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XI. Editor ; Our .auuupber morning is , chilly; tli wind i from llm North-em, bri.k oj omwtiat penetrating, though w have no nriict of w of ii wU .Suck a dy m Haiti - bury would b eormiJcred warm, but bare itealla - ortb much eoinplaint and frequent remark On 1 tyvsatorday lhbrfwaiodd witb invalid ad pleatur krrv,tiijaytiigtb balmly liiaSuutli; geatkmes and ladi,frota alt pan - foor tery lU.nia eouoUy, being highly insawl at whrtM tld daeoyinf tb tuny ' riba from their Watery Wtnnv" but to day, ws ar all shivering and abriuking from a pWre- leg Iforth-atr. Bev long Ui will eeaiiaa tl do not know, bnt I bopa It will U short, tuaa- muck a ws ar ant bld wits good oak fires. ratbsr, aa; Bra at all, the opl iaa Uiu . 4atita4a do net aacm to eaknlat on cuM waui , f la building, and thereto, tfcsy have not eon :: aatMWtoJ (Ira jtbwta k any" af tit f(-nUeiqn "wooin. ' Tobi habit I dw meat soUniuly enier 1 sny protest. iiv ata good fira M nt loom .'to dry if dwdampewes aa4 reader it ehuarful mxA ktaltfayf v at lb Mpoaa of tb taUo. . J Mod Iratbar tinea UlTralkm tbaatofiurMiaip- tttaaatly every day, sad tbe I stowed away jna. . ,.5 1, JirWcfcaaibar. Fletyp Is nut lb ooly X paMtima W this old worn oat Icily. To Mil oat ia anall boat on tba bay, and to go evar lo ibe '..leach to behold tba heaving oecaa aa it folia ita tireaiilabl ida agaiaat tb atkira, daUiiag and . f Jbnalbg ia fijant aad spray, to retire again to ita awauliannd bad, ia a vary Urorit and rational , auiuiwaaat And arbea tba arcalbat n f oa tbi h a sight awll calculator tejtir the dorp emo (ioM of tba asaf la adniioa of Dim who gar tba eecaa ha boundary, and baa aaid to ili wild ( raving and furiuaa banta vioiaac, ifu Ui abalt tboa eons and aw father. 4 ' ' T gratify - tbia paetinM, iWe ara ntaa; buu ; ia aaitiag, whose aarnara jam' alwaye randy to taadar tba dtwraMiHAodatiaa. f bopa yon mUl htdulgm aaa VI laHyoa atmw U my akfari- awat ia tbia aVpartnteat of fttnm, Ut I abntl to Um abarfu ebartara boat, vnara ara diaTurwl ia our aboioc; ba tWicd a Um boat abb (wo inaata and aaajall iUa, ajbjl I pnaVwi oawf , t dinumtioMi kb oaa anil, trim, abarpa, and aanaagaalla, aibatbar tba aiindaa in tba rigbt dirtctioa or not; bat Cadiag bin aradded to bia j - ywtiano I yielded niint" (All prctimioaiia ba- fog arnagtd, aooM Iva oua board of - Oaau'fla, abicb aa ilia aama tbat fluaiaj ia lb rod Sag tbat wae eaapradad tat tba aaaaC Tba anil aiar mfurled and tbroarai to tba braaae; , ov'caiaal gli.UdoffUraulifally, but ia tit) awong 4irautiua tmtaad of guing to tba nawh, wal , Cablk far bWuwaa aad oapuia bmkad ap ptvbaaaira, and growled oat aoma word I? iid hot fW7 aadKUnd ; bat away w waat bba a bird aetOal tb deep bay, wbkh i Mar two eaib wi-i. baring rencbed bia (artbeat Umk ia tbat ' Jiractiva, b taracd about bia aaii and took, aa &tr a J aoakl tall, tba bank track, lb wind and tb lid all ia tb wroa direction, bat tbara waa m awk wf aaoltwa, wa 4d tba rolliag watar ; a, and w want, kntil awatrock iaa bw rod f tba placa Uao w tarfad. Our cooUroc waa afilj aaabmkaa ia lb gidlaat captaia, lur ba frWndd tltat ba oould lack aboatand ftnaily taa tba aVairwJ auiaL Tbua tut aar ibn JiotJia k want aig aag ia tba bay, hum puiat to fwint, j ntiading of a oartaia in - aaatbcwiatiea, wbitb Icacli tbat a all anight way trver acftrowb a certain point, but will wr raacb it Tba wrra wa taotaliaed even to m going doaa of tb aua.' ' But ia ibe . tin, tbara Wat away nub jukca pwaed at tb . sn of tb wiptaia aad bit bunt, to nbicb be Md no reply, bat bia emouiniwwa would indi at tbat ba adopted tb complaint of tba trug ia lb bU " It it fas Ux jom bat it i daub On wf oar party, Dr. , (mod oat som bow that Jw was a Kutiuw Cmbulie, aad b tor- sweated Liu by asking bias qoattiutie a boat bis cburcbTr-onlMig Uh at kali good Friday, Tb bop of gettiag to tba baacb that atWouoa bad give ap for tb last boor, aad a mo lioa waa aud aad tarried loretura to lb wbnrf, which was very sooa aceowphsbad. Tba eaptaia cxpeetsd to gat bia pay, and duuUleaa bad aa easy tvaaebmot, a a good Catbwbc, fmliag ao obligalioa to kp tith wilb here use. Yoars truly. FrertJeB f tlie Prm ' The press has alwaVt been considered the exponent of public aentimeut. In France and die other despotic Govern ments of Europe, ideas are manufactured and given out to tho people, with the iystom and regularity of a charitable iii titutioa furnishing the poor man with a bowl of thin soup and alio of bread. The cjtisen iiitelleclually, as die pauper dijricalljr, is obliged to digest his mea gre diet m best he may. Tlie t of thoae eoontriea la of the Government for the people. In England the press is a fair repreaen tativeof popular sentiment, his true ''ahat Govern men t haa great Influence throughout ita various regions, but there are.nuniberlosa journals of the highest reipectabiliiy, fearleM and ahle dcfendera of the rights of the people. The English papers, or rather those of ,-ny standing whatever, are distingiiialied or a just appreciation of the rights of Jwrsons, end are governed by the strict eat decorum of language. The great uie rtropolis of England, speaking with iu ihuiidreds of teeming presaea, of every po tliUcal one and comploxion, expresses the vtlce, not only of the Ooverument of .England, hat br whole people. Jr ft atranger, landing at Jfew York, .Icnoiriag it to ba the groat commercial .metropolis, and supposing that iu great newspapers reflected die sentiment and. .feeling r America, what a low set of .blackguard be would take u to be, af rfer he had psruaed rhecoluuiusof the New york, orwW and Ts'mxw. j Uia fm would rest with amaxe nont on the choice epithets which adorn Wiose invalaabie journals, among which "war anu uiacjrnara"' are the most mild Miupoeent. U would: be edified to . 1M lf 4eteaifrpwa vcr r.ed acros Ute water, our charge at the people of the State rnnJa parallel be lioins denounced a "a tiinkumpoop and 1 1 ween the men supported and placed iu ft acoufedrel." - On nvould anpposo - tkatj office by the Whig party, and those Do- x- .a VOL. XIII. tba eomnmultj in winch ther exlat woalJ ariva aiich pU Trma Ilia faca of tb ank The contrary will U found to ba true. iii mor auumve, imWnt, mi obacene they Uicoiuu, (he mur ajr they ought after. We aa w tlie other day, ni me jeraia ooaaiea or iiaviuic etruck off and aold 70.000 eouiea of ita finndn edition, and the wale of ncli edition waa attei.OeU by 4,000 or 6,000 carrier. Sui.poee that the JlepuUiaM, iWuw or Oeorytan, of thia city, ahould rake. irotn tlie buy ivoorda of criminal exami nation and treat aome case moe remark. able for ita obacene and diagiiating dia utuaorea and auppoae we were to lay it in all ita detail before the mother, the wivea, and die daujhtere 0f our land, what would be anid I what would be done ! Why, we would exjwet the brick and mortar of our respective office to be x-n crnuihlitig about our ear, and pro perly ao. Yet in that great city - here niott of our daoehtera are educated, and alati ao many of them lonirin to be there, the greatest vrixe which can be drawn for the neweper it the murder of a liurdell, ortlie more recent trial of Jack on in the court. There ia a law of Cotigrcaa prohibiting the imortation of improper ttoulicatnni: it atnkea u that the ; JStato of "ew York would (Jowelt to imiiate it aa to inoae oi domestic mauo faetwrf. . . u Tlie city of New York, aocially neak- ini. ia remarkable, in an extrardiiiarr degree, hut for one thinir. that ia vulvar- ly, and peril), therefore, it i not mia- rejireatiuteu. l&aixmnaA Oeorsftan. tSTU would be a-orth one' while to contraat tlie courwe of the Whitr and Demtcratie panic in die nialtof' ap pointment to office, and the relative mer it of candidate for olitical and other distinction. We auatch a few momenta of leisure to do tbia, hurriedly hut faith fully. When ao-called Democracy watproa- trate in tbia State, or rather before it had grown to be a power in North Carolina, it waa tne invariable custom oi ttie domin ant party to select for official position men who had done aome service to the State, and whose ability, patriotism and D tries were unquestioned. Availability waa not aeemea tne oniy eaeenual lor a aueceetful pursuit of office, but the higher qualities of tue an mi and heart which dignify statesmanship, and load to a faith ful and comprehensive discharge of duty. Hence it was that such men aa Dudley, Morehead, Graham, and Manlj, were put forward for the office of Governor that the State was ao ably represented in the cmnate or tne united Mate by a isadger, a atangutn, ana a uraiiam, and mat a Stanly and a Moore were selected to fill I the office of Attorney General. Indeed, oi the oia n nig party it mar be truly :m ir iii iiat it cared less for success than , that It waa conservative at the expenae Ot policy, au that it prelerred detent to a ramph obtained I byVnarorthy meaua. How different all this from the coarse of the Democratic-party. They put npa man of straw, little Davy, for Governor, and upon tho principle, we suppiwe, that the foolish things of thiVworld are often the instruments to confound the wise, succeeded in obtaining possession of the State and in retaining it ever since. That was considerable of a come do wM in the lino of Governors! I'rctty aoflit it became necessary to elect U. S. Senators, and a Democratic Legislature sent to that august body "two auwlt monument " in lite persona of Iteid and li'ggs. Hadger, who, at the expira tion of bia term, waa the leading spirit of die Senate a mind fit to associate with those meutal giants of a by-goue era, Clay, Webster, Calhoun; whoa profound legal requirement were only equalled by the vast stores of learning it waa an easy task for bia active mind to accumulate, such a man as this, at once an honor to the State and to die country, was remov ed, ind such a pignut as Asa JJiggs Was put in his place. We have no special love for South Carolina, but we loiir her for tbat she honors her great men.' There, If a mind lift itself above ita fellows, the pride of the titate takes care of tin tfntiina- nnd miarda it aa a nroclous iewel. r r- --. . i ji- - Come from wliat section it may, whether it be the reflection of die wlitical extre mists or of the more moderate sentiment of the community, diis mental superiority is at once recognised, encouraged, eleva ted to the higliest distinctions, honored above and beyond mere party considera tions. Thus it is that South Carolina takes care of her great men. In honor ing tbcui, she honors herself. Hut, here in' North Carolina, if a man atrugglea up to distinction, he does it iu the face of oppositions and trials and dis coaragementsof all aorta. There appears to be a disposition to drag down every aspiring spirit which dares to rise to du preciate, to thwart, to resist it. Party feeling and party prejudice hunt down the man of murk as though he were it beast of prey, and Badger was, therefore, sacrificed, and Higgs reigned in his stead. KJht what a fall was there, my country men Lw And the aeat once honored by Monirain and Graham ia now filled by lieid 1 Mangum, once a leading member and the President of tha Senate; Graham, one of the most distinguished men of the State, Senator, Governor, Secretary of the Kavyy anil Vice-Presidential candi date such men aa these irive place to Rcid. a mere political" makeshift, at the A SALISBURY, N. C., 3IARCII inocracy delighted to honor, especially in tbia matter of Governor and Senator, and contrast the difference between tl They witt then see the ruiooiia cffecU of 1 uieal'rtie it is also, we tbhik, cptle of . I i; . i ".ll ! lij I ... ; ii! "i. . I" p" nnu inaiigiiiiy ia uie iminenae l'is anvtained by the arbitrary withdraw- al of so much ability, statesmanship, iudir- ment and patriotism from the National councils, and tha substitution of the weak v esse Is which now dimly reflect the lion' or of the State. Continue the parallel ia die matter of ue Attorney Ueneralabip, and aee what a striking contrast I presented Stanly and Moore on the Whig side and Bache lor and Jenkins on tho Democratic tide. " Look noon tbia picture, then on that" Edward Stanly has a National reputation a man of unquestioned ability. B. F. Moore la one of the profonndeat luriats in the State. Messrs. Bachelor and Jenkins, at the time of their appointment, were not known aa able lawyers ; indeed, we never heard of the former until he was appointed Attorney General by Gov'r Bragg, nor of the latter until bia election to the Legislature. We know neither personally, and although they ara doubt less estimable gentlemen, they , were not the men to be elevated to such a distinc tion. They had neither the experience, the learning, or the reputation to justify their selection. Thev cannot be mention ed in tha sama breath, with dieir prede cessor in oitice. it la lair to infer tbat the party did not recognise Mr. Bachelor' ntneaa fur the poet, since the Democratic Legislature rtfmed to confirm hU apvoint- ment previously made by their own Gov ernor. And Mr. Jeukina probably waa indebted to his positiou in the Legislature for bia success-- position which enabled him to wield aome sort of influence for or against measure pending before that bodr, and which all accustomed to die modus operandi of that assembly will readily understand. 11 ere, then, a in the case of the Gov ernor and Senator, ia a remarkable fal ling off in mental calibre and fitness on the part of die Democracy and ita ap pointee, a falling off ao striking and in disputable, as to show at a glance the immense superiority which must attach to the course of the Whigs and to those diey advanced to office. ' Continue the parallel atill further down, and note the difference between the ap pointee of the) respective parties to offices of lower grade snch as Railroad and iiank Directors, irostee or the I'm versitv, the Lunatic Asylum, die Adpwn words, written, be it observed. tant Generalship, Ac, dbe., Ac. What a marked difference ia perceptible here I We pasa over the officious intermeddling of the Democratic Governor in the mat ter of the managetnent of the work of internal improvement of the State the introduction of politic into these enter prise die audaciona attempt of the De mocracy to gain poaaeanionf so far aa was uoaaible, of the control of these work. and to humbug the people into-die belief that tiiey were tlie peculiar mends of in ternal improvement, when it i known that diey opposed die doctrine, and only changed their position on this subject, because they found it waa growing popu lar with the people we pas by, for the present, these things, and also the repre hensible scene exhibited by them in the Into Legislature,- of dictating by caucus who should be elected Trustees of the University , thus lugging for the first time, as we are informed, politics into the af fair of that seat of learning, which was designed to be free from alt party or sec tarian bias we pass oy these things we repeat, and continue the parallel between die appointee to office of the respective parties. And, we would particularly re fer to the Adjutant-Generalship, and the appointment of R. Carney Gotten to that portion. By die way, will the Raleigh Standard tell u how it waa that audi a nan as Carney Gotten came to be ap pointed 1 We have - heard something about it, but we are anxious for fuller particulars. How was it that so bad a man as Gotten is represented to be, could have been selected for so honorable a lint, we and this matter growing on our hand and mnst come to an abrupt conclusion. Wilmington Herald. Daring Outrage. Last night, be tween eight aud nine o'clock. Mr. Mc Creight, attached to the editorial depart ment of diis office, on his way .to depart for Camden, with' a carpet bag in his hand, was struck down in Hayne street, widi a bludgeon, by some person who ap proached him from behind, and during the insensibility which followed tho blow, wa robbed of his purse and watch. There was a violent concussion of the brain, and be did not recover his senses for several hours after. Bujt Dr. IUoiiI, who was called in, expressed his confidence that there would be no. fatal result 'It wa evidently a simple case of 'violence, for the sake of robbery. Such things are rare in Charleston, and we trust that the city authorities will use their best exer tion to make them still more rare. Charleston Mercury. z " A farmer, about 150 miles south of Chicago, got out of coals, and as the roads were in a bad condition, he thought ho would try the virtue of corn in tlie ear to auoolv the nlaca of coal. It worked so Well that subsequently he pnrcbased a load or coal and tried it by measure in contrast with the. corn, and the experi ment developed the fact that "the corn fuel was the cheapest and the best." The corn and the coat were worth the same pnceperW the com went the furthest and made the cleanest and best fire. Twmk tit 4a Timu, Fttnurf SC. , If tb Chinese question admits of elab orate legal argument and conflicting tech- being laid before the public in a very simple form. The first point raised con cerns the nationality of the vessel upon which the outrage was committed. It is questioned whether die had really ac quired auch right aa rendered it tiecet sary,.according to treaty, that certain al leged delinquent then on board of her should beclaiined through the British authorities, instead of beinr arrested by Chinese officials at their own discretion.! Now, wa ask the reader to follow n through the actual detail of the occur rences a they are described io the pub lished despatches. The Chinese, in a heavily, armed boat, board the Arrow, Uien lyiug off Canton, and carry off then prisouers. Information ia forthwith com municated to our Consel at Canton, who proceeds to interfere by repairing Imme diately to the scene of disturbance, and requiring the restitution of the men at the hand of the very officer who had seiied diem, bat who had not yet convey ed them from the spot In every single incident of these proceeding there is the assumption on every side alike that the Arrow wa a British vessel within the meaning of the treaty. It own master must have tbonght OrW'iionld- ir ed die intervenUon of the have invoked British Consul; the Consul must have thought so, or he would not have respond ed to die appeal! and that the Chinese actually engaged in the business did not, at any rate, think otherwise is perfectly evideut from their recorded behaviour. When Mr. Parke went on board their war-boat, and demanded that die prison ers should be restored, in pursuance of a certain treaty .well known to both par ties, wnat wa tneiraasweri lrttiey Had believed the Arrow to be a Chinese ves sel, exempt altogether from British iuris- diction, their course was plain and their reply very easy. 1 hey have only to state at once that the Consul was wrong in in terfering: tbat the Arrow was not British, bnt Chinese; that our authority therefore did not protect her, and tbat titer were making their arrest in a proper and law ful manner. Not one of these statement did they make, although, if they had iui agined themselves to be acting in a straightforward and ordinary way, inch a reply onght to have risen involuntarily to their lips. We learn from the Consul on tho very day of the occurrence, when the whole affair wa fresh and a yet uncom plicated, exacdy the reception hi expos tulations encountered. Not only i there not a syllable recorded of any snch self jurisdiction on the part or tlie Ghinese, but there is actually an undesigned proof mat iney ieu uiemseives not to oe justi fied, and that they hadV been urged by special modves to overstep their rights. They bad heard, they said, that a man whom they were authorized to sieze wherever tiiey found bim was on board the Arrow, and they considered them selves at liberty to carry him away with out any previous reference to the Consul, lest tin should lead to bis escape. Now, when it is remembered that, according to the most distinct dispositions, the Ar row bad the British flag actually flying, we think there can hardly be a doubt that die Chinese officers, a well as our authorities, believed die Arrow to be such a vessel as would come under the provi sions of the treaty. " But diere is someUiing to be drawn in the way of evidence from these opening details of the rupture. So littlo disposed wa Consul Parke to con vert a small dis turbance into a great one, and so desir ous was lie to close the affair at ouce, that he hastened as we have seen, in per sou to the spot, and endeavored to re claim the captured men "before, they could be conveyed to a distance." In or der, too, that the Chinese in charge of the prisoners might be relieved from any fear of their escape he Called upon them to bring them to the Consulate in their, own custody, and if this request had been complied with there would have been no rupture at all. The Gonsnl apprised them expressly of die nature of their, trespass, and took, in fact, precisely the same rroTittdkiirtaiTfBd-in throughout, lie went, be says, "to explain to tliein, ir it were possible that they had acted in error, the gross insult and viola tion of national rights which they had committed, and the ueary responsibilities they (bus incurred." To all this, as above mentioned, they made oo reply whatev er in the way of justification, Or off the ground of die non-British character of the Arrow. , All they said was that they had seized their man for fear of his escaie, and that they would resist his recapture by lorce. Of die demand for admission into Can ton we need only repeat that it could not have had any influence, on the resolution of the Chinese Commissioner in rendering our appeal to force .necessary, inasmuch as .force had been already appealed toaud the Barrier torts taken wueu the point of that admission was mooted. About its expediency in the abstract there may be difference of opinion entertained, but we n ust say that if anything could-prove the necessity of some free communication between tne sutuomiea oi cue two nations it is this very rupture. Take the circum stances of the whole case, not according to one version or die oteer version, bat in their own naked plainness, and 'what ap pears I Why, that no quarrel could ever have taken place if there had been room for the two parties to understand, each lorciia more was no conceaieuiquesuon at stako no nndor-Cnrrent of controversy. jl , , r- JL"1' 't- 31, 1857. If the Arrow had been a smuggling ves-i ael, or ir the alleged delinquent Had been Some contrabandist in whose iinpmiity it might have been fancied w bad sonic interest, dm case would have been alter ed, butaait wa there could literally have been no difference of view whatever be tween Consul Parke and Commissioner Yen. A man chgared with piracy was said to be on board a certain vessel, the jurisdiction over which pertained either to the lhlnese or the Untisb. How could it possibly iirnifv throoeh what agency he wa arrested, or with what form of procedure be waa tried I Suppose, even, lor the ak or argument, that the capture had been first effected under the circum stance which occurred ; if die two au thorities could at once have met together, what should have prevented their agree ment! The Arrow was either British or Chinese. If Yeh could have established the latter fact, Mr, Parkea would have had no demand to make; if Mr, Parkea could have proved the former, Yeh would still have been able to secure the condign pun ishment of the culpret in custody. Nor can it be reasonably arjrued that a per sonal interview might have been of just a nine nvwi wa wruien eorrvspomieiice proved to be. In the latter case there 1 room for endless mistake or misrepresen tat ion: wliila in tha former lioaiiiaa tliar kind of impossibility that two reasonable persons meeting face to face should not come to an agreement when there is noth ing to differ abont If all that Yeh really wanted was to deal out just retribution to a convicted pirate he could not in any way, upon a free conference with Mr. Parkea, have missed satisfaction; if he wished to insult our authorities, the rup ture must have come anyhow. Once for all, we ask, what should have been done, or where should we have stop ped sooner than we did stop! . When the Master of the lorcha, the Consul and all concerned were persuaded tbat the Arrow was a vessel under British protection, and as such had been subjected to outrage, could the matter have been left widiontf notice! When we had asked for moder ate and simple reparation, conld we, con sidering that we were dealing wh Orien tal, nave done otherwise than support our requisition by force! True, this force was pushed home when, on die 29th Of October, oar Marines penetrated the city and visited Yeh's residence ; but, aa he himself the day previous had de liberately ordered the extermination of englishmen and set a price on their heads. his measure were at least a forcible aa ours. If, in short, we were warranted in demanding redress, common prudence re quired that we should not suffer the terms of our demand to be evaded; if redress was not granted, it was equally necessary that we slionld not desist from our efforts to obtain it until a point has been reach ed at which our ascendancy was placed oeyonu aispute. A Robber ShotBrave Ceadaet of Mere Lad. Several dines, of late, die residence of Mrs. Jordy, a widow lady, residing on Canal, between Maraisand Villere streets. ha been entered by robbers at night and despoiled of different articles, mostly pro visions. The three sons of the lady, be lieving that the house had been selected by the robbers aa a regular depot of sub sistence, aat up at night oh different occa sions and watched, but without success. On Monday night, when nobody was on the watch, the robbers paid another visit io uie uouse ; out tiiey were put io a- i.. i . i .i r, uigui uj m servant gin giving iue alarm. On Tuesday night, at about 10 o'clock. the youmrest of the brothers. Oscar, a lad of about sixteen, observed two men loi tering in the vicinity in a rather suspicions manner, ue at once concluded that they were the robbers, reconnoiterlmr for another foray, and determined to wafth for them. On going to bed, he told his mother to wake him np at 3 o'clock, he being satisfied that operations would not be commenced before that boar. He was aroused at the proper time, as re quested, and took his station down stairs, iu the dark, armed with a double-barrel stotwmrweltttdetrrind "a-knife;" He bad been keeping watch , about an hour aud a half, when he heard a cab drive np and stop in front of the house, lie next heard two men alight and iu another moment they ascended the steps and opened the door evidently with a false key and closed it behind them. One of them then sprung a dark lantern aud looked up stairs with it, and np and down the hall, to be sure that all was au uL The hotf stood Iwlmi.l tl .t.lr.f.m war, and the light was thrown past him without discovering him. Both the rob bers passed within a foot and a half of him, never suspecting his presence ; he say he could easily have killed both of diem with his Itnife, if he had had the nerve to do it : but he was all in a trem ble, and could do nothing. The robbers entered the parlor and dining room, looking about with their dark fan torn, aud finally opened the side board and put out the castor and aome other arWele of silverware on the tablo They Were talking in a low tone at inter vals, and after the silverware . had been set out on the table, the boy heard one say, "Uow'll we get the clock awsy f Tho boy then, as he says, began to take courage ; tho clock was a very valuable one, having been purchased by his de ceased father, and wa much valued in the family ; he could not tliiuk of seeing put pSfcrPfr position in uie uarK, ne raiseu ins gun, took del i bora to aim, by mean of the NUMBER XLIV lantern, which one still bold In hi hand, and polled tha trigger. Unfortunately the gon missed fire, bnt ertthe snapping of tha cap alariiiod the job- Uers, who sprang tor the door to escape. As they went out at die street door the boy again brought his gun to bear, pulled die trigger of die otherbarrel, and it weut off. The robber clapped his hands to the back of iii head, and exclaimed, " Oh, God!" Just then the boy seised him; bnt the other robber, who had got into the cab, came running back with an np- raised bowie knife, and told the boy H he did not let go his hold he would Kill him. The boy at that let go, bnt club bed his gun and gave hint a blow over the head with it ; this made him drop his knife and the dark lantern ; bnt be suc ceeded in getting bis wounded companion into the eab and drove off. The cab had no lights or other sign bywliicb itpuld be identified, and dashed out Canal street toward the swamp. The boy shouted for die watch, but by the time a watchman ar rived, the cab had reached a distance tbat defied pursuit Ibis is the account given oy tne young man who bad the adventure ail to Him self, and it wa corroborated in die morn ing by the bowie knife and dark lantern which the robbers bad left behind, and by a plentiful sprinkling of blood on the J a a.aa a n.1- The knife is a fine silver-monnted affair, with a horn handle, and the mot toes on each aide of the blade scratched out. Tlie police yesterday made all pos sible search for men wounded in the head, but to uo purpose. There is little doubt that the robber waa badly wound ed. 1 Oscar Jordy is s clerk in die employ of Messrs. C. C. Gainea & Co., on Maga zine street. We think both his mother and his employers have good reason to feel proud of him. zVste Vrlean tret- cent. Who viriU tkt Negro &ng. Tlie principal writer of our national music Is Stephen C. Foster, the author of " Uncle Ned." " O 8usannah." &c He resides near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he fills a moderate clerkship, upon which, and a per centage on dip sales of hils songs he depends for a living. lie writes the Ketry as well as the musie ot his songs, lese are sang wherever the English lan guage is spoken, while the music is snng wherever men sing, in the cotton neids of the South, among the mines of Califor nia and Australia, in the sea-coast cities of China, in Paris, in the London prison every where, in fact, his melodies are heard. " Uncle Med " was the first. Una was published in 1845, and reached sale unknown till then in the mnsic publish ing business. Of " The Old Folks at Home," lOOjOOOcopiea have been sold in this country, and as many more in Eng land. " My Kentucky Home," and " Old Dog Tray, each had a sale of abont 70,- 000. Alt his other songs have Had a great run. All bis compositions are sim ple, but they are natural, and find their way to the popular heart, and link them selves iudiasolubly, with its best associa tions. i ; Never Hepnutt your Tear. A lengthy dissertation has recently been published bv a physician of France: on tho bene ficial influences of groaning and crying on die uervous system, lie contend that groaning and crying are the two grand operations by which nature allays anguish that he has nnuormly observed that those who give way to Uieir natural feelings, more speedily recover from ac cidents and operations, dian those who suppose it is unworthy a man to betray such symtOms of cowardice, as either to groan or cry. lie is always pleased by the crying and violent roaring of a patient during die time he is undergoing a vio lent surgical operation, because he is sat isfied that be will thereby soothe bis nervous system so a to prevent fever, and insure a favorable termination. Jle relates the case f a man who, by crying and bawling, reduced his poise from, one hundred and twenty-six to sixty, in the course of two hours. That some patientsi often have great satisfaction iu groaning, and that hysterical patients experience muaf Mlir fWtm frvintr -mm- fupta. wKinl,I.M' fl' J 6 1, Tcron'witttetiirrrAS'W restless-hypo , ehondrical subject, or those who are nev er happy but when diey are under some course of medical or dietetic treatment, the French surgeon assures them that they . ....' r cannot do better than groan all day and cry all night. r- . t ..r l. i army anu uavv uici scaie oi j-rwirc iu Unirnd. which, of course, are based no- rvmumibHl uectuuit e of Urire numbers of men iu active life, it i iu tor- red that about two and oue-fou.rth pounds avoirdupois of dry food, per day, are re quired for each individual: of this about three-fourths are vegetable, and the rest animal. At the che of an entire year, the amount is upwards of 800 pounds. Enumerating under the title of Water all the various drinks coffee, tea, alcohol, wine, i&c.its estimated quantity is about 51,00 pound per annum. ' Tlie quantity for the air received by breathing maybe taken at 800 pounds. With dies figure before us. says the. Mtd'uxd World. Wei .are able to see how the case stands. The j food, water, and air which a man receives ' ainount, in the aggregate, to more than ' 3000 pound a year ; that is, to abut a ton and a half, or more-than twenty times j his weight. This enormous quantity may well attract our attention to the expend!- ture of material required for supporting iifn A lviinr neim is inn result anu wnrVuniutum ..f 1n2i.Von a oro'Jl .'ioiis t Scale. - -. i r i .i -. . . " Dr.. Livingstone gives a very interest ing description of a flgl.it he witnessed in Africa between a lion and antelope. The Doctor aud bis guides had just emerged, from a narrow defile between two rocky hills, when . they beard an angry growl, which they, tne w to be tbat of the "mon arch of the forest, "At the distance of not more than forty yard in advance of theiatHBbT tooxlTirl5ayTrhil a -huge tawny lion was crouched on a rocky platform, above tha level of the plain, evidently meditating an attack on tha antelope : ouly a (pace of about twenty Meet separated the two animals. The lionV appeared to be animated with the great- ' est fury, 1 die gerasbok was apparently '' calm aud resolute, presenting bs well for- titled head to the enemy." s The lion cautiously changed bis posi tion, d'Acended to tlie plain and made circuit, obviottsly for the purpose of at tacking tha gemsbok in the rear; bnt tba bitter was on the alert and stilt turned his head towards his antagonist. This uiauceuvering lasted Jbr half an boor, when it appeared to the observers that the iretnsbok used a strata ram to Induce the lion to make bia assault. ' The flank of the antelope was for moment pre sented to his fierce assailant. " As quick as lightning die lion made a spring, but while he was yet in the air, the gemsbok turned bis head, bending his neck ao aa to present one of bis spear like boms att the lion's breast. A terrible laceradon wa the consequence ; the lion fell back on ma nanncnea ana snowea a wound in the lower part of his neck. lie uttered a howl of rage and anguish, and backed off to a distance of fifty yards. seeming half disposed to give np the con test, but hunger, rury, or revenge once more impelled him forward. I Uis second assault wa more furious and headlong; ne rusneu at me gemsooK, ana attempt ed to leap over the formidable horn ia order to alight on his back. The gems bok, still standing on the defensive, ele vated hi bead, speared die lion in- bia side; and" in!Ue1irni tore believed to be a mortal wound, as the horn penetrated to the depth of six inches. Again the lion retreated groan ing and limping In a manner which show ed that he had been severely hurt; but he soon collected all bis energies for an other attack. At the instant of collision, the gemsbok presented a born so as to strike the lion immediately between bis two fore legs, and so forceible wss tba stroke that the whole length of tha born was buried in the lion's body. For , near ly a minute die two beast stood motion less ; then the gemsbok, slowly backing,' withdrew his horn, and the lion tottered and fell on hi aide, hi limb quivering ' in tlie aonie of death. The victor mad a triumphant flourish, of bis heel, .and trotted off apparently without having re ceived the least injury in the conflict.. . Another ixtwrdinary Mtirder Com. The horror developed by theCoroner investigation in the Bardoll murder case are hardly jet realised by the pobtie, when they have laid ; before diem : the strange revelation of another crime, on ly less heinous because its plot did not succeed. Dr.Michal Price Moore, a phy sician well known in the Court of Gener al Sessions on a charge of conspiring to mnnler Mr. Alfred Livingston, of Tren ton, X. J. The allegation of the witnes ses show a most determined, attempt on , the port of the accused to mate way with" his adversary, and the details of tb evi dence indicate that tba prisoner possesses either an utterly depraved or an insaas) mind. A negro named Augusta Wesley wa put upon die stand, ana testified that Dr, Moore tried to hire him for an indefi nite sum payable when the deed waa done to murder Mr. Li viogston. After long negotiations the negro declined the job. The accused then retorted lo hi own brother, a man or forty year of age, ' whom he tried to persuade into doing the murder by the promise of $20,000, en which lie conld "live like a fightiugoock." IDs brother, not liking the business, and declining the offer, Dr. Mn it is charged. resorted to a young lady, furnishing ber with drnsr and a darser. and srivlnir her : full directions to first pat Mr. Livingston to sleep, and then to dispatch him. - Tba intended agent of Dr. M. all betrayed him. and sometime last summer be waa arrested and brought before the police courts on die affidavits of these witnesses. The case was discharged on the first ' investigation, tna Jnauca deciding the charges to be Incredible and unfounded. Subsequent affidavit, however, being " le. Dr. Moore was arrested again and hold to bait to await the action of the Grind Jury, which body found an indict ment against htm for conspiring to tour er. '.; V-- . T, niajvidjej Livingston with having swindled , Mir 'iUnuil bim by some unexplained means, out of 110,000 worth of property, which be. im agined he could recover if tha present possessor were put out of the way, Tbe efforts he made through a series of months to compass the death of Mr. Livingston, and the minuteness with whiqh be instroc ted his intended tools, evidence ndesper- t , . i.:k of PnrP? bu The witness es on Tuesday, were Wesley, the negro 'desperado,' a he styles himself, and Dr. Moore's own brother. Tbe young lady will probably be- examined to-day tf. Y. Tribune, Feb. 19. - r-"T. Jlilk. Many person imagine that tbe milk of cow isone of the most healthful of alt WUcIes, and yet it is a great mi take, except under certain limitation. By stout, strong, hardy, industrious out door working men it may be used advan tamiouslv fur breakfast and dinner, bnt. except in tea and. coffee, and now and then half a glass for breakfast or dinner. it is not a proper rticler or rood tor invs, lids, In many Instances patients have said to me : - i nea w do b uw . milk, but I thought it made uie biUoaSj and I have ceased usiug it altogether, This is the oommon-sonse observation of ordinary men one that, without any uieorv. auu araiust n utuito dice. lias"fTrced tlself iftwn the nttention.'.- lltiTt Jour, cf Health. S' . 4 ti - J $1 V. i- v 5 "71
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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