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E Q- C VOL?,XII.-NEW SERIES. SALISBURY, N. 0:, T ULY 5, 1 855. NUMBER VI 22 . l-k z v; , : . . . . . " , C v lrltll KwUus rrwirrletwr. 3 AIWINTMKSTS. TU edidto fcr Congraa m tb 7th iHt - trid, CmL.U, C l'rjw and A. M. Soalw, Eq.t :n ..ii .iu .. .1.. tji.iV w - . v.K.'.i.g i , -...vji. i :j .H c'ot'pitrr . , At 0p Clti!, 'i ToaJajr July 8i i Jeft-won". ' ' " Wedntwlar " 4tb. -"Xortb Fork, Tt.urJajr " 6lh. LlMMttt UUI, ..rjaturj,,, , 7tu , ' AUUtAFntat cutrrr. At Tajlotrvi " " ToJy July lOtb. - ;- . .i IkKDRU. COl'MTV; At StatxayiJI, Wwlnntdaj July lltb. - Willialitobur;, Tbartday' 1 " I2tli. "rT7iuitii"i0vm'. At JoacftiJ" aturd;.y 30th June. " lji4.)0illt!, JtiomUy July 21. 4 Hunt ill.-,, i H Ka4 UcihI, SfwuJay ' lOtli. :,. I . ban cut r. AtFarminhitt, Tut lay July 17tli. " 'MocLavtlk,, , WiMJay 18lb. At (CjemmbMrill, . liurflay July lOih. " LriintfhNi, Fril oih. NihVr rtgr, rturday Jl.L " lUwt't 8to, ilfiniay " tsd. roatrru cacn. AtKmwmiU.-, Taewtay July 2b. - W bkl'. CHj l'law, WtHjnuklay ittlli. aocfciacaiaM c u. At MadiauO, ' Tbunday . J ulr 21ili. Wmtwortb, --' Friday ? S7th. " LakartUc, hatuniay - iiHih. - UedilK " - Muaiday Joib. . t fruat tkt i'karl'4l Wh.j 7it "i. a. r.vuWKa-8 c.vud. TV Card of J.met A.CaMw.JI,Fj, of Liu "irulo oouuty, pVbfiIiir!q owr mtiie oTlmt werk, WMM Maelf Uilt ww, lor a brief critical ftoticr. It ia war pwpuM, ttowwvr, but to U tocr.lv bufr lha Card iUrJC on Ha face, ' teaupuoo- to gu. k, Jpr, a fc-w mild .trie - twrea. . Ia tb lint place, Mr. Caldwell tliowt in hi J?TT!,1 tR l " ; J',to af many of tba mii-, IKfllWMrwof lllhtnrt, who Idr.t-d me at . raVAldetarwiiwd to the District in ptMittas) to Mr. Cir- Tint, theji, mark. liina rivwptotli4tlof Mar, h. Mr.C.ld. ell IW lldorma aw. in U annu. CanL that -a' Co Week alWwda. I was ii.fo.ined by a g. n Iktaa U a .lmitttl WV mj armewt .- lion, of twolhii.s-firtb.tLi. new "y waUimsI OM-half. If not more. of the voter of, It Ikwlrict : and aecomL thai I utt ioiu it.- 7.1 " . Hannyaa optmon of ury-owii. t tJrttrntrrt to boUt hi. propositiona. Again and agam wvr. - !Tr,.J U "w,n . . - .... .. ananv. nta iiertet erant prevail, .ion me loaoan - don my potllkin, nlllniugli ity ipinioii w.tte . mautUiaed, and txromt a member rati tint lu -Wl tkt priUrj4Jjf. la yint U.- .Unlit., ia uuc ituportabl change in Mr.Caldwell't polilie itlF NaawB of wl.Kh will appear prvwcu'ly in hit own word bn Might about within "a few we.k," by lh Influence Of the nitntnijiiout Mesi --asn.r TlriitiT lite l--t of it, it videiiceof . great moral wwikiiett in Mr, Ctld will's charac left."lToaj let us return to Mr. CWeirwo langvaire to find out the motive which prompted - -ATkevery evening that I hail, und.-r a treaty of peaeo, b-cuie au intuluntary tolunhir iu the service of the ' magnauimous Meiiran,' it wa intirMtrd lu me that I might take a second poti- lion (u 'tlie new rty : that is, dial I might ' Lave the privilege of taking a place in tlie rankt and figbtuig tor soum body cIm-. The ' pliniiiiit aiiH' convention met. no lights being iu the ' room by which it could be te- n who wnt work edupou. The discovery in the inuruing, m'. '""that 1 WW planed down and snug)y("W away. Tkit did not tatmcid ultngtlhtr seiA jr rii iri of t,rttjnity, so I availed mi If of the o nr f . - II .!... twmtv of annouminj mvvlfa (ll-nry flay Whig.) caodidatu thai d n , in id-r to nttime the position which had )eu so incoiiider!it. ly baudoud r .. There are two or three things to be noticed la this extract frotur Mr. CaldwcHVCiinl. First 'kh.M-iwwjt'eeMualiiaa; swiksvwhslguiv that ko barama a Riut.Xirfbi n.r fur no other reason earth, than that nf IxMiniiunry' Mbit candidate lU rrt (orConrrrcwa in this District. Toprove .ui. w. ., .. ,7 . , t...;..tioflheoining W .k- 1.. ..r Mr. Isarwhom he Vailed on, hsriinr atrrwfl to tlie same condition , " " (,--' I LinMelf, not' to annoaure himself a candidate ntil after the action of the Kuow Xothing Con vention, which waa to assemble at this plt. o on Tuesday of the next week, that being-tho week of our Superior Court. Secondly, th' ejtra. t shows that Mr. Caldwell was d.-termined, from th beginning, toberoiuo a caiKlidate at nil hax ards, aud that ha waa so for the abort space of a few days, during which time, ho delivered a peeck inlfia Court House in this town, in w hich anerrJi ha tWik Mr. Cram severely to tatk as 'a recreant to the Intoreata of Xorth Carolina, aiu to those of bit 1 itrict for opposing the distribu tion of the proceeds of the public lands." .Third' ly, Ike extract shows two other important chnng es in the Hitiosof MrJCaldwell, by abandoning rCrartv and n id hi. original the American position as a Henrv Clav Whig, merely becauso i" . .. " 7 . , , B' -.- A.ihin he was not the noinim of tho Know-Nothmg Tarty. Mr. Caldwell's Card further shows a tWrth important ehange In his iolilksinou the 4th of March, by declaring tlmt he la in fa for of Mr. pralge for Congress'; whose recrenn tj to the liilercels of ortii Csrolina and those of bis Diatwsr, he au bitterly denounced iu hit Itt-? Mr. Caldwell U L fcllow ttiivM Id he par-1 iwu.it. It tko Mine with erery publication of iJuUvd " for Iimtuniiiij tojn-ak Katrimigwuril jtbe lay, La Uxn oTur year, and Will con to tliufce i4 J9 bu bay been aciutoiiH'l to . ttiiue to be o, uiil. KMne actiort' on tin Kit batlla (or iha rfriitciitLi rirmiiuti.il.t t.v Vf 1 Ujet L'tiiLcn Lv tlin 'fmJ:itirp. It fthmilJ Irft Clay, and iioiiiidrU by Mr. AVtir.'' Aatl jthvu aUiuonibt you to beaanof stiacbio 1 joumelvua to tli Knu Xotbinji Pmly." Tbit r ,- ,tr. .. . ' .. , Hmuii u .nr. tji.iwi-m would leme Willi l brtt grace and njore liontmt afKnrnc, be - . k.ruliw cUinu aa a eaiiitidiitu n ji-cttd by ne. tfce Kaow Xoibina Farty, mbep tlu rt-anoua t.r ! The tvnfjgmpliical eitcution of the work i (uc'b a court wer fijually aa rUe and 'quite ! "o1-' of the prvtrioua pubticationa. !a tU known to r;,WdII.tu Wuow.j 'eru. . ; la eonclimua, ttc national taffirm of lb Auxr-I " ", . iiii Party, ..lojud wd proranlgnU-d br . Tlu Plajue ! U it .'-Krj extraordinary ' law HjuVMi,I. diveulion, will fully Jvfute i di'eM h'M Uk l.v '" pe, ' few 'andlttoiharnertry poaitlon Wtilo lo the i fjil'' oily aomoof tbeui euiiuent in ; Know-Xotbinporrrauiiation wbiJi Mr.Caldwciri wellh "J pw'tiuii which bat cotifoundid our t..,;.fci,.. ii i V.r .1 f'lliTiciant. bcraute of itt 0vltT. Atfirsttbty bim to DrmiulxaUr in hit Mi.fo, lunate Car.1. Mr. ('aldwflleotiii.lii. tl,t be - wU t.lar., .f down and .rH''h itov amy." All that we fan'rar j in anw-r to llikt t-barge it, that it waa viceniit- i Ir itu.'l and l.jrlwr.,u to ,,.im. ,u, , ,,all ma- Uial down to n.illilhj,'. and ihat tlivre waa no .T..ity to ttotrr nwnr that which ocrnit.ir.1 no . . it mjt i .i.i i j . ., KV-Xotlmij I'arty-a nan... would pr-I,im them to U-.therult prove. .!,.,( thera. t.d with i'at i-h,m and for! -I,, , ..f, ,. 1 i i . i a i . " i . CIslllM to be I rafididate i.f I he Itartr ! " " j " the fHit" it left (-) spread. Such U our iufor-, portatit a matter as Uiio," I replied with ! kl 4 Lro! The Ijiwh made by our Ii-i ",ft,i"". but at wc'bnve ti-n no ense with our! a eeriousiies in keeping with the eolem !tm during the patt winter (n. prinH U Ilol- omn ',d 'oujd jiot be able loluity of the tupic discussed, j d,n A Wilaot, pnutert to the Stale) ba. at la.t ' tcW,tiik:ally, .hat we tay mutt be u lcrlmp3 yfra olr't ,llt-mi to taLe a wife '' l ... i i. .i i i , '.. .'. .. . .'Uiken with this iinderttainliiiir. .1:.. i i.i 1.....1...1. ..1. : 1 oetn rerivrii ttx me eiern mir t innry tuf u.priuuiMH aiuiHiii Hie .juirw 01 lli' .1 .. ..... ... .1 .. f r .1 I Mjum-t to ;. t 1 ;, . . ,1 1 at t rnorantia uemiuem r" and the ; lc riu.Ui.te8at..conkU4Wtt.a. ptv.wiu.ud.tu. uow n fur many tii. .1. ' l t, all that in printed i tlwi booLs..ahljoit';h -fortoulh they 1 L' now for the first time "jUUhed."... cv.PtiCc "'t"ml of i.. . . . ....iiLj is ii :'. . .1. ... .IT fW I've biuidred of u. , ; Th, .. , Jra, uf ,,, .,.;, ..rt of tirannv in this l. g.d iiKuiin. The only if r;l of the pre- tent Mtlem of lesrnl eonitiiu:.i-:ilion between lb.' LejfVbjtwa ,d the p.ui.1. it itt wwhmiiv.- ,t eu,to llW ,(,, fiie or,,.,fj. IIKH1C by whki in(lj, ,juaj, cum Hlt ,t, ,he M,p!o at ,u.n tfwy w.,hu. ru!,i.-l,-t make Li... (o (te iutunna,ilin it j, imiU,t,l t)(v i1m. j,,. ,,u. k Why i. it thai , ljt lK, gu, wm,.ul j ,W ,,,, , UiA ,,uUi,la.. U. the o,l, ! For it u an h , .u.,f tU. . r, v. r, .;,(, j ..j a ...ct,,,,.. tllc i ".'..,, .. . ., .. ... . , caillliir ll a uuon nuuii in lit- -vt wnn: 01 1 ., . "... i ; : . ' ' Ihnw it a pul liialiun in the i.o.per Me ol iii.it.-rm. ii.huiM int.! nL.LLi.,.ui. luiiiii.r - r i- ' ' - - j snJ . JN.,1(,,, ,,, 1;1,k , w il,f1K,j f ,.v ilitU : ih,.; d to ,.,uU.e ,l,,r ',... i . .. . i We lime looked oier one or two of the laws having ecul nf r ue to oui towa, and there miv mini.: ijih-i ..i.iii in win.- n in hi. i ..i rtmiiplc-: lu tl.u A. t authorwing the apjioint- j mvnl of a Miii'i.ini; M.wter tor tl.u 1 orl, tint de- , fining bit powers and duties, tie 4'h . e.tion pro id, "Tli.U if any m mil. 111 thnll, utt. r U-Ing to ipj J l.y the Mopping Matter, .. rt li!s vet xl, or full to rend. r huiiiu-lf on Uiard at the tinie appointed, or in any other " cause quiring his aid, it shall be the duty of tin-Shipping Mas ttw-.to iaa.liit.aauaiiUjtoBtMJb bU-"of said County, for "rt amount nf tttpi di- attrr, and hare him delivered to tlw Muj-, or impriaom'.l as the case may be," c.rerlatim ! it ItttruiU., (as we are comineiiiing on a law, ! we mutt uw a liulo of the. gibkiiJi of the law- j vers.) Well, what does this seeli lean I If. lor rum away, draft of die law ) but for the tiMowai 11 mid ditotter," (whirl, doubtless was the nadiug in the original a waiiant is iMied uO' r fAf orrrtt of tutd d4trtn and the cou-, iul.1., i I.. l.vu him fund di-uilei I d. lnered to ! lul negligence somewhere lu the manufacture of laws for the people. j In the Act autlioriiing aiid ciiijiow-cring the , t'0miiiijiouert of our town to cMuMi.-di, Iny out, jnnd open Mreet, lhe-raidiiig a priuud, is aa , &d.w : ' . .l...tt 1... i)rtl7.7rre!rr-vairWtat.aw;.,.Jn ofitioners to uive public uotice by ftdvertit. iiienl in one or more uew.j hits t.iihl.-hed in said town. ning ot any street so j.ublmhni ny ; ! r'TT 'l. l.Z .Z 1 K-IUi Mail HOItC O.I.HI 0 u.f.1. ..... ... . w. use of land bclomriii;: lo thun at Mich street for one year after the same shall have been o ned, and the notice of the 'opening of the suriin given as aforesaid, shall bi- forever thereafter birred of any right to such compenutioii, unli," Ac, Ac. In tho copy of this Act duly certilied by llie S.-ervUrv of Stale, the word " estauliahed" here the word "published" italicised aliove, is found, and insU'ad of the words ' w ho .hull make claim or. compensation,1" also italicis ed above, we find lhewnrd WI10. thnll nor; With thito nl- make claim for compensation. j Iterations, the sense is oht ions but in the printed j law it is 'nonsense. The printers, in a note w. ' .I.; tt..,ril tnhime claim that no l.lanre I thri rtlM of the volume, claim that no l.lanre should be attached to tbcin or to the Secretary . . . of State, for apparent orn.rs or om,,s.o,, an,! rather insinuate that all .nek are chargeable .0 j He. engrossing clerks. I hey ctaun 10 .lavostmi- lv - fcHowed copv." Now, in this case, the cer- ly Miow.Mciy. , , titieil copy wo'liave Irom 1110 eycretary oir-iaie. and the printed 'oipy from Messrs. Holden A Wilton, are unlikee Can lwth bo right t We have neither time lior space at present, to-M iMjiut put further errors. From thcao spe.-imens, . ho mferred that othew, ennally as glur- .... - ' i. ......1 r.i.iiiie ' ftut. this is not un- i oIe tbc July of tbe Attorney General, or of ( ' k otbit'eonipcteul pvnon, at ach-auioii of j Mjrnnclo Ned liad Bet his lieart upon ' tlie-LcgUlature, to revie (be laws, and nut tbi-ni Imarrrins tnO to mr cousin Iloenlie : but . . .; ...I., r. - . ' - .. ' " nroiwr imin) ,ior puum-aiion. jiiw plan 1 would tin printing of a rast kid of o- ! on"w u,e ueaJ 01 r-0 'lla. " 'I l woulJ 1,01 Uar that Wlficalion, toiueof tbem ! hV Bie" il """" f ll" 1lsSue- II "P' , fn I firt in viine diVtilored tt t oo th((in bilil Uj ociCCt niv w ife for tnc. I t and exleiidin;;, -without ttirpuration,, it B)WoVui.ylife..tf by tn-ml n.ortiti. a - tion. If tuMHimtion takia place, it pfttsfltt on,' oui ll ditt u-aui w ture w luiiow. inera no t . l .t II ... Tl . ! 'i'i"". it, and H it Dot epln.c ID any fo"u- 0,w or ,uo '''' "em" Uvc rcorU:d " the ki.if. , and cut out the plague tr on iU firtt ' arance and hi hag Hand lifi Fener aud d. Jiriuiu attend the 1-roi.Tot of the disease, Uiken with thin iiiiderstaiidin; . t. r . . .1 . . 1 r . . . . . I ... . I " Pg "r " co-Kiouv . . ' 1 .... . ...... 1 . ft 11. . I ' w imiio.UHi, r.flv. ujw wu mii.oni'j, into uie ' uU,U r"w. fr,"n 1"w'y-l " T . -.- , ' . , -. ... r ... -1 Mroy ine iiuniau rmv. , e miouiu ue wuiitu to some rm-dical inali for tome aeieulitic or more EtfiTtit. ; The M-ceas'ion at the l'hiiadelplila National:- Convention was by no means us extensive as has Uvu represented. After the adoi.tioB of the j Xatiotud plaObrtn, delegates frMU IVuntylvania, ! Vrm. Illinois, Xuw J. rs., DeUware, Cou- ' neoticut, and liio,rctUrued!otheConvention,aiid ! took 4it1, in good fc.iU..in tbedelilwatioiuk lu rc- alily, "oirly five StatA aeceded, to wit, Muss's- i cliu-ta, Xw Hampshire, Maine, Indiana and : Mit-Wgaa. ' The American party it stronger thi. inonunt I ,h i, :1, U(n. tl,",. C.,mei.ti..n imt, for it : tm.U l. f-r, the! outitry oiiafini. b-isof X.tion- idily that nothing can shake, ami the little now . . .. ; , . .... v ..i. i ..' I ir IlJfU 11 lillil iiW III Hl .'IJI 111, HI IWUIIIIIIL! I .1 . . i .1 V .1 I ... '.. . ' """ " '" '" ihu N"rtl'- '' ' ., : . . ..- .1 .... ..... i :.. .i.l, ; js,,,,, T , an nu.tr!itl..i. -l.avTi.g ; like, a ! ! u!l .hip da-h.-d atide the di.ft w.-d that for i ; ii.i' i'u,iii"ii. win i7t iiiuft. linn ::iMirti in iiir : l.tbilr'.Ji.ksCt.UtM!av.orb'i.'.Jbi.W .lUisavtw ji n ini: ui i n-, 10 its wwim ; baieil. ri 'l. Hrrat4, j ir. A corr- nfnWt of tho -Albany Evening Journal sins that at the ojeniiiff of the Circuit Court of the l.'uited States t.r Northern Iliitrict of New York, Jud.'.: Hall. .(I'ost master tieueral during l'residetit i unuore't adiiiTnisiiitiyti,) 1t his address to the Urjuid Jury, staled tlmt nu inermit esse would be- preaculcd to them rela lipg to the currency and to the 1'oat Cilice l- "parUlieliU On "the Tatt'Fil ie length, calling the attention of the (irand Jrv particularly to tlie proiision of the statutes in relation to the proper i ustody of mail matter by persons in .the employ of the IVpartmeiit. Uc cliargeU that tlure was only one case in which'the law permitti-d tho opening of letters by any other iep.ous than those to whom they were' addressed, yit w here a letter had reached its destination, and, remaining uncalled for, ha.! been transmitted to the dead-letter office at Washington, where and where nloiie, it might be opened under iiitlructions from the I'ocitiiias l.r licnerul ; that for no reason and under no pretence was any j . rtou, wlu.tlicr.-in tW employ of the li.'parluiciit or not", authorizid' to ojioti, or even to .haiu, a letter that hud been mailed ; and that, if the C.rumT Jury become cogntat hating iiifiinged tlie law' in ' this rcMX'ct, it w;is tin 1 duty to present TuiiiTof trial. ill. lean I le roinniunilv, iiid.-.i! the w,,. ,,,,atu,ti, will feel indebted to Judge .h li-ring this chwrg... so eudiugly seasonable and necessary in view of recent dis closures. .Vr-ip York Commercial AJivrtiier. . Xkw I1i:voivku. We have been shown a linlidome and (so far as we. call judge) etlicieiil weniion, self-revolving, from the celebrated pis- tol and lille factory of E. Whitney. Whitneyville, (Conn ) It li'cs seven shots with one loading, and is much lighter than Coil's and others we have seen, ana yet strong, simple in cojisiruction, and, one of, our gunsinilhs saysf durable and not easily put out of order. Thebarrels are rifled, and' 'the precision and force wftb whkb'thcy car- j ry ij great, comideiiiig their .length. .The metal ry 15 great, coiisiueiiug llicir.leiigin. tjuemciai apt-ars lo be of the hncst st.-el, an.t the butts t 1. 1 1 r l.a ... t 1 I are ot poiisiieu 0 cK w a, , ur, ana n c nan. uncommonly w,-l .he.cyhndercan ...lispl,,.,! " i - -l v 7 "r- 'a.-" cxtrrl cy hnders tho weapon can be discharged i.e. ,it,..t ..l..,liir . valuable ; - r - e. - j feature to a person travelling in somo parts of J the world, and one very ..valuable iu all situations which arms are, detirable, l'lip Med by t ;Heale. :-rtpeme of tie-diffcreiit .! may be seen at the ofiico of C. U. Adams, No. 604 Se- vcntli street efi'udW lutilliwter. THE SOL'TII CAROLINA BELLE, OH W0 LOST TUK WAQJCR . cm ma i. the tiling suvorcd of Compulsion to me, and I biuiiti u my mind to be just a ob stinate um the nature of the case might de mand." ! I confess to being a Lille seiitimontal. I have read heap$ of novel in toy day, from the Children of the Abbey down to Klcuk House, and the thought of having my uncle pick out tin- wife for mo wag in tolerably repugnant to my ideas of pro priety anil the tights of man. Uncjlei'ed woaajoll old fellow, and laughed in my face, when I told him I coul(1 Ilot tl!l'"k of sul' tlling W permit , l0ked dimitfied and I felt diirnified : and 1 j Wiw ,)0t, a little mortified when the old ii.., Tim....! ri.l.t ! f ' " But, niy boy, she is n rich a mud with an i. ome of eight thousand dulkn, a venr ," 6.ud he. "Think of that." " ilv dear uncle, I beir you will deem ifme above inerceuarv motives in bo im- iiiu uiu uajuciui eu i i.uuiniuf;u h pnllcllill me nm!or the Bhort Hbs, s ' I O ' ie jpourod out another of hisabotninabl 'guffawa." "Not so; on the contrary, I mean to take-a wife, iuit a iuou as I cau-firui JJuel my mind." j - exactly suited to MUl you o in i mean 10 marry a gin ; that has got ui.y inonev ?" i .. . ,. , ... 1 . 1 . z . . . . 'll T xuttt is pcrieciiy iintnatenai, sir, as von are aware mat mv torttjnejw- amulv - i - .Wm&m JC ulft.i..rit teIrlL..Mt tl... .i.l.liti,.ii ..I a uf.'' dowrv." " But the money wouldn't do any harm, would it ?"' "No, I should not object to a lady who possessed the requisite qualifications, be cause Bite happened t- have n fortune at her dispn.al, though in my estimation it. w ould add nntliing to her litnees to be come my wife." Indeed!" ilrawleMl li!t!e Ned, looking at me with such it funny expression that I r-,,i. I.I n-.t I..M ul,..ll,ne I,.. nnn t.. I a t.i..-w. vuivi . w ."'' could not tell whether he was going to i , . . v i . ittrr I iir (rt'i ninn. i i ii ii ri rn iiini i luugli or get inal. I diiln't caro intlcli ; for 1 deemed it beneath 1 1 is drgnify to at- , , 7 , . ..,..., ..itv to at i trl "u,-11 ' . ut,,ea,.u , 1 . i Ml an ,n,c'-fnco ucU. a dhcate - matter. " But, Hob, Rosalie is the most beanti ful irl in sSnrtlt - Carolina. There nref JtL'UsaJJ'li .oJfUUgt!ejUUej).oXjJte families at the South w ln would jump at the chance to step into -your shoes.'' "They can do so, sir; I tell you plain ly she can never by my wife, if she were a peuiland had all "ii!li Carolina for her dowry," said I, 'with dignified earnestness. looking vour persuasions; tuev shall not me." " But, Bob, you know her father ear nestly desired that you should be married, before he died," added the uncle, more seriously. " It matters not, sir; 1 must be entire ly unembarrassed in the choice of a wife. Let ine I '' you plainly, that, even i I had no :ocr objection, the mere fact that you have attempted to draw me into this marriage were a snllieient reason for me to decline it." " Eh ! yoti yonngpiippy what do yon mean by that J" ;-- -"-durt exactly what I say, fiz thaiT will neither "be led or driven into marriage With Basilic: -1 think w - have. . said. enough about it." . 1 had begun to talk a little cooly. lie was, in my opinion, treading upon the prerogative of a freeborn citizen. " What did the old fogy meant Did he Iiiuk 1 Jiadn't sense enough to choose my own wife J Rosalie was entirely out of the question-"-! could not; on . principle, bo driven into a mnCrimnniul connettion, even though the oilier party was 1111 an gel ami had a don ei y .of eight thousand a year. Mr. Bob, listen to reason. Rosalie is handsome, and graceful, and all that sort jof tj,jn. gj,,8 jj a iglltine,a0. plays ,hc ,, j ... T, . I like a 1 ansienue. " It matters not, oir ; I object to. the 1 principle of the thing, and 1 repeat, I can not and will not marry bur." .. " Bob, you are a 'fool !" " Am I f " Pon mv word von are : von don't know which side your bread 'is butter-, cd." "Enough, sir!-' " But, Bid), yon will pay ns that Visit, won t you f .. Certainly ; bnt do not flutter yourself i shall make lore to llosahe. I shall eo f r fnd toUun Iter f y 4, to b even ujuibluali on Iter j:beekt that I frearly vent civil to Iter. If I am, blame yourself for your impudent interference in my con cerns." ., " Saucy pnppv !" and my nncle laugh ed. " . Wo were on the most familiar terras. " You are a meddler ; yon make me saucy. 1 trust I shall always be prompt in resenting any invasion of my natural rights."' ilopo yon will, my boy : bnt I will bet you a thousand dollars yon marry Ro salie." "Done!" " But on one condition." - 1 "Whati" "That, you come to my estate in South Carolina with a susceptible heart that you are not engaged to another." " I accept the condition, aid I, grasp ing hi hand ; "uncle, you have lost thefljeVed what be said, I would not hurt his bet." " Not yet, Bob wait a bit'? " It was rather foolish in the old fellow to make such a tu!)y bet ; but I was sure I could resist the attractions of ' my cou sin even though she should prove to be a enus, that I considered the money al ready mine, and what was far better, that I had won the victory over hint. That night Unele Ned started for bis plantation in South Carolina, CIIAITiai it. My father died three year before this conversation, leaving me an ample for tune. His two brothers Jiacl been in Carolina for-thirty -yearvi the father of Rosalie died, leaving where, ' n mv Unce Xcd ,,cr guardfan. T , , , . , , ,, . n ,. I had often been told that Rosalie was :a very pretty girl but she had been, to . . , t .Jliii nrtli nnlr nnrA. find tliftn 1 wna tra. t - - velling in Euroje, so I had never seen her. I had written Uncle Ned promising to spend a month with him in the autumn. Business had called him to Boston, where onr interview occurred. He had more than once expressed a desire that his brother's property should remain in the family, and pressed me to unite Iny fate to that of his beautiful niece. This was out of the question. 'A made- ',-" was IUV abomination Cer ' i T .1 tainfv l iiaa no other reasons ior my vio- ; ljJice against-tLe marriage. 1 considered it a sacred obligation to fall in love before I took a wife, and the idea of t being--pledged- to liusaliu before I had sOeii her myself was so absurd that I had no patience to think of it . AndlTienThad a rpTncTpTeRr'iiiy giiifl ance in atfairs of the heart, 'which abso lutely' forbade tnc to think of such a thing as a "marriage for convenience.'' The antutnn came and I paid my pro pi ised visit to Undo Ned's p&natf oa-in South Carolina. I was disappoiiitedin-iny-co.uiuaRosa- datnset, but in my opinion very far from being like the beautiful she had been pic tured to me. " Isn't she handsome, Bob ?" said my uncle. " Did you over sec such lips, snch a head of hair, such eyes, such a graceful form ? Isn't she handsome, eh, you dog ?" And the old fellow punched me in the ribs, and roared with laughter till he nearjy split Lia tides. I couldn't for the life of mo see what he was laughing at. " Isn't she beautiful, yon rogue !" he continued. " Passable," I replied very coldly, Passable f " Ytm puppy ! What, do you mean to say Rosalie is not hand some t" " -"""'- - " Tolerabty," I answered, twisting off tho leaf of a palmetto, which grew by the side of the bench on which we were seat ed, just to show .him how indifferent 1 was. " Bob" said he, looking more soberly, " I had an idea you were a man of taste, but I ee you are as likely to fall in love with one of my black wenches as with the prettiest girl in South Carolina." " Who's that,. Uncle Ned 1" This remark was called forth by the sudden appearance, on the gravel walk, of the loveliest creature I ever beheld, and thttt, .nsidering 1 havft flirted with the belles of 1 arts, .Naples atUIUome, is saying a great deat. I-was confounded by the sudden apparition, and springing from my seat as if an electric shock had roused the slumbering blood in my veins, I stood bolt up right before, her. Shades of Venus 1 did anv one ever see '" loveliness! such a graceful move- merit : such a divine expression ! I could neither speak nor move, so com7 plotely was'I paralyzed liy tho glorious boanty of the nymph. . "I didn't know there was anyone here," stimmered she, with such t delectable mad With enthusiasm. Befortl could recall my scattered sens es the bcrfHty'MlWided away as lightly as a fawn. "What the devil ails you. Bob? What are yon staring at!" said Uncle Ned. w Who is slie!" asked I, clasping my bands in the rapturous excitement of the j moment. "That! Why that's little Sylphie How- jard, one gf Rosalie's friends, who is spend- ing a few weeks' with her," be replied in differently. u Beautiful I" said L "She! rassatle!" " She is divine !" " Tolerably good looking, bat ebfl 'is nothing compared to my Rosalie." I was about to y something sancy ; but 1 thought since L'ncle Ned really be- feelings by denying it. At dinner I met both ladies, and formally introduced to " little Sylphie lloward." I was provok ed with uncle wbea he assigned me a seat next to Rosalie. I could hardly be civil to her, with such a pair of beautiful eyes before me, and I hardly ceased to gaze upon Sylphie during the hour we spent at the tabic. After dinner we went ont to ride horse back. Uncle Ned annoyed we Again by contriving it so that I could help Rosalie' mount her horse, and ride by her side, and he, the provoking ohl fuol, did those otEecs of gallantry for Sylyhie. "JNouso, oki ctiap.you snail loseyour bet," tFought T, aria I tned to be" civil to my cousin. I don't think I succeeded very well. I am very sure I did not fall in love with her. My eyes reottd all the time npotj the fair and gracefsl horie---woman whi rode before me. 1 And thus it waa for a week. Uucle Ned managed to keep me by the side of Rosalie nearly all tke time. If we play ed whist she was my partner ; if we rode in the carriage she lat by my side ; if we walked, he monopolized Sylphie and left Rosalie to me and more than once the old fellow left us alone together as though I16 thought I M as ull ready to pop the j : 1 1 4 . .1... ' 4ueioiv aim iiunu mm vnv-r uiu ii.oii- Bmi!l. . . But I was discreet. I gave her a wide berth, and eighed for the love of tlie beau tiful Svlphie Howard. I was head over heels in love would have eloped with her iii a moment, if alio would. have con sented. : In .spito.of.iay... ancle's. .igilauc.Jio.w. ever, 1 found opportunities to flirt a little with Sylphie, aud oii'e day. I lured into a grove of palmettos in the rear of tho man-" sion house. Time was precious. I was a hero of a novel. Cruel - Uticles in bob-tail wigs sought to crush out the affections of ray heart. Iu short, I threw myself at her XeeUa1''! '& all the eloquence that Uar- , .." , -T vora college naa oeen aoie to crowu n. to my composition, I declared my love, I nscd classic terms, I quoted Milton, By ron and Shakspeaie, and called on all the gods in the calendar of Greece and Rome. Did she accept mef Of conrse she did ; she couldn't lielp accepting mo I am not an ill looking fellow, let ine say, in exteu uation of her weakness, and I had pop ped tho question in a decidedly origiual manner. To be sure she accepted me. I printed twenty-four kisses on eaek of her pretty cheeks, and she blushed till I thought her "eve- iasltee 'wwild? take -fire and cheat nie-of my prize. t..;. -i tK.J0"100- . , weeks, and one morning, when we were i riding out, "we got away from Uncle NeuT ---sm--andiRosalie and clipped it away about n- rt. . ... h l'i hi - I ten miles to a clergyman, who was w obliging as to supply us with a marriage certificate. We renle back nioro leisurely. I wasj ii ornia an area of soiue three roilea the in my clement. An elopement was just j parish 'of St. Helena, and were one to come suJ the kind of excitement to suit me. j denly .upon it the tirC reflection that would oe- .... . , 1 . i- 1 x- i' 1 . i- cupv- the mind would be that it waa the track V e got back to I nele N ed s about din- j rf fcfMjoL w weM0Btbe oum ner time. j w uh our fon lnij piece in the winter of . 1842, " Where have vou been 1" asked Uncle , wUcu ibe whole tiirvtt waa literally darkened sejj ' ' auej swayed to and fro with the weight of thia 4r . , ., ' trHigod. .We fired among them antil . feitt " Over to Rev. Mr. s. Allow me . , . . - to present my wife," said I with perfect j nonchalance. '.pw we haU cut, and thrasheU away, bringing "Tlie devil" ' j several at a blow. These are facta which no . 1 one doubts in this latitude, and any one who "Just so; and 1 nele ed, you liaveiwo(-J lmve tltj- ,aram0 lo wpreaa doubt lost the wager, uno ttiousanci, it you please," said I bedding out my hand. "No you don t, you pujipy. " Fairl v won." . " 191K Kusaliel Saul lie, turning to lliv .... .. ... . . ... wife. y 1 ' ' "Kb, what do you nieau, bylplua. , tha .efiect of which.be died almost iiiauntly. " Ha, ha,'" ha," roared Uncle Ned J He had caught several with the intention of us I dkln't know what to make o'f tlie af-j '" 'iv. bait, aud put them in hit hmi tor 1 .dt.i L-.k.sir t jif ilurni alunff .Him an fair at alb " You have lost, Bob, pried the jolly old fellow as soon as be could speak. '. " Fact, Bobjaid Jie4 pointing to her J- had hitherto known as my cousin, " this is Sylphie Howard." ..... " Von have cheated me, then." -"' r " I bare cheated you into the hand somest wife, and the biggest fortune In ! South Carolina. The fact is, Bob, yon were prejudiced against Rosalie.. 00 came here resolved to be uncivil to ber.'t I determined to give her a fair chance, ' though I had to tease the jade into com- -pliancy. You are caught.' ' ' ' '-' "Not quite, Uncle Ned, tliui is not m legal marriage ; Rosalie was united to me under a fictitious name.1 .; . v "I don't care a straw for that. You married the lady you held by the hand. -Bui, Bob," we will have It over again.- Do you say ao, yea dog f . Of course I did say . I would not' have lost my divinity for all the treasure t Id South G'arulina. I paid over the money and Uncle Ned gave it to tlie free school ' of his State. . A few weeks after we were re-married and I retnrned to the North with my Rot-; alie, the. uiott beaiitiful and the luoei lor- , ing wile that ever lighted the destiny of a wayward fellow like myself. - Ci Rioi-s TriooKtewieai JCiikosv rrofeaaor Trench, in hia latest iworbirTh Engtisk fa(a gnage, point at -a euriotu typognhicerror V iu the 20th verse of the 23d chapter of alatthew The words " which strain a gnat and swallow a cameJ," the Protestor tu inks aoatain a misprint, j which having been pasaetl over in the edition of, e,,,,, 'j,, bYeTto wyTiKinTriaTo and swallow a camel," tint being the correct reai- d. ring of the original, as appears ia Tyns-, dale'a and Graumer't trantlatioBt, both of which j hv "tlraifwd oat." It as the custom of the .. stricterJewi to strain their wine vinegar, aod other portables through linen or gau,!cTTm- awares they should drink down some JitUe un- clean insect, at a gnat, and tbo trangret. the,; Levitieal Law. It was to this custom' the Sa-J iour alluded, intending to say that the Scribe and rhariseea, whsle they, strain out a gnat front' their drink, w ould yet swallow a eamej at a gulp. Another CvmpUuunt to American iteekanictl Jas. II. Burton, late master srmonr Iw Um K- tional Armorv, at llarper'a Ferry, (VaAkut for; . .1 . . . -j . .... 1. some nKuiiiiaM a retiueiifc 01 wot --i, um re- icviteu ITUIll UUI .IK.SU ..v.v.Mure.. .j.pwmw- roent of engineer of the British .National Armo rv at -Enfield.--Although that Armorv under 4 the command of Cajtaia . Dixon, of the Royaf Artillery, Mr. Burton will have he entire direc tion of tlie manufacturing .operations of the ea tabltsrimeiit." " Corrfmkftng llaaoledjdr -diUl of British Artiaant, this a emegtef Which not polity lrAiuiMiLjii-wrerrapic-bet en whoie country may well be proud. We wisk Mr: Burton all success in his honorable and responsible situation. Sjmnfjuld (Xfau.) Jieji. ' Launch of a Skiji-of-War. The XV States steom frigate Muirimao, one J tuVait wai vea- g; sels ordered to be built by our goyemment, wa launched at the (Mas.) Savj Tard, OB Thora djy kt. The ketrf the ship jraaiaid in July of hat y itrTTtniuitt ner. chiefly of live-oak timber and plank, end there has been used in her hull 226,740 pounds of iron, and 1 89,708 pounds of bolt copper. Her dimensions, are 3,800 tons, carpenter's measure- -f menL She is to be propelled a the screw priav : ; ' ciple, with GriUSthV English patent ropellei; -'-'-having' two blades of 1 7 feet diameter lie v gine, it is supposed, will be of 800 hone power. Notw ithstanding her means of tearn propulsion, she w ill have ample provision for sails. Her main mast will measure above the spar dock 86 feet t inches; length of mast head 19 feet 8 inches, . topmast C 8 feet, mast head 10 fret 10 inches, nuun topgsllant-mast 34 feet, royal-niast "23 ft. The fore-mast, mizien-mast, jtv -will :i'"pSs'"":'5 A suit of her sails will contain 13,- 330 yards of can rasa, covering an area ot 08,- . . rr 114 4 i(ur, a lie ihiivii isvwu ymmg vn- 'j.h,, . 'i,, th,, .u. .ia ! Wn hj wiu pin, for t.o wteters, L. r.,i!,,w . p ourselves on the ground, in possession of a long woulj bo laughed at as green." WA from the Stiuy of a LotuttWi are informed by a gentleman, whose Veracity and i .e. I e ... . .1. ! .1... reimwniy we cwi oucu ior, mat a youiu in um ! ..I.ii.i.. .i..le i.r I nurpciimi .-1. ilu aii) fi.bino. ...j........;, .... . t one day last week, was stung by a locust, from tlie head, causing tlie cnWt above ataU'd. J.hemi (.la.) Herald. -peeekal tins plaee. III!!, nuoioiu uv t .
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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