, this town, on Wednesday afternoon. Much damage is said to have been done to their corn and cotton crops. Tree were blown down and fences strewed in1 every direction. j How far the storm extended we have not learned. We had fine rain in town with considerable wind, but no hail. Concord Mercury. nra
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