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i -r riel will erer lend support and illustration to thing wftich are alrea.ly known by giving us a larger intivht inu the ut.iversal harmonies of larger insight nature. Op some minor point, as nw discoveries aro imade, it is probable that the re-ma j be tome change of views, but the great iuductive truth of thi science may be considered and settled. A science that in the elegant language of Dr. Brewster, "connects the future with the past, unite knowledge with faith, and gilds the sun set of thing that are, wiih the auroral splen, dor of thing that are to he." In other department of science and arts, it probable that the world is prepared for chang es, and that there is agreal desideratum in the shape of some new motire power, less cum brous, les epnie, and more efficient than tteam. And if that Taunted discovery where by water i made to suppjjK'hoth (uel and light, proves to be what it pretends to be, this will make great revolution. Under the spur at present applied, and the great struggle lor intellectual advancement, es pecially the hope of' turning knowledge into gold, it is impossible ever to conjecture what may be witnessed in the next half century ; or what they may see and know who are found on this stage of action in the year 18D0. "Asrfon aa birth is giverlto a new thought, it flies with the speed of elyMricity around the world: it gives a new-impulse to some other mindyand urges it on in the path of new discovery. Fifteen or twenty years ago there was not an edifice on thi continent devoted to the sur vey oi the heavenly bodies, and the promotion of a science so sublime in the views which it offers to an enlightened intellect, and so im portant in its practical applications among a commercial people, while Europe had between one and two hundred. 11 it now there are some fifteen olnervatories in the United Siate, erected at a great expense, and supplied with instrument to reveal the secrets of iho Stellar world, and tho wonder of the sky. And no newjbody can appear, but at once a dozen tel. copic eye are scrutinizing the stranger here, and many more in Europe. Much attention is given to the peiferlion of these instruments, and there i scarcely a college of any preten " sions but i provided with one. Uut it may be asked, what are the great ben efils of alLthis circle of sciences, that so much lime and attention and expense, should be be stowed on their cultivation? We reply that they are so connected with our physical com. forts, our intellectual enjoyment, our spiritual " interests, that without them society would be thrown bark into a state o( barbarism. It is not easy to enumerate all the advantages aris ing: from them. As a part of a course of edu cation, they are indipentfable (or their aid in mental discipline. They form the mind to ac curate, patient thought. We learn to think and reason by following in the track of others; by seeing how they bare done : why not then, when we investigate the great laws impressed on the material universe by its Maker ? Thb object of all these sciences is Truth. They rest not upon conjecture, but upon the highest certainty. I ho greater the mind the more simple, easy and artless its plans. And here we follow out the plans of the great Master Mind; we find all thing, from the mightiest globe, to the smallest atom. reguUted by num. t ber, weight and measure. In the midst of the greatest apparent complexity, see great sim plicity. A love of investigation, a spirit of en quiry must be awakened. The mind naturally loves order. And Pythagoras introduced the .word cosmos, order, to signify the regularity that reign in the universe, and the universe (self : and Plato thought that for this reason it must be endowed with a spirit, to causn these motions. Let young persons become well versed m natural science, and they will hardly be led astray by falso philosophy: ihey will not be come fanatics t they will not be deluded by sophistry. 2d. They lead men to some accurate habits of observation. How important is this for their interests and happiness! And how dif ferent are men in this respect ! Let two men travel the amo road on a journey, one will no. lice all that passes under his e)e ; he can .give an account of the scenery, the lace of ihe coun try, its natural production, the rock?, and trees and plants that abound ; the qualities of the soil. The other having the same organs of vision sees literally nothing; it is all a "blank to him. One scrutinizes every thing, the other overlooks every thing : good habits of observation are invaluable to a man in passing through the world. 3d. They gratify curiosity and excite an ar dent desire tor more knowledje. And who can tell how much ihis thirst for learning adds lo our enjoyment in life T Or how much we are kept thereby from grovelling pursuits and pleasure. The enthusiasm of yluden's in this department is proverbial. And the poet reeled ons it among the purest sources of happiness on earth : " When rhilofphy the reason led 1 Deep through tho outward circumstance of things, And i:iw the mauler wheels of nature niuve ; And trtvfllfd far along tho endless lino Of certain and of probable, and made At every step some new discovery, That gave tha u! tweet sense of larjjer room." Thus the mind is led on from one Alpine top to another, till in the eloquent language of John Q. Adams, "to the toil of a tireless hand, and f Ihe vigilance of a sleepless eye, and to the Y meditations of a thinking, combining, and analy sing mind, secrets are successfully revealed, not only of the deepest import to man in his earthly career, but which eem to lifUiim from the earth to the threshold of his eternal abode, to lead him up blindfold lo the" council cham ber of Omnipotence, and there stripping the bandage from his eyes, bid him look undazzled at Ihe throne of Go.l'f " We feel within ourselves Hit energy divine; Ho fells the heart : He meant, He made us tb behold and love What lie beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being ; to be great like Him, Beneficent and active: Thus the men Whom nature's work can charm, with God him self j Hold converse, grow familiar day; by day With his conceptions, act upon his plan ; And form to His, the relish, of their souls." 5th. Nor are these sciences barren of inter est in an economical point of view. They are connected with the industrial pursuits of life. Science has ever been in modern , times more than ihe handmaid of the Arts.j And can the business of the world be pursued to any advan tage without her aid? C,&n Agriculture, or Manufacture, or Commerce, 6r Mining ? What has so cheapened the comforts,1 conveniences, and even the luxuries of life?) It is because every new principle of scieuce becomes a new, belter, more improved rule and process in art. It is set to work ; it earns money; it cheapens ihe products of labor,and he consumer gets the benefit. Wha,t has made our mother coun try, England, the work-shop jof the world? How can she push her commerce intojhe re. mutest seas, and send the products of her in dustry around the globe ? It is because she has many great minds employed at mental, as well as many at manuel labor, i Her machine, ry is brought to the highest stafe of perfection. Without the principles of science, her mines in many cases would not be worth the working ; but they are the great sources of her wealth and prosperity. And bow vast the difference between a farm conducted with due regard to the kinds of crops, and the manures best adapt. ed to the. soil, and another where the owner is ignorant of these things, or!neglects them ? Here knowledge is wealth. ! It enables a man to proceed not blindfold, but intelligently in all departments of business. In order to set an example, and furnish a model farm, Lavoi ser in Fiance cultivated two hundred and forty acres on chemical principles, and in a short time doubled the annual produce. "Twenty years ago, tide wnter Virginia was almost a desolate waste, but in ten years the agricultural products of Eastern Virginia have more than doubled." And more than trebled since 1828. LaUirde's Life of Lavoi ser. I to be contixued. , i . t From the Spirit of the Age. "COUSltf SALLY JONES." BY THE AUTHOR OF COUSIN SALLY DILLTARD. The daughter of Eve, who rejoiced in the above appellation for her maiden name, was small of stature, perfect in form and remarkably healthly. Her fea tures were well formed her complexion, when a girl, would have been as fair as ' monumental alabaster," but in spite of all her mother's pains, her face would freckle. Her hair too, was coarse and dis obedient, for she never could make it tie smooth. Yet there was a good humored expression of face, and a lightness of heart, of step and of manner, that rendered her infinitely agreeable. She could jump t her own height with ease, and was pi ful as a fawn. Sally had cherry rediips. and a set of teeth that was the envy of 1jer sex and the despair of dentists. She was married at eighteen,, to Cotemel Smith of Roanoke, a sensible, accomplished, well locking man, who loved hefywith his whole soul. They had five lovely children in about eight years, at theend of which time she was better looking and more interest ing than she had eer been before. The invidious specksdf her youth had given place to a clear red and white,-beautifully mingled, andthe levity of her action to a sedate anddignified demeanor. She had all the anlessness of her childhood, with thegcaxe of woman. Smith, as we said before, loved her dearly ; the choicest flow ers; the richest dresses, the most tasty fur niture, the most stylish equipage, were all her's to command ; for his means were am pie and his temper munificent. Colonel Smith was essentially a domestic man, he was ever at home, rejoicing in his teem ing cornfields, his pleasure grounds, his green-house and his wife and children. Happy man was he ! for he knew he was beloved in turn by true and innocent hearts ! A liberal board, a fine library, a cordial and hearty manner, and a good literary taste, made his house the resort of much excellent and polished company. He was beloved by the poor as weJl asby the rich, for he bestowed much in charity gracefully and without ostentation. He had some tastes however, as most men have, different from those of his wife. He loved fox hunting and fine horses ; but for the time we are remarking that is, for the first eight years of his married life, he indulged this taste "with moderation. About this time however, he began to rise earlier to his sport, and to remain out lon ger than he had done, and as it was ever the fashion to carry with them a flask of brandy. Smith and his companions some times returned not a, little flustered with fatigue and drinking. Pursuing their sport wuu increasing eagerness they began, al ter a time, to find it necessary to replan ts L. iT-.-i.i .. i . isu ineir ucKiers at a neignnoring dram shop and even to abide there a little after sunrise to rest and refresh themseleves. This roystering life was kept up till the elegant L-oIonel bmith was about to be- come a drunkard. His more refined neigh bore up under the affliction .with rare for titude. 'The scene was repeated again and again, and it ?egan to be common, but such wa her f espect for her husband that she didot even murmur. At length one morning she complained of a most dreadful tooijh acne, the first she had ever bad in her jlife. No remedy could be found, and sr e seemed to suffer the pangs of death, for several days and nights her sufferings continued, her appetite fail ed her, her strength began to give way, and her husband became alarmed for her situation. A denist was brought in, but she would not hear to having a tooth ex tracted, though her husband urged it up on her most earnestly. At length, in the urgency of his solicitation, he declared that that , he would do any thing she would ask him to do. it she would submit to the operation.' At this she looked up with tears in her eyes, and asked him if he was in earn est in that proposal." " As I live I will doit," said Smith, with energy. " Will you join the Sons of Temperance if I will submit to have my tooth pulled out V said she solemnly. Smith read volumes in her tone and manner; he looked like one detected, and convicted ! but he had gone too far to back out. Yres," said he. after a pause, as if ga thering strength within himself yes, as I live I will do what I say. I have done exceeding wrong, but I have never yet vi olated my word, so come on doctor. " Yes, come on doctor," said the lady, and down she sat with as much compo sure as if she were going to take her tea. The dentist had been ready all the time, and knowing how variable are the reso lutions of ladies upon occasions of this trying character, he lost no time in getting to the work. Which tooth is it, enquired he' She put her finger on one of her back teeth and told him to take that out. The instrument needing some adjustment, he was forced awayfor a moment, when a gain addressing himself to the task, but she this time pointing to another tooth. This somewhat confounded the artist, but she fearing that her stratagem might be discovered, urged him impatiently to pro ceed. This time, as he began to fix the cold implement upon her tooth, she indi cated the one she had first pointed out as the offenderwhich no little increased his confusion but on her again urging him he wrencned the unoffending moliendar from its bony socket. The- pang was borne without the twitching of a muscle orthe twinkling of an eye. "Now, says she, "I have fulfilled my part of the bargain, now stand to yours 4 1 iwill do it as I live' said Smith with increased firmness. In the mean time the dentist was curi ously examining the tooth which he had extracted. ' I fear,' said he, that I have pulled the wrong tooth, for certainly that one has never ached. Will you permit me mad am, to examine your other teeth V It matters not,' said she laughing. ' I am certain that has hurt me as much as any of the others ?' Smith saw through the ruse, and taking his lovely wife in his arms, kissed her fer- gently. There, said she, 'our covenant-is seal ed with my blood, for your lips are all bloody.' Very good said he. as he wiped the crimson gore from his lips and gazed at it on his handkerchief. It is in truth a bloody token but it is the sacrifice of a true heart, and I should be worse than an infidel if I did not fulfil my promise. And he did fulfil his promise. Eight more years have transpired and all that time the halcyon days of their early love have continued to dawn upon that house. Sons and daughters have grown up around them, and call them blessed. But Smith has never taken another fox hunt ; he has never filled another tickler. He has nev er been in the inside of that loathsome grog shop, for he took the, pledge and he has faithfully observed it. Sally Jones was once twitted by one of her inquisitive cousins about that tooth drawing, but she cut the matter short by sayitjT 'vith emotion, ' it is better to loose a tooth once, than to have your heart strings continually tugged at for a whole lifetime. u lu, :. - imnA nnon nt, nating lectured ihere ik. revived her. and in a few minutes she was ex tiicated from her perilous situation. Commercial Advertise. From the Fayetteville Observer. MORGANTON TRAGEDY. We copy the following from the Wil mington Journal, for the purpose of ex- .e pressing our concurrence in most oi its views. Sympathizing with Mr. Avery, as every 1 f; 7vhal we caiher from our exchange man acquainted with the characters of ' .vouij be unbecoming in us to at- the parties, and the nature of the nrovo- ! , r..,..i,n nubile oninion either way. , It I III IV luiw.'i." f " f , , cation, most ao, we nave yei oeen shock- fe circumstances however unuer u.w ed at the indiscreet publications made in ' this murder was committed mark it wiih seem-! Western papers on the subject. The law I ing atrocity unequalled in ibe catalogue oi undoubtedlv nronounces the act of Mr. I crimes: To know that a fellow being has oeen .- . i.ii. i 1 i- Avery a uenoeraie Killing oi a numan frnmthe strict obligation imposed upon them by their oaths. With Junes, tne law alone should who iu wu.. pardoning power is vested tn another place. We have copied in our paper the r account of the murdei of Mr. Flemming by W. . Ave ry, Esq., as reported by ihe Ashev.lle Messen- irer. Heine wholly acquainted wnn :ne par- and being summoned w ith '2 W officer to aid him, pulled offhij c ' V L of the demons and, with & hS " rolled them out of the store tnd l Sm have their heads or bungs knock' ' ," V legal executioner ! w ' k t THE CAROLINA AVATe:! S:iliburr, S. c. Mi" TnrasDiT Evr.Mc. Dutsm . ftf: ' M--frn A mu nes. io snow mai ku'i -rJered under any circumstances is horrible in a hoino- tnhipptinrrp fU rrnpirBtnp tn tho to think of : but lo know lhal in ope n day WW. . . , WM.'IW.... b W .tV K'V'.I w.a'i ' . A.'. .1 I nurl Untie, in IDS uretcilto Ul a uuj.v. must iiiuuiijiuiuus iiuriiMiiiieni. xt-. iuc , ... , n0.cnanrc Y- lo. i.,c.;r., k u. linn in his official station, that one man should 11V- OlHlttlO GUUbLlJls KIM, IUOUI1 o . 1 I ' T Uki Ki r Another is trill V stullKVinc io tne ou gai ouenaer in auvance oi nis trial, rejoice ; in his acquittal, tell us how despondent j he was before, and how relieved and cheer i ful he was after, he had shot Flemming. All this has struck us as in the worst pos sible spirit. No one can properly justify the killing of another, except in self-defence, a plea which isnot set up in this case. No one, no newspaper especially, should justify and applaud an act in vio lation of human and divine laws. Our sympathies may be, nay must be in this case, witH the offender of those laws. But as the Journal well says, the par doning power is vested in another place." And wo be to society when individuals, and presses, and juries, all unite in vesting in individual hands the right to kill, and the right to absolve from the legal results of such killing. Better for society, better for ,Mr. Aivery himself, if public feeling had not usurped the powers of the Law. Far better if the Jury had done its duty, and the Executive of the State had then exercised ; the attribute of mercy with which the same Law has clothed him, for this and other cases. Some good will probably grow out of this sad occurrence. The almost indis criminate' abuse of parlies and witnesses in CbUrt. by some Attorneys, is a great evil, deeply felt and much complained of. We cannot tell whether or not this was a case in I which Mr. Avery was justified in such severity of remark. It is more than probable that it was. But the oc currence -may well induce Lawyers to give more reflection to the subject, and to be very sure that their duty requires such a course, before they adopt it. And par ties and witnesses, who feel sore under remarks so indulged in, will do well to remember the fate of Flemming, before they take into their own hands the right to revenge such insults. We did not intend, at first, to say anv thing on this subject, but the remarks of he Wilmington Journal, a political friend of Mr. Avery, have induced us to add our feeble mite to its effort at the mainten ance of the Law. From the Wilmington Journal. Standard Office, ) Raleigh, Nov. 22, 1851. y ACQUITTAL OF MR. AVERY. " It affords us great pleasure to an nounce the triumphant acquittal of W. W. Avery, by a jury of his country. His trial for killing Samuel Flemming commenced in Burke Superior Court, on Friday the 14th, and closed on Saturday the 15th. The Jury, after ten minutes consultation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. " A crowd of a " thousand people re sponded with tears of rejoicing to the ver dict of the jury. " We congratulate his friends through out the State, and the public generally, upon this result, We are not acquainted with the par ticulars of the case farther than they have siauiiijier aiiumci iiij j man heart. Without pleading any man s caus or rindicating character, we hare no hesita lion in pronouncing the case before us, on of the most lawless, and one having ihe most fear r..i am a nrpppitpni. in all the lone strin of murders now recorded in the history posxn? LceloMastical l-dy. NORTH CAROLINA CONTERcv:11 The X. C. Confer, ikv clj-j it. s " " d - place mi evening at nine oVU v , M longer section than umi.mI, in ctX " amount of business t be tr:!iVu;- i t many thing of an exciting !J;.;Urv u ed for conivlor:itiun, still th- i m , . r and fraternal feeling -rva 1. .1 tL : have seldom seen a more e-rd - r! (, or t rr- r -I:- of our country. To say that one of ihese men was a villain and the other a respectable citizen, and allow at the same time this to be the fact ; that in our opinion is not a sufficient answer in ihe case before us. If such a standard be raised in our country recognizing the right of a re. spectable citizen to kill all the knaves, we ap prehend that there are yet rivers ol bjood to be to sit in this i lae which V u impression on the public mifid. parting moments uVy u-re t... touching interest. The foil wing resolution", j'.'i-. were handed us for publication : Re solved. That the thank (,( , I era shed. In all such cases the laws prescribe the ; - ' , ' ' ! r'-: mm a nf rfircca nnrl when the nower Ot law , l v i -. - n. : I- .u- - I us dunng our session. louses it inuuence in inese iimncis, men . . nation, as communities, we are cut loose from I & the thank ot tV , , our moorings; and left at the mercy of mob law'i tendered to the 1 a.tor u th.. jv and violence. It is to be feared that the fre. and Lutheran Chnrclu to tl,-s,, ,f l.,. n,.Pnrv of mnrdpr in our country, is havinff a lue rnuer.mx iuui in,- I vll- -. - j , o tendency lo blunt the moral feeling of men and thus better prepare them to submit in silence to the practice, rather than arouse and alarm. This sending men into eternity, with a pow. der flash notice only, is a serious matter, in volving the most, important considerations for time and eternity. Saith the word of God, " He that shedelh man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." And again, " No murderer hath eternal life abiding in him." North Carolina Argus. County, for the use of tluir 1i-.um. The following are the aj.jH.'mtia.-;. tors for the ensuing year : UALEIC.I1 iistf:ut! II. L. Leich, r. n DRUNKEN LEGISLATORS. The Southern Era, after administering a wholesome rebuke to some of their Virginia legislators, for a drunken spree on a celebra tion of the opening of a railroad, adds : This evil is great, and demands a speedy remedy. Not only are minor legislators guilty of tbo$e departures from propriety, but even the highest become agents of the prince of dark ness. A story is travelling the rounds, about Commodore S 's bad speech, which he in a hotel on the afternoon of his election to me uniiea oiaies oenaie. .-iier me speecn was concluded, a rough-looking customer said. Commodore, that was decidedly a bad speech.' The Hon. Gent began to apologize, when his tormentor, observing his confusion, continued, 4 II don't matter much, but the truth is, on such occasions as this here, we should have short speeches and long drinks.' The Mnry closes hy saying, 4 the Commodore soon introduced his friend to the fare.' Here is one of the high est in the wine one upon whom the eye of young and old are fixed, exhibiting a spectarle disgusting in the extreme. I would rather be a doj and bay the moon, than such a Sena tor.' But 4 one sinner destroyelb much good.' and the gallant Commodore has, by that act, destroyed more than he will ever effectuate in his new field of labor. We ask fur a moment, if Legilators do not forget when they arrive at the halls of legila. lion ihat thpy were temperance men at home ? We fear ihey do. Craven hearted mortal, who fear to stem the torrent of corruption around them, and dare not to hs singular when conformity is crime. Journal: NO LICENSE IN OHIO. No license to degrade, brutalize, bear. Raleigh V. Doub. 15. T. I'.lak.-.v, " Cit if Mistion 1. Culhr-th ; 44 Circuit J. W. Kluvd. Tar Ricer Mission X. A. il. u Circuit N. F. K. i.l. 1 H. J v Henderson T. 11. k. Granville To t supplied. Person I. T. Wyt he. Clarksville Win. A. 1 r.nne. llillsboro Station To luj j li.-L 44 Circuit W. II. 1 W-s. A. 11 ; . Chapel Hill S. M. Kr.t. South Lowell Academy Jus. A. Vz GREENSIiOUOrtill mtk;- W.M. 1AK1;IN.i;i:, 1". L Grcenxljoro J..Iameiiii. S. I '.I-l. , Guilford Ch.'is. II. riiii!ij. Randolph T. W. 1M1. Montqonurti T. 1. .J.:n. Haw River -T. C. M.-ev PitUhitnt Station . . t PranklmsvdU .lani'- 1. l..;::i-. Roxktifjffim H IL Fi u.a:i. WentirorthK . l..ub. l)iep River J. V. Tin! nil. G. F. Colhye 1 Y. Iv.- mi. Tr-,. No-ruud Co't'te A. S. An ir English Lil-T.itur.-. ! t : j sAi.ir.n:Y glav, murder and destroy to fill iails. neniten. been published in the papers, and cannot tiaries, hospitals, mad houses, brothels .to bors began, one by one, to fall off in their 4ih. Nor must we omit to mention the ood visits, and their places were filled bv row- moral influence tif thesn studies; they 4re di- dyish, hard drinking fox hunters, whom reciiy connected wuh Him who gave lo the he formerly had kept at a distance. To a winds their weight ; who calleih ihe stars by critical djJefncr it might be noticed that their names, and leadeih out iheir hosts by a change ifad taken place in his domestic numoer; wno established the ordinances of affairs. His fences had zone down and corners. His broken upin the fall. His crops were less abnndant. His slaves less neatly clad. His horses shab by. His houses leaky, and once or twice and adore the Maker of this wondrous scheme In the ,ast year abP u was noticed that I ofthbjgt! Paley remarks that. ,ll there be one lne ohenli had paid him a visit, and after train of .thinking more desirable than another, that for some time his air was morepeto- it it surely that which regards the phenomena lant and crusty towards those around him. of nature with a constant reference to a Su But such was the! imnlicit confidence of his lovely 'Cousin Sally as every body called her, that she never once dreamed any thing was wrong. At length having remained at the grog shop for the greater heaven; who hung the earth upon nothing, briars had grown up in the When studying th works, we are ook n n- r n i L r. HLmimUn which tU -CKuSeSli "i"!.8 B0' fair as it, existed before it was." How then can U be but that the mind will be led bark to its own fountain, the ureal Father Mind. prerne Intelligent Cause." There have been Indeed bad men pursuing these studies, but ihey were first corrupt in heart, so as to say, ' Thtre is no God,' and thy then endeavored to make Hi works bear testimony againsi Him; part of one day after bis usual bunt, he The School Calamity at New York. Most of the unfortunate children killed by the dread ful calamity in New York, at the Ninth Ward School house on Thursday afternoon were bu ried on Saturday and Sunday. Seventeen were interred in the Greenwood Cemetery on oat urday, and their funerals were attendad uy the surviving members of the classes to which they belonged. Probably; there was not a clergy man inthe city yesterday who did not allude in his sermon to this terrible calamity, and take occasion to impress upon his hearers the un certainty of life. No disaster has ever seemed to create more general gloom and mourning. It is the subject of conversation in every circle. Many interesting incidents are currently rela ted, and have been reported in the various jour nals. It is said that one poor girl, who was on the staircase after the balustrade had gone, feeling herself pressed toward the edge-of the stairs, threw her arms around a younger girl next to her, who, having more support, stood in no im mediate danger. The little one feeling the grasp of her friend, said, 44 Anne, let go, please, or you will drag me down with you." And Anne did let go ; she kept her footing for a few seconds, and then reeled and fell upon the mass of sufferers below. She was among the "dead. 4 Letitia, the youngest daughter of Mr. Jus- tice Hleakley, was a' pupil in one of the small classes, and when the children rushed for the stairway, she was carried with the current, and, as she describes, they all went down to gether as if upon the tossing waves. When descending below stairs she sank upon one ol the steps, beneath several of her school males, but they will not they speak to the heart from Him ; and, y y Lif of Hugh MiHer. f Report ou Smithsonian Bequest was brought home by two of his boon com panions, dead drunk. Poor Cousin Sally, the whole secret at once flashed over ber senses, and was like a thunderbolt. But therefore speak of the precise nature of the evidence adduced on trial. Wc be lieved at the time we first heard of the affair that not a hair of Mr. Avery's head would be hurt on account of it. No mat ter what the verdict of the jury might have been, even to the conviction for murder, the demand for pardon would have been so urgent and universal that no executive could have refused to ac cede to it, and the public opinion which would have demanded the pardon, would of itself have acquitted him of all impu tation. But we must say this much, not only because it is our own opinion, but also that of many others whose judg ment we respect, that unless some addi tional evidence was produced on trial, calculated to show that the shooting was done in self defence, or that Mr. Avery fully believed it to be so, the majesty of the law, which had been insulted, the sanc tity of a court of justice which had been violated, nay, the oaths of the jurors them selves, required a different verdict for their vindication. As we have before said, not a hair of Mr. Avery's head could or should have been hurt, nor his reputation have suffered the slightest blot or stain. Un less, we repeat, some hitherto undevel oped circumstances appeared on trial, the course which would have met our views would have been for Mr. Avery to have submitted and for the Governor to have pardoned him. The executive has such equitable power. A jury has not and should not be asked to exercise it in violation of their oaths. Whether, in a strictly religious point of view, Mr. Avery acted rightly or wrong ly we cannot pretend to say, but as a man of the world.situated as he was, outraged and insulted as he had been, and with precisely such a state of public opinion upon such subjects as exists in the com munity in which he lives, no other course was open or possible for him, and instead of blame, he deserves sympathy. -Our re clothe in rags and tatters. No licens' to make weeping widows, orphans, strutting fops. lu. natics, spendthrifts, idler?, lounger, loafers, brawlers, snuffers, smokers and chewers, dys peptics, jaundices, paUies, leprosies, pestilence, destructions that waste at noonday. No license to make red noses, bloated cheeks, debauchees pickpockets, incendiaries, thieves, robbers, ; murderers, ''ut throats, murderers of fathers, i murderers of mother, fighters, biters, snarlen, ! growlers, topers, drunken sots, blasphemers, miserable wretches, infidel scoflers. No li- j cense to destroy the peace and happiness of; families, neighborhoods, and chie to turn the world up side down, men into devils, devils j incarnate to make hells on earth! Quite a step towards civilization. For so much jjold we lirenf"? thee, (So 6ays our laws) a draught to sell, That bows the strong, enslaves the free, And opens wide the gates of hell : For public good requires that some. Since many die, should live by rum." Ohio awaked from her slumber?, went forth to battle fought, conquered. Christian Advo-cole. i. .i r - - - and while lying there she was almost suffoca- "ittra ttrc i""eiore, intended by way ted, became drowsy and sleeply. and finally t ; - p mm, oui as a remon aid to a little girl beside her, Antoinette, I am going to sleep." At this moment a piece of wood fell upon her head, and, cutting linear strance against the custom of juries, sworn .o ueciue impartially m accordance with the law and the evidence, permitting their HORRIBLE. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Saturday American, writing from Cincin nati, under date of July 1G, gives the fol- ! lowing, which is horrible enough to star- i tie the dead. How long will the living ! sleep in tne midst of so much danger ? Read it: " On last Saturday, a poor creature la boring under delirium tremens, ran to the woodpile of the steamer J. J. Crittenden, as she was about landing at Paducah, seized a stick, and rushed on deck as if pursued by a thousand Rancheros. A Mr. I rice, the head engineer of the boat, en deavored to secure him. But the poor wretch, supposing his pursuer no doubt to be the chief of the devils in his vision, seized upon him with the spring of a ti ger, and with a superhuman effort leaped overboard both sinking to rise no more. Oh ! what a traffic in human blood is fos tered and secured by law ! ! Th sale of indulgences with all its horrors, will not compare with this page from the book of hell. iNtl : Wm. (.'.uai.i:. I. L Sdibitru J. I'. 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Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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