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city u - -' 0 bo im-rally improved iu tho h-iist by jjBr annually receiving and distributing oVt!t tho country, Vino two hundred thousand immigrant from-Europe, nor doe banian life appeal to le all o cre there under ber brag Democratic jfoyorand foreign police. The follow Ing, fro,n tui Herald a few djr iuce, liows a liorribla state of affairs there; V p rr iAra ifri is tbb wMtim at bwhtI Knowing that through tlie liiftiience of your valuable columns many of the evils and abuse lit tbia city are corrected, and tbat your columns are atwsy open to the publication of them, I beg leave to call tour wienwpn w t vnvtw v.v, wlicU exists in tbia city at present, aiifk,took- of the company. wbich, if not checked, will eventual y r laid to scenes which mtisttirove anmdeli ble disgrace to one of the greatest cities in tbe world. I allude to the fact that re spectable quiet men cannot walk in this city alter dark without' constant dread of being snoeKea aiowu mL mttuiaieu. not, as has hitherto been the comi.Iansyjjompany as to the di-tails of any connec by rowdies, but by a new gang . wMcb teems lately to uave sprung up, whose mode of living fat attack gentlemen for the sake of their watches or jewelry; and there is po possible protection. We have walked all over the city at night te 'tho most respectable parts of the crtyr both Hg suori aisiauces, and have looked iu vain for policemen to protect us, but not oue could be seen. We also know of, in the last two weeks, no leas than five gentlemen of our owu ac quaintance, who, sometimes leaving the very same bouses as. ourselves, between ten and eleven o'clock qnicjt, reapeeUblc citizens have been knocked down and mutilated by these men. We ask why is this! What is the reason that our city, which claims to be, and is, one of the finest in the world, should (' so unprotec ted, that were we in San Fraucisco we should feel no more dread, and. not so much, as the occurrences of the last to weeks have made us feel, iu stepping out after 'dark! Iu Loudon, immediately on the discovery of these things, -the police, already numerous and vigilant, were doubled after dark. In Paris iu the re spectable parts a call would at any time bring assistance; but in New York, in the most respectable parts of the city, a man is knocked down and mutilated. Now, sir, I ask you ax one ot the uien whose influence over this is so great, and whose efforts through the medium of your valuable- paper, for it welfare and the re formation yf its cviU'and abuiws have be come so marked and admired, is there no remedy for this! and if intt stopped, what must it eventually load tot We know no man in this city who would not too wil lingly give a dollar, and some $500, to feel proper! v protected when out iu the evening.. very day these men are in creasing' in number and boldness not oue of tiicm having yet been detected, nof will they a private cititeo being too glad to escape, if attacked, without trying lu arrest tlieiu, and should they succcvd iu dotaiuitig them, there are no jMilicemeii to aid the.ni. We can, provj that for nine blocks of a tliicLly populuted place i.c. Third avenue on no night or in fit rpMa frratil - itt tt iMihrertlftn to be f..nn,l- H,( u a t,.v.. tl, mm. distance two or three times a week, for two mouth, and have never seen one. i r ""u1 afterwards, however, they were If you will bring this matter before thc,"-,t" taken with a violent vomiting which public, you will oblige and benefit a nu-! 1'1 for some time but eventually pro mcrousaiid respectable body of inlmbi-1 J"w J beiielicial result. ( n m-iuinug TBnra v 1 11 11 iv tn tat 1 1 ot' the nietiiciiK', it wiiB aHctTtaiucU taut a The (Ad UiAt. iHOiceuica arc iuivw ujitisc,cvafll rHiad HirH a tttmntitr 1 I ; V . - . -I - . 1. . f . 1 . 1 J oauu in .kw iwi oenr uie ceues 01 wie roi.oeriesanu per.iuai ouirage comj.iam- d ot by "an old inliamtant, ik pretty ; gond proof that many of the "garr.ng robbers and slungshot pickpockcU u.-1-itg , wwrwi... mi-. mo uolw,.n - wbarwasto bo expected when the ma jority of them hail from that country which funiislies such a iiuiuher of luur dorera, brutal 'assaulters, burglarx, and garroter. Our iue of Monday last re corded Uie conviction of Michael Nugent aud Jerry McCauley of the high crime of j garrotting and robbery, and the arrest of I Jon k'ull anil Jolifl I lurl- (olio ml lri.li I youth and the other an Irish waiter. umlcr the charge of knocking down and rob bing Hugh O'Hanan, of Boston, of a large sum of money. On the same day Francis Qiimti, (an Irishman) was arrest ed and committed to prison under the charge of arson. Though we are free to admit that Ireland hbs contributed inauy valuable citizens to our country, the fact is nevertheless notorious that most of the bad characters in all our large cities are of Irish birth, or descent, in spite of May or Wood's assertion that our country ha most to fear from the German and Swiss immigration. - Were thp Police corps of Baltimore fill ed entirely with such foreigners as consti tute the majority of the police of New Iork men whose characters and crimes eau&n tho lu.rr.o- iwrri7.n -f it, ..if nu'ii countrymen to blush we have no doubt that the Democratic or:?aii would feel that the lives and property of our people I were perfectly secure. 1 (ut tilings can not be exactly as he w ishes just now, w e .are inclined to think; und there would be mo need of more than a score or two of police in thu city, were it not for the en couragement loi irivita ti. fiii-Morn !:iwlcH- ' ness. All such characters should look to Acw 1 ork'aiid tl' thin. n rii'ht iu that ity of fifteen thoosand Democratic, plu rality, before calling for a polirAthat !'! wink at foreign lawlessness anTcrime in Baltimore. Jlaltinwi? t'ij'jxi: YUmlogton, Chariots, aud Rothcr- . ford Road. Tliev Dfirectors of tho Wiluiiiigton,' C'harlptte, and Rutherford railroad com pany met iu tbia town, on Thursday last, and continued in session the remainder of the wcuk. ...... We learn that they decided to call for the second instalment of ten per cent, on ufisciiptiong of stock, the samo to be paid on or before the 1st May iext. They have likewise called a general lacQtingof the stockholders, to he held - in tliis town on Tuesday, 17th March .B" to pass ujou tlie amendments to :uu, car iat.tecttniJy maUu py the treiierai -AsWy; ami whir b, Wg - . things, authorize the comities on the line I -.Lr C j , von xiii. of the d to subscribe to the capital yre learn also that the difficulty as to tue town subscription (of t!iOO,0(X) to this work, was fully adjusted, and the in stalments due from the town with the de- tails of tbe bund were agreed uboii A eommfttee- Mm ' annoiuted to confer with ilia YiljlMipgJuu. and Manchester tion tlt inayjje-utado hetweea the two noads-atrWIiiteville, It is expected, tli&t, at the meeting in March, the eastern terminus will be set tlul, and that the road will be put under contract. From Lumbcrton to Hockinc- ham is now under cuntractr.aiidouany-uuljijuiaen mind the contractors, we learu, are engaged upon their suctions We rejoice that one of the great stum bling blocks in the way of the Company the difficulty concerning the corporate subBcription of the town of Wilmington has been settled, and the detail agree able to ' lxth Ounpany and corporation, agreed Upon. If an eligible sale ot the town bonds can be made, the Company will be placed in the possession of means whieh will enable thein to prosecute the work Witb vigor. For the deUiJs of these bonds, and for other interesting matter connected therewith, we would refer the reader tu the proceedings nf the town authorities published iu another , coluinu of thin paper. Another serious ob-'acle still cxints which we trust will Li- huriuoi iiiiomlv ckliol'l- surmounted at th'- iiii ciing of stoc ers 111 March i.m. We refer to the lo cation of the roau. I r the present we will content ouroeil' u .tli the expression of the hope that pa-: !itferences of oihii- ion on this jioiut may be forgotten; and I that all intereted inny dircuss this sub- J ject with unpn-jnd:ced eyes, looking not j so much to the gratification of prefereu ces, git 10 iiic uuuuiug 01 me roan, a con sideration which ought-tooverido all oth er considerations. Wilmington Ihruld. A .Yirrto Jfcaj. A few evenings ago a gentleman called at a drug store to procure some medicine, stating to the clerk that he had already taken two or three doses which bad not proved of any service to him. The clerk recommended him to take bottle of citrate of tuague sia, wbeu the gentleman remarked that he- bad oue at home' and believed he would try it. On reaching bis room he found the bottle, and observed that it had more sediment than usual, but think ing it all right he divided the contents iwitti ins room mate, who was also com- plaining, and they loth to-A a d.e Ve- nnu uiv .aii?xj "i iiita iviuni iai'itj u,iiuii eU,f-lr 0 Jc-,1 ju M bottljft or the purple sullcnugtroui l o- i,ilt,,Uj, ber faxU which suilenn from cui,ia,Ul4 ,iua this po.onous mixture j Miaj ukvll iu 6lcll a a JomJ by j.t.ululllun tbat it cteJ upon them M an elUc.tl0i a,i in this way they Hot l)lliv calK., wlUl till.;r jiv l,ut derivtnl a oeuetit from the narrow escaixi and mediciuc. It was a a pretty fair case of what may be termed " heroic practice." .orJvlk ILrald. "" AW Kiifjuiuirif. The Wilmington .loliriial IlllS relrenttnl ol Its bliM'd-tbirstV feelings towards the members ot the late Legislature, and those gentlemen mnv dismiss any jniculiar feelings with which their windpies may have been troubled for a fortnight j-asi. It is unfortunate, the Journal editor having been abscul for a week, that their feelings (aud not them selves 1 have leeii kept so long in mi ti 1 1 .1 1.l...' JM mj!. llie journal ei'iu;ii fiijik, nnuo the legislature actually cut the riuio s throat, it only desired the legislators throats cut metaphorically, aud not uctu allv. Tho legislators will 110 doubt breathe freer. Whether any breath is left in the State, is another matter. We can only account for this change of tone in the Journal, by reflecting that the Editor tmfe iiiRt been Miettdiug a week iu W.aali- inirtoii. anil there iuum ive mingled wiln ' n man oilier sl.-n hU of the tie- .mtli our I.egiila r throats cut, that re would be none I mocracy who 1 ! tors deserve to !. u reb-tited, for le f the iiur.tv left. The Journal goes into a serious expla nation of this cut tlir-iat business and gravely defends itself from any intention to spill blood ! Have the Journal's party in Home benighted mutter, been iown uj.n it ! Itjooks so. Ami to save " - ' - .... -1 it anv loss, WHICH 11 seems 10 .,, v; -'.rtltii-iit.. if desired, to save it; from tho vengeance ot its Ixmg Creek friends. We have done such a favor heretofore for an unfortunate Whig in that .!;.. .... - . 11 1., . ,.. 1. ... rnn 1 he Journal also .."" . to relieve the Democratic partane responsibility for the acts of tho Legisla-. tu re. -We have no disiositioii to argue fisia-Jcai so plain a question further. Hie lemo erats had the legislature' by an unprece dented majority. They are very willing ... ..i;.. l. ro'rfit nf iinv real or supposed . . 1. .1 iw...i.i .wiimn the rsoon.U.i ty all. If they'are unw.l - respons i.uiii ior a J , ,u,.r. more conrugo It does not strike us as hianly In so great a pari .rtv.to take all the .iiioiimn:ii - . ...i I. to ..t .wtlien mill C1LSL Oil 1110 res- D .. . . .f .1 ponsibilities vmhi helpless, minoruy. t-L.u ti. l.e.r- lomo ol tlie .loun.a. . .. -. rUaiiWjuiuTt,U.t better spin omo of the .lou. ih u. M V J If'-x ytfwtft frwntw terror tlioy arow ons bo- ( ways, f4H- that it wonlJ justly bo Held rt u.i .' j . (sponsible for the doings of tbe Legislature. And so it wilL ONLY ONE MAN SAVED. The following startling passage is from one of the sermons of Wolfe, the author of tbe "Burial of Sir John Moore." " Knppose that it was suddenly reveal ed to any one among yon that he, aud ho alone of all that walk upon the earth, was destiued to receive the benefit of his Re deemer's atonement, and that all the rest of mankind was lost and lost to all eter nityj it is hard to say what would be the by the intelligence. It is indeed proba- le that all Ins fears reeiiectimr bis eter nal destiny Were 110 w no more ; that all the forebodings of the mind and misgiv iugs of the heart all tbe solemn stir which we tea I rising within us whenev er we look forward to a dark futurity to feel that all these hail now subsided for ever to know that he shall stand in the everlasting sunshine of the love of (iod t It is, perhaps, impossible that all this should not call forth an immediate feeling of delight ; but if you wish the sensation to continue, you must go to the wilderness ; you must beware bow You come in sight of a human being, or with iu sound of a human voice : vou must re collect that . you are now alone upon the earth ; or, if you want society, you had better look for it among the beasts of the field than among the ruined species to which you belong ; unless, indeed, the Almighty, in pity to your desolation, iiouli bend his angels before the appoint ed time, that you might learn to forget in their society the outcast objects of your former sympathies. But to go abroad into human society to walk amongst beings who are now no longer your fel low-creatures to feel the charity of your common nature rising in your heart, and to have to crush it within you like a sin to reach forth your band to perforin oue of the common kindnesses of human ity, and to find it withered by the recol lection, that however you may mitigate a present pang, the everlasting pang is irreversible ; to turn away in . despair from these children whom yon have now come to bless and to save, (we hope and trust both here and for ever) perhaps it would be too much for you ; at all events, it would be bard to state a degree of ex ert ion withiu the utmost range of human energy, or a degree of paiu within the furthest limits of human endurance, to which you would not submit, that you might have one coinpauion on your lone ly way from this world to the mansions of happiness. Hut suppose at that mo ment, that the angel who brought the first intelligence returns to tell you that there are beings upon this earth who may yet be saved that he was before 111 istak cniio matter how erhaps he was your 'u:irJTHn atiireU and darted from the tliroJie t,f ,-raec with the intelligence of ,, .i..t- w;,iinllt ..ifi tn !r fut(. of thu gf ukindf-no mat ter bow but he comes to tell you that there are beings upoii the earth who are within the reach of your liedeemer's love, and of your own that some of them are now before you, and their everlasting miserv ana lormeiit, mat 01 mone wuoin thttu Last given me I may uot lose one ?"' 1 . . .1 . r .1 ...1. ... DRIFTING. It was only the other day that a man fell asleep iu his boat on the Niagara riv er. During his, slumber tho boat broke loose from her mooring, and he awoke to find himself shooting down the rapids di rectly towards the cataract. In vain he tried to row against tho current, lie drifted on and on till bis lihgt craft upset, when he was borne rapidly to the brink of the abyss, and leaping np with a wild crv, went over and disappeared for ever. "in the great battle of Gibraltar, when the united fleets of Franco and Spain at tacked the impregnable fortress, one of the gigantic floating batteries broke from her anchorage and began to drift direct ly in the hottci-t of the ltrittish fire. The thousand men who formed the crew of the unwieldly mass, vainly strove to ur rest its progress or divert it from its path. Kvcry minute it drifted nearer the Eng lish guns, every mimile some new part took tiro from the red hot-shot, every min ute another score of its helpless defenders were swept like chalT from its decks. Tlie most siinerliiniiun ltlort failed to pre- I vent its drilling, with its human freight, - to inevitable death A shin was wrecked at sea. lue pas sengers and crew took refuge on a raft, tl,.. I.onts having been stove in in an at- tliem. For day and tempi o inuuj 1 Li ilieso unfortunates drifted about -wjttiout oarers. ; - ocean, .vi ii.ni mu.. . und then their water. tStill thev drifted about, vainlv looking for a sail, or hoping for a sight of land. The time had now' como when thnt learful alternative be came inevitable death from starvation, or fiediiig I human flesh and they were i just beginning to cast lots for a victim, rrhen a vessc was seen Jar away on the terr.l.ra iiesign; urn r..pc. -r ;"proacn. iiipnuipcamu ,ow .... j l-.-A.,.. .-. attract lll.r nllrtflllOn UV S11UUM I'lni.s -. . .. I i. r;o l,.-iho p i. .ii iinir: but tlie jiuio ......g, D. , indolent hvik-out saw them not Tbey , , . . nJ ,olldor . ,til (l,0y iMBL , Jk.ilI wled. ..,.... ... ....-., "tbe fields will not all be clover." Tl wnat wouiu nrsi occur 10 your iiwiiu -. 1 .., ., R , . ... ., -privations-dangers-dilhculties No Jd w but you would say, Lord, what shall )o tielJ . f ' dot Niall I traverse cartJifand sea, IIiim 1 ,-, . , , , ,' .1 . 0- SALISBURY, N. t)., FEBItUARY 24, 1857, dy, shouting and waving their garments. It was in vain. They unconscious stood steadily away. Night drew on i and as tbe darkness ieil, the rati dnrtea in tue other direction, till the last trace of tbe vessel was lost for ever. 80 it is In life. The intemperate man, who thinks be, at least, will never die a )4runkarJ, whatever his neighbor may do, only waives to nudliimself drifting down the cataract, and all hope gone The sensualist, who lives merely, for his own gratification, drifts into an enfeebled old age, to be tortured wiin passions he can not gratify, and perish by merciless, ago nizing diseases .The undisciplined, who are-spendthrifUy-t (lent, or .visionary, soon make shipwreck of themselves, and drift about the sea of life, tlie prey of every wind and current, vainly shrieking for help, till at last they drift away into darkness and death. Take care that yu are not drifting. See that you have fast hold of the helm. The breakers of life forever roar uuder the lee, and adverse gales continually blow on the shore. Are you watching how she beads? Do you keep a firm grip of the wheel ! If you give' way but for a moment, you may drift helplessly into the boiling vorttfit. Young man, take care ! It rests with yourself alone, un der God, whetheryou reach port triumph antly, or drift to ruin. Halt. Hun. EARLY HIKING. I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is. Every morning day comes to him with a virirju's love, full of bl'Kim, and purity, and freshness. The youth pf nature- is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child. I doubt if any man can be called "old," so long as be is an early riser and an early walker. Aud, () youth I take my word lor it youth in dressing gown and slippers, drawling over breakfast at noon, is a very decrept, ghastly image of that youth which see the sun blush over the mouutains, and tbe dews sparkle upon blossoming hedge rows. Old Humphrey and tlte BLifkberriet. Depend upon it, there is nothing like makiug the best of the little trifling an noyances, which, at tbe most, only in flict a temporary inconvenience. One day, in the autumn, I was iu the country when it rained very fast. I bad a few miles to walk to the house of a kiud and hospitable friend, and set off with a thin pair of shoes on my feet. It rained very fast, to be sure, but I hoed aud trusted it would soou get better. It was wet enough over head, and still wetter under feet; but on 1 trudged, along the dirty lane, holding up umbrella. My thin shoes! were a oor defence against the mud ami rain. " Well, well," said I, "they will uotaJl.be dirty lanes ; I shall aoou come to the fields." To the fields I came, but they were no improvement ou the road, for the long grass made me miserably wet. "Well, well," said 1, "the fields will not all be grass." I soon cane to a piece of clover, and the round bossy clo ver blossoms, saturated with rain, kept bobbing against my legs, and made me wetter than before. "Well, well," said le tatoes, were so many reservoirs ot water, which emptied, themselves' upon me eve ry time my toe caught the stem of a po tato. " Well, weir said I, " they will not all be potato fields ;"so on I went, till I came into a siJug little lane, where the brambles, hanging iu festoons from the hedges, were covered with blackberries, a fruit of which I am uncommonly fond. Tho storm abated ; the road got drier ; tho sun shone in the skies; nhd Old Humphrey bauquetted 011 the blackber ries. Now when you meet with any common5 place vexation, even if it be a little more trvini? than usual : nay. thourh it rennire double patience to endure it, be not dis - k.uiSi;u toui u,v .,,.iv, , mi.. i. v. HumpWey and bis blackberries, jiud, by .ni i. ,,.. tliinL- .f 1 1I1I an. iv. von will not on Iv forit vour trouble, but find A-ourself, with a grate - ful heart, "singing of mercy." A Swedish Tale. , " ,. , . lc 1 In I aim., a mining town iniSweden, hundred years or more ago, a young erk.ssed his fair bride and said to her: blessed bv Hie priest's hand. Then w e shall K" husband aud wife, and we will build us a little nest of our own." "And jteace and love sfyall dwell in it," said the beautiful bride, with a sweet smile, "for thou art my all in all, and without thee 1 would chooso to bo m my T Hut when tho priest, in proclaiming , ----- :o.l: OLViiis auu UIOM.U 1CUOJI Ut Hit; Lri their bans in the church for tho second united 1.1 the bonus ot matrimony dean. was at band. The young man, as be pass- i ... . ed her house next morning in his black mining garb, already woro ins snrouu. Ho rajrjied upon her window and said good morrting but be never returned to bid her good evening. " He never came . i r i l line, and all in Vain she bin, ou that very -morn- at with a red border, for back from the m embroidered for ing a black crav eddin day. . This she laid careful- j sir: aniriuovef cctffitfd W moum-WI fchw. ' ' the w Iy.aw neir nana ... .m ''uno"" ha not been able to apprehend him- She was unable to make herself under-' the fortunate indmdua whom science time beforot. Lucia s Day, pronounced, tho MCd tilm) ,ie has , -t bv figs iu making which 1 and wealth will. overwhelm with their the .wordsr 'b nZed i. tho Z month, and thinks h uowei - great amountof intelligence, honors and gifts. , It is said that tbe mo reasqn why these persons ahould not be o iM ' . , atrrt(1. j , ?r u iin,,,.,,, td accmi.- .lei of M. Dubose's remarkable invention V '. J V . .-v w- t . Meanwhile, time passed on; the Seven Yeara' war was fought; tbe partition of Poland took place; Ameritit became free; the French revolution and the long war began; Napoleon subdued Prussia and the English bombarded Copenhagen. The husbandman sowed an3 reaped, the niil-ler-gronnd, and tbe smith hammered, and the tnimSra dug after the. yieins of metal in their subterranean workshop. As the miner of Falun, in !be year eighteen biipdretf and nine, a little before or after C. J ..,.. 1 i Una utAm BfAtvatl'nanAu)ll a between two shafts, full three bund- reds ells below the ground, they dug from the "rubbish and vitriol Water, t he body of a young man, entirely saturated wi Huron vitriol, but otherwise undecayed and un altered so that one could distinguish his features and age as well as if he had died only an hour before, or bad fallen asleep for a little while at bis work. But when thev had brooirht him out to the light of day, father and mother, friends and acquaintances had been long dead ; no one could identify tbe sleeping youth, or tell any thing of his misfortune, till she canie, who was once the betrothed of that miner who bad gone one day to the mine and never retuFned. Gray and nnv0..eu, aue cue io Uie p.acc vu- 1 . !i 1 -1 .1 1.. .1. ered her composure, she exclaimed, "It . tL. i' . I !. for fifty years, and whom God now per mits uie to see once more before I die. A week before the wedding time he went uuder the earth, and never returned." All the bystanders were moved to tears, as they beheld the former bride, a wasted and feeble old woman, and the bride groom still in the beauty of youth ; aud how, after the lapse of fifty years, her youthful love awoke again. But -lie nev er opened his mouth to smile, nor his eyes to recognize ; and she finally, as tbe only one, belonging to bim, and having a right to him, had him carried to her ow n little room, till a grave could be prepared in the churchyard. The day, when all was ready, and the miners came to take bim away, she opeped a little! drawer, and Taking out the black silk cravat, tied it around his, neck, and then accompanied him in ber Sunday garb, as if it were their wedding day, and not the day of his burial. As tbey laid him iu the grave in the churchyard, she said : SleV;p well now, for a few days in thy cold bridal bed, and let not the time seem long to thee. I have now but little more to do, and will come soon, and theu it will be day again." As she was going away, she looked back once more and said, " What the earth has once restored, it will not a second time withhold." Tran Utt&tffrr tlui Eotninfr Pout, from ti Ger man of JJtbel. Loot at tlie Two Pu4ures.Tke follow ing appears in a late number of the Louis ville Democrat; "It said that there are now in the limits of Cincinnati full three hundred negro families in a state of utter destitu tion and want. This does not include cases of individual suffering, but whole families numbering from five to ten poor miserable creatures in each house. All of these are objects of charity, depending wholly upon the various charitable insti tutions in the city for their daily subsis tence. This is a deplorable picture of the life of the negroes in a free city and a free State, where such intense sympa thy is supposed to exist for the dowu trodden race. "What a contrast to this is exhibited here iu the city of Louisville, the centre of slavery, as it is denominated ! You might search the city aud county from one extreme to the other, and uot find a solitary case of destitution aud want among our slave population. Such facts as are here Presented speak lor them Unity tutsan a -rnth anil rt.fWMUTf.il her 1 .: 1 . i ... .. :.. i.rx! .... iof the Miseion of Santa Larb .,6 ' . ' .t. J..,'..l .1 .led the idea of movmir them to cv man pain, sue saua uowu uihjh u.e , - iJ, ... .1,'.. . . ... i. 1....1 laud, where thev might be ociovcu lorui. vntii aiie iiu'i ict-u . .7 - . ... ... . - . .. . 'ple on earth. : i J-nuJ I'lau. A d.iv or two ago. Air. L. 1 Jones came tor Augusta, from somewhere in Southwestern Georgia, on his way to; North Carolina, where his better half was i ..1 . . 1 . 1 it. ..ti .. negro woman to raise the wind, and fell in with a man calling himself John II. liuntiii". who became very partial to him a, ' r. 7 .duced Jones , , , atickUo Wii,nil toll. They IZTiu". iL and had nick, anil nuti seni ior mm. iiu bo.u n I got down about Branohville, when Bunt- iiig weut to the Conductor, iu great dis tress, pretended that uis hat uaa mown off, containing all bis money, and begged to be let off, to get it. Soon after, . I ones'! fouud tbat his pocketbook was missing, and knowing that Bunting had no moiiev j suspicion fastened upon him, and he took the traiii bade for Augusta. Bunting ' was seen here on yesterday, but Jonmf ..o, ..s.i.t.i.a oni,. tcu mii.n in in airree- selves, and expose the fallacy ot the cant who, and where this strange oe ng f- il'i.e descendants of each have eventually of the abolitionists, who pretend to con- but without avail, until one ot California , bcwule CIlt.ulMeii in the ties of con sider the slaveholders as tho worst poo- oldest pioneers, Mr. Nedevir the gentte-! ui(litv tm4t at ast aocounts the ol- , . coitHl.g ufter'v him to Santa Barbara. Here Father 'c-. " n: . 8 I ;:.. nt. Tired of Single BUeJne: girl! S'rl who had become tired of singlo blessed- ness thus wrote to ber intended husband: Dear Bill, come rite off If you t com- ...in' at all. Edward Kelderman is insist- in' that 1 sliall bavo bim, aud he hugs ami kisses to so contimially -that -1 cau bold out inucti longer.- NUMBER XXXIX - - 1 California Cr'nt. Narrative of & Woman toko lived eigh teen years alone vpon the Inland sf San Xioliolae. , Captain C. J. It. Russell, who will be recollected bv the readers of the papers as the writer of many valuable articles in their columns on the subect of "Califor nia Fisheries. has contributed to Hatch' ing' Magazine an interesting narrative of a womairwrirrllved elgmecu years aioi.e upon the Island of haa. JSiciioias, one 01 the Santa Barbara group, off the lower coast, and situated about 43 deg. 15 min. north latitude. While stationed in that. quai Uie" uarter, making tidal observations for United States tioveriiuieiitvCapt Russel received from one George Nede- vir, an old California resident, the foMow- ing remarkable history. f wenty years ago, thewhole of the In- I wenty years ago, tnewnoie 01 me in- dian tribes inhabiting the Santa Barbara., n tribes inhabiting the !anta jjaroara. group 01 islauus were engageu in iiitra and exterminating war with each other, and to such an extent was this deadly h.s- . . . . , J SJ 1 uiM i ' a11 prohab.lity, be ore many y ears be- I00"0 """'.': ': anu at uie same lime 10 bhicooiuic uk ,;,-.,,,,.. ,,, ,KU Fathers ara eouceiv- j tit'e'iuaiii 1 watched over, ; ""proycu anu p escrvcu . ... mediate superintendence, tor this pur- . 1 ... 1 - 1 .!.; : pose they visted the, islands, iu company with-a few partially civfiljzed Indians, and explained to them the advantage of re moving to tkfi M.isioi.r.They listened attentively-to tbd proposal, and finally con-' seuteu to go, on promises ol protection from their natural enemies beiiig given by the Fathers. Accordingly a small vessels waa aent to the different-islands, aud the various ti ibe were taken, one by one to the Mis sion of Sautal Barbara. But while the last of the Indians were embarking, at the island of San Nicholas, and all were sup posed to be on board, achild was missing, and fts mother, in great distress, was seek ing everywhere, without success. Each portion of the Vessel was diligently search ed ; all the adjacent rock's were Examined, but no child could be found. Almost fran tic, the mother requested the captain to wait while sbe weut into the iuterior to search for ber child, to which be reluc tantly consented. As night closed down in darkness, heavy masses of clouds rolled up from the horizon, and gave evidence of a coming storm. All were anxions tortne remrn 01 the woman and her child, beefore it broke uuon them, but still they came not. The wind began to blow harder and stronger; the storm was rapidly increasing; and as the groups ot Indians on board strainea their eyes, trying to discover in the dark ness, sonre olject that resembled the re turning woiiiuu aud ber child, yet saw them not, tbere were many sad hearts aud anxious countenances that night, on their account. The storm ut last came on in all its fury, tossing their little ves sel up and down like a feathefjftnd com pelled them at last, though reluctantly, to put to sea for safety, before any tidings of the abseut ones could be received. Al though tho cargo of living freight reached Suntu Barbara, before the vessel could re turu for the woman, it was wrecked and entirely lost; aud as no other could be ob tained "at that time, the poor woman had to remain upon the island, where she liv ed ahitu, for eighteen years, no doubt for gotten or given up as long since dead. After the discovery of gold, it was ru mored that San Nicholas was inhabited, and this, no doubt, had its foundation. in the fact that several buutersof the sea ot ter had seen the print of human footsteps, and they endeavored to discover the u-liorpnlionta of the individuals, but could not. Yet, as all the foot prints i alike, thev concluded that there! could be only one person living upon ; Many attempts were maae 0 .nuul ' ....... . mar. who related the ston, ana wno .r- J...1.V. ....o ............ --- - . ,:Jyears ago, and' still reside in bauta i.ar- , .....I tl.u eoimtrv some iweuiv-nve ' Inn :i went over K ioot lor her. lie, ; iug speut iiiunv vears as a hunter and,, trapper in tbe lioeky - Mountains, was f expert as an Indian iu following a trail. '. . i ii.it !iitl. .liiHrMcK-t i coiiseiiueii.iv luimu v... . !ty in discovering the track, which he tol-; J lowed until he saw a singular object a-j BTRDELL MURDER I tuong the rocks upon the seashore, near: ' ! tbe Tnoutli of a avine, upon its knees. X:w York. Feb. H.-The Coroner's Ukinuing a seal. Upon approaching, he!jllry have closed their labor with a 'f..,.,nl ift l.fc a woman, clad it. a smgu-; verdict, charging Eckel and Mrs. Cun- lar dress of feathers. V hen she saw bim, she jumped up, and, witb excessive joy, rau'towaixls buu, aud seemed almost Ive-1 aide herself with wild-delight at tbe sight! once '"ore of a human, bemg. luiieri. huud she held a rude knife blade that she j The Lmperor of the b rench someUme b;la iudo from a piece of old iron, prob- ago otlered a prize to Um who should abl obtained from tho fragment of a , be capable ot competing successfully wiui wretk, and which she evcnlly valued steam. It'is said it may lie Kwked upon bevond anvthiug else iu her possession. ! us a rait accotnjtlt, and that Uubose 13 .,,,.1 iiniin.ii uer w iiiiii.-iiess iu ovviu l'' " Tn. i - ns .ho had been lukea from.tbOM I4luudstiftr mmiiU- thus Hs8t'sin - i eighteen years before, but no one of them.' ii t..ui ul. and what become of them tt mystery J( the Indians, within n many miles, could be found taU , derstand ber, i .only, by -gmu, -It ajrs-fi ouu v wiw '1 VIM JMW - , "I Hb , ! it. et;i'i,.l'i:"iT.l:i.;..Hi: l. 1, tn1 ot a mother, at triat time, taaii !j seribe tueu.-... .When she returned to .the spot where she bad left lh v-v.u-ol, to tell her sorrows for tbe loss of her child, tbat , too, was gone, and was bearing away ber kindred aud friends from her sight Could she have realized, then, tbat for eigbteea. long yeara she must liye tAont in tba world, without one kind" word of comfort, one cheering look from a friendly eye, or one smile of recognition, it "would have been too much for even ber wild bat wo manly nature to bear, -and with ber, as -witb us, it is well tbat we know not the future. From day to day the lived h. hope, beguiling the weary hours tin pro- ,vidmg lor uer wants. 11s snarea, iimuu bf herTiair, she caught birda,a nd with the - sluii-preperiy prl abe made ber clotbiflgf He'r needles were neatly made . of bone and cactutbornsflier tbreiwi waa of sinews from the seal. Ja these, ant) t many other articles found in ber posses sion, she exhibited jnnch of tbe native in tenuity she possessed. W hetiicr fihfi Still remembered her own language or not, will forever remain a ': JQJ stery. She was very gentle and kind, especially to children, afid aotbfng ooenv-- ed to please ber more than to be near them; and the poor woman would often shed tears while attempting to describe, by signs, her own little one, which bad been killed and eaten by the wild dogs. , The sympathy felt Tor berwelfare caused" the people to supply her bountifully with. everything she needed, ana very impru dently allowed ber to eat almost any- . ,-.-,,, j ,v,tt ww th.t ... t I her lonely exile she sickened and died, having, undoubtedly, been killed with ; kindness;" " ' 111 Ml Mill L NIK. 1 1 II til L 1 1M lal LCI UCI rnJIirc 1IVIW t'l sm the WUntnffton Herald. , Calico Ball ! Mi:. F-iiTfiit : The gay eeason is draw- ng to a close, and although we have had several very pleasant ball and parties, I see 1,0 reason 111 the world wuy we Should . mil 1 I S not uave anoincr. 1 go 111, sir, ur uai is called a Ctieo Bull in cities north of us that is, the Ladies robe themselves i n dresse9 made of calico nptte of your moire antiques, watered silks, satins, and other ridiculously expensive fabrics- and after the bail is over give their drea ses to the poor. I am an old badffilbr inyselfi aftpihd therefore feel at liberty to whisper this . piece of counsel into the ears of tbe La dies "Go back to the good old day of calico and of cheap but neat material for your dresses. You will get married quicker, for there's many a poor fellow iu town who would like to got a partner for life, If the present outrageous and ex traordinarily expensive fashion of female adornments did not put tbe thing out of the question- altogether. I tell yon tbia in strict confidence, you "understand. Moreover, yonr smiles will be just a ! sweet ; yonr eyes will sparkle just as fa tally ; your forma will ehow the lines of beauty just as perfectly, as though yoa were rigged out in the finest of Point d'Alencon, or the most expensive of moire antiques." Hang moire antiques, I say. It has kept me from proposing.--1 might have been a married man long ago, but a wife was too costly a luxury. Let's have a Calice Ball then. We lean enjoy ourselves and help, the poor" What do you say, O iris f andyyou, mt. Editor i , BxciiKLoa. We say agreed. Ed'k. TUE WAY THEV MAElfY, SOME TIMES, IN INDIANA. ' " Our lloosier friends bavo 1 way of their own of indulging tbetr passion and -sentiments, even to the sacrifice, some times, of conventionalities. We havev heard of an instance In which a father nud son married two sisters the young mau marrying hrst. and the tatner, tax ing a liking to his daughter-iu-!aw, sough the acquaintance of her sister, proposed, aud was married1, to hcrl Thus, inx4ddi ti.m to the uatural sisterly connection which existed, oue sister was made Step mother and the other step-daughter and daughter-in-law to her sister. Each par-, tv having issue, it is a novelty to trace tlie relationship of the offspriug to the "old folks" iid to, each other. The old geutleniau was grandfather and uncle ko hi son's children, while bis better half stood both as grandmother and aunt to the same hopeful scions. Theyonngman became ins lathers brotner-iu-iaw, ana !. n a.,,.-... rl.ilintiin M Ilia Am. , ' noth wLile he wftgtbotU -ncle ; aRj hulf brother to his father' children. lest son of one of the parties waa endea- i - , .. : vonng to prove, ution genealogical pnns . . j w 4 ljis gister' Krandfath- ' ... . , .1 ...... ..... ,, ,, "".. . .... .. ..... , thal love ' and ' i ! ' ' , " , sirangi. rcia matrimony L'lationship. ; ninghaiu as priucipals, aud Mirulgrass as accessary, in the late murder of ir. Uur deil, iu Boud street. will work for twenty-four Loot , at a . ..wt nf m.lv thirty centimes a wbe1hat iiei 01 .u. l-...' - uT.t. 'f oveVeouiing a resistance of vantage over steam as, at present w orked. i ' . , . The Wandering Jew has made bis peamnce in thia city, and is attract P aueutiou, by hi queer dr ap- atlt acting res. ipiick movements, pecu u- a.ld'res. and 4:
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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