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MffelL SrtI,f ' Aug 9 1852' "
1 t It .wirdtnff to adjournment
'flS it Adopting the Constitution..
.;J MtpOr'-rl Y, ftr nA ralli iim.n
ftffflf rtnTt$e Constitution to report.
JCnUf1)pfj; ClUmiay, before the
KXf.11 perfon present) were
jnUrtr1 an A flekpft In
Tl9r J B4rtnU alteration a-nd amendment,
1
CoMitutlbii
! lAilociatianlshall be, called the
"Mtii.-nilAcricoIturali'Socieijr.
ft jit TrUlenU iou.
4s; siinVindbne Col
ri '.-uVurer. and a Committee of Corres-
three.
of this Society shall
r Vijce rresiigenis,
5ind one Corresponding $ecre-
f e)Presde!3 severally, according to
, I '--
Jl
mm
shaU have power
ers 'hen necessary.! O-
of the President
alLi-ffieeitings,
lake the Chair, call the
rtooWfiiWjM mat ipe onsuiuuan anu
'i "ile tUihU- enforced ; he shal also
i8aItktiotjTiih the Vice Presidents, if
rZivltf'AM lb ink proper, call irregular
Cifc $'h &kUtJ a,'!uc ,imes an p!a
fliir otiiritoO best, subserve the inter-
,.n "V --15 . 'i 1 s ' 1 , 1 !
U if lb' Soy -
I iff 6 Ik'sM) bhe duly of the Recording
feini!oI Society; preserve all its
Gi W lelhJpiiafi read tbe same iwhen
Sody. , s v.-. -v !
I'm T.Uffcalf tib he dutr of ihe Corres.
W;nSe5fetary. t6' waif upon the Committee J
. " 1 A 1 ; -11 .ut- t
laW lhelf reporis:iotj Society, and
W t!l jh predings of tbb Society be.
'bp tV i'rf I he Society and disburse
tgai ob brler of the j Society ; to make
Uporoi9iifha , staje bf the Treasury
Q quarterly J red;
I ill. 9f. K H1Jj brt the duty of the Committee
vCorr&ftonnclo icommunicate wilh lother
'Swrtieij soil injeligent drmers in different
Wans k jfefl country; lo collect as far as
'''cjtti ulft! fjpfeimns of grains, seeds,
''mi, faf-minsr immpfmentsJ and whatever they
r 1 it, 1 f A' 'lt iJ: . f : :
3if Cfejtl UfPIUI ,IQr, flic nqvanceincm 01 irtgri-
. ' ' ! ' " ffil-jti . 1.
::;ur irOUtDiry anu airiooK our raemuers.
Ait,'lf."Toei8pcieiy, shall have power to
Ti tint Win, If s rhfrnberS to be collected at
.jfof ifiJiafferiimeelidas for the purpose
staving th neessary eipenses of the Soci-
kui) int. a ton i-ilJ rirf ir a fri:i n ma nrnvlr?f? atirti
JuAifl n.ol exccT&the siiitt oftwo dollars per
Irt. 1U.1V Stfitv sball meet nuarlerlv.
Hi:,0n)nn, fhn'sewhd Thursday in October,
!wwd Thur?day,:ifl January, April arid July.
1 fa, r 12 The fVgfjtar members of this Soci
jJ tbfcir bj divided M.nto eight parts or Com.
stoM,two ofy'lih committees shall report
?tef't jpw-f liaaever subject shall be as.
ijjcu ill r in. j -r s , t
irt. 1,3; It shallj lie competent for this Soci
tyfilklf derojrt proper to 'cause one or
wtddVe8,orlectures; to be 'delivered at
M lif !l Mnilfnij' t r . 1 1
J. Art. 14.lLhail I be competent for this So-fJUl-ifino&lf
jneetinas to hold Fairs and
Inward ivremmW.ppOn whatever productions it
IJlhip'iidperir; 'provided that none but
jtiertloj" thiaSoliety shall be competitors
j'preirjms,; jano provided farther, that noth.
j'lkitSf 'btideshall be: so construed as to
.11 mi oocieiy irom.awaraing nonorary
3i'?Tlra o0icer8 o thfs Societv shall
ifliiulett Coriirrlittee to award premiums:
y.i';r " lit is. .
rr we.satae Ja, not otherwise arranged
"ijlefltftetrjbprs shall form a quorum
vfo&fnfa.cliAft f. business, bur a lessinum-
wj. iiiiwurn if(m day to day
wnjWngr, "and shall! hold their office for
pwrjdVfihg-goud behaviour.
i , JMiiqje ut in is vonsuiunon may
, "'"not amw.ded at ahy Tegular meeting
luntrt" ai
quo
cers shall beelected at (he
CTf!ffo tJrtrJs'6f the regular members,or
fcL '8tl ayrtferany proposed amendment
."PjitpoDeaioriihree months,
'Wrlftfter the same.
4 ft.T Uainsay; a CommittW of five
n n : 4 v(orailia,a permanent otneers.
JJOOrt ft fnVv! , 1 """S icjjuncu
f-.vairtny,as;loUows j
hkrf'111 Cowan, William P
.EH' !fJvI. Wkey.
fflMW' Chambers.
IPjMMion. two Commil
HiJifS- rePort 10 tbe next meet
l-M :t?.';f NEW SERIES.
f tt;
SALISBURY, N,,C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1852.
evolved, j That the proceedings of :h1k mUtJ
a tlbet with the Colisi
ed ln;the Carolina Watchman and Farmers'
journal. fc( -t . j,, , ; , ; , .
On motion, the Society adjourned.
i urn n rt a-1.- l.
tid!,V tH oA?..J Heming, J, G. Rams a v.
CelBa"' Dr. S. D. Rankin,
Se'tL Niters be appointed a
kad M eight Buinesa Com.
H:V.fXnc?' G FJemiriVr and iRob't
"weiujnf .t " oc,ctl a piace lor me
ASonM18 Society.! ! r
YindCi fn Messed by Dr. D
r?!f 4..;wa appointed to address
Court House al Wilkesborbugh, on Friday, the
6tb day of August; when upon motion of L.
u,tuarmictiael, Gen. James B. Wellborn was
called lo the Chair, and on motion of Col. B.
I eUy, Ci I.. Cook wasi appointed Secretary,
ipn motion of U B. Camichael. the Chair.
man appointed a Committee of three consisting
of. .Richard J. Cook, Hon, Al Mitchell, and L.
B. Carhiichael, Esq., to prepare Resolutions
expressive of the object of the meeting,fwboftaf.
ter retiring a short time, reported the following,
whiebjwere unanimously adopted : 1 4 1
ticsolved, That the platform ana principles
aid down j by the Whig . National Convention
meei ! the approbation of the Whigs off North
Carolina. 4 ;-44 . i
Resolved, That We Will Cordiallv snnnnrt
Gen. Winfield Scott for the Presidency and
William A. Graham for the Vice Presidency
ofjthe United! States. M ' ! . f . j
ftlesolved, That we recommend to the Whigs
of this Congressional District,that a Convention
be; held in Statesville, on. Tuesday the 17ih of
thijs month, being the week of the County Court
of Iredell, to select some suitable'person to be
rub as the Vfbi candidate for Elector of said
district, I . I ' ! , s 1 i
Resolved, That the Chairman of this meet,
ng appofnt ten Delegates to represent this
county in said Convention.
In pursuance of the last resolution th Chair-
man appointed the following persons delegates
to said Convention, to wit's Col. B. Ft Petty,
Dr. James Calloway, Wm, W. Hamototi. Samv
uel C. Wellborril Col. Wm. Barks. James C.
Horton, Ralph : Pruit, Samuel E. Northinion.
Thomas Dula, arid Hon. A. Mitchell. 1
On motion, it was ordered that the proceed
ings of this meeting be published in the Caro-
lina Watchman.3 4 i I .
Whereupon the meeting adjourned. I
I I JAMES WELLBORN. CA't.
C. L. Cook, Sec.
tn
he, Whigs!
A. J. FLEMING.
Corresponding Secretary.
pursuance of notice. ! al large! number of
of Wilkes county assembled in she
SPIRITUALS KNOCKING A SOUR
CROUT SCENE IN A CELLAR.
. ! BIT JACK HUMPHRIES.
L :' i' ;' ' ' '
Pennsylvania farmers, Germans moslly,have
an inalienable love for sour crout : indeed, it is
intvogue with most Pennsylvanians and New
Yorkers. W confess to a slight recrard for the
edible ourself. Like codfish, sour crout is rath
t I j ; '..-" 1 A. I ' ; i
er odoriferous than otherwise, but to " well-
regulated appetites," strong and wholesome diet.
is a part of
eh(S in the inl
y in cabbage,
m
la
a
cr
ii is a pari oi every tail s domestic arrange
ntenor ot the Keystone State, to
and some particular night have
lfy time cutting upand packing down the sour
ut. ignite a party ot old and young assem
ble, and the liveliest kind of a time comes off in
i ne spacious Kitcnen ana cewar ot 'our house
at home " Thos-e that have ever witnessed one
oft these sour jcrout'bees, cariwejl realizes the
mmerial of our rather humorous story, while al-
most; anynooy can nave ai nearly laugn at tne
fun of the thing. . 4 1 ' l lj .
uaoay Ksiem a iai, jony, oiu, reurea zav
ern keeper, near Marr-sourg, ra.,,one tan, laid
in la Urge stock of prime jcabbaee, and in due
course ot time, cauea in nis irienos and neign-
bors lio maryifacture said cabbage into first class
krbut.::- Never was there, probably, a more jo
ctind and heart v assemblage of youngsters and
ol4 'un beneath the lirnehphoi-e4 roof of Dad-
dy Eckstein. Clammy Eckstein was an old
laav oi coouiv dimensions, soi,up on tne regu
lar Dujich style of human architecitire--square,
foe and afi, 'two single jwpflien rotted into one !
Things had worked along towards 10 P. M.
the biffirest footed maiden had gone through " a
part of the performance of tramping down (sans
stokitigs. with a reef in skirts) thjsi cut cabbage
in the )iarrel.. (Yhe old Tons had lit their pipes
the fidoMe was " sere well iuri" things set back
candles trimnjied and knickfMfeks ordered up
biithei " heads of the eebt4ishmeh
f Molly, ydu and I4 ritz go down and toicn up
oie oeer, saia
apd down : the
de cider, and some dat goot
Daddvl Eckstein! to his ivrdw
cel i a rway started mainm,1 preceded by ajfat
faced? jbutcb gal, with sundry mugs and pitch
ers. . -t ! ' It i if ; I
The cellar was deep and dark the gal got
down before the old woman, and was just about
to) relieve herself of tbet ipithers ! and
selling them upon a bentbV vrhen she let go
all, and gave vent lo her lungs. by a
J" Ugh-b-b-h ! Mine Got t-t J run here.e e I
j Mammy did pot fail to clinch the gal, and
she in her endeavor to get upi, and mammy s
theft losing its equilibrium; giving a pitch down
war(s the old I man and bis goodie compa-
nre,'V above, arrived at the; head of toe stairs
tust in: ume iQsee raamuif iuo
downickety spljt, only stopping at ine iooi
thte brbad cellar isteps kersouse t t
iTbe cat screamed lustily, the old lady was so
shook about, contused and coplused, mai a very
"sonorous grunt Ayas the. utmost she could do.
I4 Go lowngcjtown !" cried Daddy.
Run town In shouted another tuicn aaaoy.
f ' I : . V. -!'.' ... ' jiJUf .1LSJ ! L
"Help ernupj criea a innru. i
Mine Goltt !gd town I";
"Go town-n-n n 1" ! ,
Well, vyjdef jeufVl donl you go mit some-
UAAvi" v..wlH Dadcfr. as one atfer anoxner
the company took turns in advising " somebody
tc go," I -i . :4r! r I .'! i- i !! ; t i
u Bosh I" says the , old map, " you pack f
cowards, I go meself !' and crowding through
he took a light and made a Step aownwar.u.--
old lady, jand
at star.led me
and
The girls and fellers, and old folks, up stairs
wefenot;quiet observers of. these acrobaling
tableaux, ijfor they yelled some ,;ran others
rushed not Co the rescue of those! in the cellar
bur to make their mortal escapes from the house
cryrng out ; ' , p .? a ,
f Devil in der cellar I"
f IVufe's got 'etti. Teufel's got 'em 1"
" phi mine Got! Daddy ish kilt 1"
"ijjrhunder ad blitzen I" roared out one old
fellow "dish jish too tarn pad for letJmine djEl
freotsj Eckstein be kilt rail cellars, and dese tarn
cowards r&n aiway ; I go down by thunder ancl
uiuen!, and to carry out ibis patriotic interi
tiots, old peter Bromwig seized a candle anil
his stick alnd made a dash for the cellar, flankji
ed byjjhis pld woman, begging him for Gotls
sake not; to n6 to der teufel mil d rAet in A
cellar. I ' '' Mi
But Peter's blood was up he went forward
the cries of Daddy Eckstein add gal were
awiui. ne old lady appeared to have her
quietus, the gal cried out that the teufel was at
them, tooth and nail, while old Daddv roared
worse than a Louisiana bull in a tornado.
f He's got us ! Hes got us !"
f Whos jgot! you,. Daddy T 1 cried Peter, al the
head of the stairs backed up by his wile, two
snaKing crouti eaters, and aome six or eisht
double fisted gals. '
fOh h;h der teufel, der ttu oh A aA V
bawled the old man, a if interrupted in his
course by a dire antagonist. ! Koom down, Pe.
lair I koom dow-w-w-wn ; bh! werre gone
he's got u.' j - ' -M
A he gal managed to lumber un stairs with la
rush, i The gathering, at the head of ibe stairs
bearing the gal coming i before they saw her,
ppK it tor -grantecHhat bis sable majesty, being
sure of those" below, was now after those a-
bove, and; they went, with a yell and confusion
better imagined than described. Not so olid
Peter Bromwig he droped his light, but drew
his cane, bawling J i ; M
If you be de teufel 4I'm cone, but 1 gives
you a knock mil mine stick, ony wayi and her-
wang he brought it. Luckily for ihe Dutch
gal's skull, it was thick,1 and the cane hitting the
top ot tne doorway, had some of its force mm
gateo, go Katy the gal instead pf having her
gourd cracked, was merely sent reeling down
stairs again, breaking her fall upon the old Dad.;
dy, who, upon all fours,! was crawling up a step
or two, bellowing all the time. ! !
Tbe excitement spread the neighbors canie,
in a minister had been sent for a doctor was
wanted. Old Peter Bromwig vatorously expa.
tilling Upon the knock he had given 4der teufel,
was standing firmly against the .door, declar.
ing that the 'old critter' was trying to rush up
and devour all hands ! I The noise and confu
sipn save a tew groans frbdii Daddy Eckstein,
was all quieted old Nick had finished bis work
-4-poor daddy and mammy land the sal, wre
pronounced done for.! But the minister came
lights were brought, the 'book opened, ibe cel
lar door also, and the minister began to $x
orcise the evil spirits in; a low guttral high Dutch
tone, i as he descended, the cellar Stairs, follow,
ed by Ihe stoutest hearts. j Nothing of note
transpired until the party bad reached the cellar
when a pair of "shiny eyes' i Were seen, accom
pan led by a pair of ugly horns and a beard, the
profuse length and dimensions of which might
have enchanted the most inveterate female ad
mirer of hairy beaux, s It wis loo much for most
of the ministerial escort for ihey wheeled about
and fled, two of the most courageous seizing
Mammy Eckstein aud lugging tier oodiiyiup
stairs; the girl came too, a ad made her exit in
double quick! time, and as she did so, the teufel
fin.: j ! i Lc iL: i. i:it..
louoweu in me suapo ui u Mig imjr uuai,
Which had gone down the cellar in the daytime
after cabbage leaves,! and (being shut down,
arid riot liking the maoeuvres of the crowd, had
pitched into them, the gal, mammy and daddy
in particular, raising the devil in good earnest,
and quite broke up the sour crout parly.
who happened to be returning from the'
oierk s desk. : ; i -.
'" What the devil are yoo doing here
with those chickens ; get out sir, get out,"
whispered the doorkeeper, j If j
No you don't, though, yqu can't come
that game over me, you've got chickens
yourself for sale, get out yourself and let
me sell mine. I say, sir," (in a louder tone
to the Speaker) "are; you buying chickens
here to day ? I've got some prime ones
here." ' : j !.4:
And he held up bis string and shook
his fowls until their music made! ihe walls
echo.
," Let me go, sir," (lo the
let me go, I say. Fine large chickens
to tbe speaker only sis bits a dozen.
" Where's the Sergeant at arms," roar
ed the Speaker, "take that man out.
" Now don't, will you, I aint hard to
trade tvith. Youjet me go-j to tbe door
keeper you've sold your tic!ens, now
lt ma have a chance. 1 sa4!slr to the
Speaker in a louder lone are you buying
cnicKens to ,
doorkeeper)
" Go ahead," "at htm agin,' final's right,'
whispered some of the opposite members,
Xnrho could command gravity enough to
speak, "at him again." " He'll buy them."
He only wants you to take less at him
again.
j CURIOUS LOVE LETTER.
Madam : Most worthy bf tbe admiration, af
ter long consideration, and much meditation, of
the great reputation yon possess in th4 nation,
I havie a strong inclination lo become your re.
lation. On your approbation of tbe declaration,
I shall make preparation to move my situation,
to profess my admiration, and if such obligation
is worthy of observation and can obtain com
miseration, it will be an aggrandizatiob beyond
calculation, of ibe joy and exultation of
Yours, i ...
Sans Desidebtion.
j 4T ' the Answer .
Sr; I peyused your oration with muirh delib
eration, and a little consternation, at the great
infatuation bf your weak imagination, to show
such veneratiou on so slight a foundation. 1
suppose your animation was the fruit of recre
ation, or had sprung from ostentation to display
your education by an odd enumeration, jur rather
multiplication of words ol the same termination
though of great variation in respective signifi
cation. Now, without disputation, ypur labo
rious application, to so tedious an occupation,
deserves commendation, and thinking imitatim
sufficient gratification, I am without hesitation,
Yours, i
Mary Moderation.
"I say, sir in a louder tone to the
Speaker cuss your picturs, let me go
fair ply two $t one ain't! fair to the
Speaker and Sergeant at arms let me
go : I say, sir, youup there to the Speak- yelk !"
er- yqu can have 'em for six bits ! won't
take a cent less. Take em home and
eat -etp myself before I'll take Drat
your hides, don't shove so hard, will you !
you'll hurt ihem chickens, and they have
bad a travel of it to-day, any how. 1 say,
you, sjr, up there" j
Here tbe voice was lost by the closing
bf the door. An adjournment was mov
ed and carried, and the members, almost
Mother said a little fellow the otjher day,
'is there any harm in breaking egg
shells?' !
Certainly not, my dear; but why do
you ask f " '
" Cause I dropped the basket just now,
and see what a mess 2 am in with the
ryCoramission, is published in the Y,i
papers. He Was, shot on the 7th c! J
the desert, near camp Yuma, by lha c'.
wrwm lie was irying to induce to rcl-jm
'JM iJ-i - i -IT. MI
Influence of thet, Moon upon the. Wed'
A Paris astronomer has published tLo i
of twenty years observations upon th
e nee of the moon1 upon the weather,
tbe new moon to the' first quarter it rain
ring the period of twenty years emU;
the calculations) 764 days ; from the f.r:
ter to tbe lull mopii it rained 815 days ;
the' full moon to the last quarter it rair: :
days; and from tbe last quarter to tl
rrioon it rained C90 days. So that J iri.
moon's! increase there were 1.G09 rainy
and during her decrease only 1,437 a i
ence of 152 days. TLis difierenccs ia
likely to have been accidental than tLo i
of any natural cause, and the concluii .n '
we derive from the statement is that tL- :
has no influence upon the weather. ,
Jim was employed to cut wood by the
day. the boss came along and found Jim
lifting the axe as leisurely as flat boats go
up the Mississippi, accompanying every
blow with a grunt.
" Slow work, Jim, slow work."
44 Boss, ihe Bible says we must use mod
eration in all things.
The boss was non plussed. At dinner,
frantic witn mirtn, rusbea out lo nndjour jim plied his knife and fork wilh remar
friend in high altercation with the dbor- kable industry. The boss remibded him
keeper about the: meanness of selling! his
own chickens, and letting nobody else sell
theirs, adding that "if be could just see
that man up there by himself bed be
bound they could make a trade, and that
no man could afford to Taise chickens for
less than six bits." 1
I The, members bought bis fowls by a
pony parse, and our friend left the Ca
itol, sayitig as he went down the stairs,
Well, this is thei darnilest roughest
place for selling chickens that ever I came
across sure. Spirit of ihelthe$.
of bis morning text, but Jim was ready.
" I've been reading the Scriptures since,
boss, that "whatever thy hands find able
to do, that do with all thy rnigh."
Boss told Jim he was entirely too learn
ed to-chOp wood, and tueretorej very po
litely requested him to take up bts bed and
walk.
paternity
husband
the base
D IOOK It llgiU UllU uiauc mv
TWegM had jgot loose i from the
was coming iip With a surge th
mi. mk. namn hll nrPaPltrC OI JIIIIIU,!
fbfitbbld alsoj slid, heels foremost, bitting) the
Iir Diitfh sal about midshinsiahd givingilier
ejujjb leewardUo precipitate her all standing,
backwards down again, carrying away the old
lady, twbo had just b?g4u to " bout ship and
. -S . ;.v t.i.- . ; - 4. I Lift; ! it J !.'; 1 ' t -
SELLING CHICKENS TO THE
! ! LEGISLATURE.
While the Legislature ;of Missouri was
session, a few years ago, a green fellow in
from the country came lo Jefferson to sell
some chickens. He had about two dozen,
all of which he had tied by the legs tq a
string, and this being divided equally,
and thrown across is horse or shoulder,
formed Bis mode of conveyance, leaving
the fowls With their heads hanging down,
with little else of them visible than their
naked legs,) and a promiscuous pile of out
stretched Wings and ruffled feathers. Af
ter several ineffectual efforts to dispose
of his load, a wag, to whom he made an
offer of sal?, told him that he did not want
chickens himself, but that perhaps he
could sell them at that large stone hobse
over there, (the Capitol,) that there Was a
ijianl- over I there buying,' on speculation,
for the St. Louis market, and no doubt Ihe
could find a ready jsale.
H Th dl lighted countryman started when
His informer stopped him. h
j " Lbofe here," says he, "when you get
over there, go up stairs and then turn) to
the left.! The man stops in that large
room, i Yob will find him sitting at the
other end of the (room, and js now en
gaged wjth a nunjibei4 of fellows buying
chickens bfmself for sate;' and tries to pre
vent other j people from selling theirs.-
Don't mind him out go right ahead,"
i4FblIbwiqg the directions, our friend
soon found himself at the door of the Hall
of Representative To open it" and en
ter was the work of a moment. Taking
frond his shoulder the string of chickens,
and giving them a: shake, to fresh thbnr,
he commenced hts journey towards the
speaker's chair, the fowls, in tbe mean:
time, loudly expressing from the half form
ed lirovk to the harsh quark their Sense
ofbod pain. ' , J .f ;'
: "I say, sir" -here he had advanced
about half down the aisle, when be Was
seized by Major Jjackson the doorkeeper,
THE CALF'S TAIL AN.-THE AU
GEH HOLE.
The) North Carolina Argus tells the
following capital story, for Which it is in
debted to the stump speech jof a Virginia
member of Congress. Wef have read noth
ing that has called our cachitiatory mus
cles more violently into play for a long
time :
The proprietor of a tan yard adjacent to
a certain town in Virginia, conctuaeu to
build a stand, or a store on one of the
main streets, tor. tne purpose oi vending
his leather, buying raw-bides and the like.
After completing his buildifrg he began to
consider what sort of a sign1 it was best to
put up for the purpose of attracting atten
tton to bis newj establishment; and for wanted to know was, who owns the nigger?
days and weeks he was sorely puzzled on That's what I look at.
this subiect. Se veral de vices; were adopt
ed, and on further consideration rejected. Oh, dear ! Mr. b erguson, yqu surely
At last a happy idea struck him. Hebor- iest wheh you say my'babe is the hand
ed an auger-hole through ilhe door-post, somest child you ever saw. Yob must be
and stuck a calf s tail in it. with the bushy soft-soaning it."
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end flaunting out. After a while tie no Well madam" replied Mr. Jfjurguson,
need a grave looking'personage standing may possibly Be so, for I now recollect
near the door with his spectacles i gazing h thought it very much needed soap of
intentlv on the sign. And there he contin- some kind
Mr. f erguson was seen lmmeaiaieiy ai
ter, making a hasty exiti pursued by an
broomstick.
Tough but Tolerable. A shrewd Yan-
kee, travblling in the South on a voyage
of adventure, came to the habitation of a
widow lady, well to do in the world, who
had an onlv daughter. After tarrvinsf a
few days, the Yankee and the miatror be
came mortally pleased with each other,
and the latter remarked to him that it he
liked her daughter well enough; to marry
her, he might stop and become tjho mana
ger of her estate. The bargain was closed,
and the nuptials were consummated;; but
the Yankee was more surprised than de
lighted about three months after! the wed
ding, to be presented with an heir, whose
complexion and hair indicated a
not purely Caucassian. The
started for Nashville, and laid
before a lawyer. ; ' I
" I cab obtain a divorce for you," said
the lawyer, "upon proof of the facts stated
without delay." T S
" A divorce !" said the Yankee. " who
said anv thing about a divorce? i What I
i A Western paper in noticing the t
ges of the cholera, says :-Every :
that was able to leave Jackson, Mi;
did soi andj has not yet jetbtned. V
last Sunday there was not enough 1. .
bury the dead. J Some eight or ten cc:
lay in different Ihouses se??ral days.
farm; business! of every is SU;:
edjand every iilwclling house is L.
uPf ; 4 ; jl- .Til . i
An Ugly 0athl-Ah the eastern part cf I
wae county, in ibis State, there resides r.
named B , now a j'iMice of the peace,
a very sentible mab, but, by common c
the ugliest looking individual in tho whole c
try, being long, gaunt, sallow land awry,
gait like a kangaroo., One, day he was
bunting and on one bf the mountain 102
met' a man on foot and alone, gaunter. viV.
all odds, than himself. He could give the'
fifty,' and beat him. t Without saying a
B raised his gun and deliberately I.-'.
it at the stranger. For God's sake,
shoot ! shouted the man, in' great alar
Stranger,' replied B l swore ten 3
ago that if I ever; met a mani-iglier than 1
I'd shoot bim ; you arc the furtl one1 I've .
The stranger, after a careful survey.of his ,
replied, VV u, captain if 1 160k anf wors
you do, shuts I I don't want to live any 1.
exchange paper, r , u ) 1
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, The New York Evening Ijis the D
cratic abolition qrgan, boasts that there I
a word about the " finality"! of jthexornpr-
in tbe; Democratic platlorm. ! It regards
Scott as the peculiar champion of tho " .
ty' : principle. VVe 'quote its language :
" If General Scott and his friends 1.
tinned to stand j where they j stood vh
wrote, and if he had not accepted an.
lion on a finality platform, there isnodo.4
any of the prominent candidates hsl;,
Democratic Convention would have' be.
fealed by him. j But lie Is now prcseni
the express champion bf " finality 5" of :
there is not a word in the Democratic pL
The very sentiment wfirch would; have
Scott strength, if he had adhered to the r .
pies of the party which presented hi:.1,
now, and ought to enure to the benefit cf 14
whose abstract notions1 of slavery arc r; 4
liberal and just as any ever proiesseg tvy
Scott, and whose general notions cf
ment command our unqualified. admiral k
bed to'stand gazing, and gazing, until the
curiosity of the farmer was greatly excit
ed in turn. He $tepped out and address
ed the individual: ;
"Good morningr said he
A Case of Conscience. In a! certain
"Morning," said tbe other without mov- Ladies Moral Inform Society," exjsting
not many miles from, the ban ks qi a cer
tain river, the members were required
to sicn a nledge not to " set up.f as it is
-- -in O : " :
ing his eves from the sign
"You want to! buy leatoer T said the
storekeeper.
" No."
"Do-you wish to sell bids ?'
! "No." ' I; 4
"Arc you a farmer ?"
i "No.w J
"Are you a rabrchant?"
4 "No." . f I
"Are you a lawyer?
i ,;No.w I T
"Are you a doctor?"
4 "No." . ! . !4 :
"What are vou then ?"
"I'm a philosopher. I've been standing
here for an hourjtryin to stfe if 1 could as
certain how that calf gottljrough the au-
eer-hole, and I can! makeiJUt to save my
life."
1
enragca
a coun-
bow ma-
1 1 say landlord said a tip an in
trv village to a tavern keeper; l
ny liquors Can I get for two long bits !
4 Five said mine host.
Well, fork 'em over. Come up my boys
and drink.' 4 ;
The liquor completed, helpullcd out two
old worn out bridle bits, which were long
enougif in all cobscience. :lt . is! needless
to say liow savag the lahd'o looked,
when his customer waiKeq cooiiy uui -
midst the shouts of the croWd
termed, or do anything else that might be
supposed to have a tendency, however re
mote, to immorality. One evening, as the
President was calling over the names, to
knoW whether! each member had kept her
obligation, a beautiful and highly respec
table young lady burst into tears,) and on
being questioned as to the cause, said she
feared she had broken tbe pledge.
" Why, what have you done?" asked
the President. j
" Oh If' sobbed the young lady, " Dr.
kissed me the other night, when be wait
ed on me from meeting."
OhJ well that is nothing very bad,"
saidJthe President; his kissing dqes not
make ii jhatyou have broken the pledge.
Oh, that isn't tie worst of it," exclaim
ed the consciencious young ladv,
e& him buck a gamp
f I kiss-
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An important discovery nas Deen maoe m
London by a Mr. Roberts, in the use bf tin for
zinc plates, by which a great saving of expense
is effected in the arts, the large quantities of
nitric aciJ, zinc, plairrium,&c, to produce elec
tricity, Uing superseded. I
Mcrdekof Cot,. Craio. The officii ac
count of tbe murder of Col. Craig, commslnder
ol the military escort of the California Bounda.
t, -
The Atlanta Intelligencer says, tho rc;
Pierce's speech made in January b&t, al
Boston, New Hampshire, which is now i
extensively republished, is an " abaliti
lumny, manufactured ixpressly for the
ernlmarkct" If this be' true, tho reporter j
prepared that report early in January la ,
sess the art of diyination in a degree
will certainly secure for them immortality,
its truth can only be reconciled uponjhc
Dosation that the v. in January last, knew
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eral Franklin Pierce would be nominate
the Presidency I This we tnjagine no r
the! United States, in the wildest freaks
lancy, will be disposed to regard a supf
ca se . A ugusta (Va.) Chron tele, (aali -'
oiiio for scorr.:
i '.I'M il-'i :
ne of our Delegates to the State C,
lion, who went to Columbus doubting, r
with a thorough! conviction that the el
votes of Ohio will be securejd for Sec.
Graham. He (fays, "allowing a lar;
centage for desires and prejudices,1 and c
ing one fifth from what he knows o( th?
Scott will carry; Ohio by a decided rn:r
The Locofbcos themselves, everywhere
tbeSiatesman office, admit .1 this) anJ
care if it be so. They bavo.no
Pieyce is either a statesman; Dr a
cannot muster any enthusiasm for a thi;
lawyer whom a; set of political gambler:
foisted into a Presidential candidacv, '
view to their own advancement, the.'.
chance to be elected. Sciota Gaz.
ev icier.
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Correspondence of the 2V. j Y, Tril u
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
, Indiana, Penn., July .20, 1 "
Nlnr hai the nomination of Gen.
been received with more cordial cm!. ,
and nnanimity than in Western Penns) 4;
His illustrious character 'and iberoi: t:.
have taken hold on the popular heart, :
only express tfie conviction of every i n t c I .
man in ibis section of the State when I r
you that Pennsylvania will cast bcr c!.
vote for the Hero of 'Lundy'a Lane 1
than; ten tbduiaud majority.' The ev-ir
it are apparent to those who lire here, a:
ny of our opponents admit it. j - But tlty
make a desperate struggle to retain ihsir i
supremacy, and we will have a warm r.:4
contest. But tbe. name oL Winfield Szc :t
tbe Whigs of Pennsylvania like a flamir
in the heavens, and in that sigh tee si .i
qucr. Mark lb prediction. ! !
Yours truly, h t. j.
aiai. iiuy wv 17"- - j-
the Whig nominee , for Governor cf 14
says the New YdrkFribune,! mentioned i
recent Whig Convention of;, that Staf.
while be was at the North during the si: 4
the National Convention he waited 0:1 1
Clay, then! gradually sinking upon Lis
bed, and that the great Whig leader gav
moag lis last expressions, bis testimony 1
integrity, patriotism, and virtue oMm
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