North Carolina Newspapers

1 1U"U jmi i'Ki'Kif t"i:. VtuM thr C kmlntim Dftnnnuf. COil il K.N Li; HUNT AT DAVlDhON - Mu. I-'urroit I A brief account of the uroceeding at the late 'commencement t l)aidao College may not be uninter esting to liiuuy -at vuf fvaUvrs, who feel a deep interest in llm prosperity r tin loitie msiiiuiioii. . ' There in no pleasure, we believe, more intense.'aud tit the same time profitable, than that afforded oo-the occasion of a literary fcMtivMJT-Ititoini in which per son from all the walk of lite love to re- vel; and wf which afford gratification to tlie olil as well at the yowngr-becamte of its purity, innocence and variety. We regretted for this reason that the number of visitors at we commencement wa nn Visitors aiiitj coiiiiiieiiceiitoiii was till- i , ., , w , .ally ..nail. We do. ,uAliUtflu ?rI?( A: "".T J',' r to have seen so thin no attendance if; ."" ,,f rk Wrtrict, b, The the part of the public within the last!1 l,t.1 ,t''' ,lulnfuru( brl JJ(' TcaU especially with .ward to tlle i Hreale add., to th claw Ihe Vale- 1141 ever on six years, especially with regard iu., ..-..ally the W.ot, with honor;'' c,0,7 Addresses were then delivered by it .aid, 4o ittitifj-btU cheerful pre-! Mr" )l,m" j; l)a'H- "f Ne Hanover ce Ihoir api.reciatiou a.'.d lo.e of the if,,u "l? . N V-, llicjr wt'ro ,d,.astu a"d Jadics, bo ounce weir appreciation Ut.A. ....1 .... I.lin r ulur.. i.wid.M.t t.. such a . r-r--- - "i occasion, a w: vi . a mcir wining- lie to encourage aitd pnnuotu tiium( W hatever may have beoi. the cause which contributed to thi. failure of attendance, a tru.t tl.ut (li.t.-IHli. f..r ri'tlllnl I.li.alin. and amusement, or even a cold inditfur ..r JL'iice to them, hud iiotliing to do u iih it f., . 7 . i i. We had the go.l fortune to. hear the Uac- calaureate Sermon, preuched before ihe itraduatiiiit-'cla. I'V iu reouest. on the excellent instruction and holdsmiie ad uuuition. We hone it will appear before tiM-l Sermon, rei the public. ' The public exercises of Coiiiuienceiiieiit j were ojK-ned on Wednehiy inoi nitig, ut 10 o'clock, wheu the anuivuisary of the l'hilaiilliropic Lilr.:rv Society was held. 1 lho valedictory was delivcroi 1 , v -Mr. I). J. Dvvane, and was followed by tliu lie spouse by Mr. M. II. Mcliryde, Irom i:..i. ....... i i i... i f IVkttlllUHU WUII.J. 1I,V JlVU'mint'iVV."! both thee young geiitleiueii were highly creditable to theni-lves and to tlie Soci ty they reireseiitel. The valedictory particularly, was remarkable f r the prac tical address with which It was handled, for it iiersm-cility. it aUNronnateiiess. and lho inaiilincs witli which it was de- livcrcd fter a short roue of hail' an hour, both the Literary Societies march d in procession to the Chapel, to hear the Address of their orator, .1 1!. Smith, bUt.t of Wiliiiingtoii. His theme was a noble one, "Ihe successful Scholar." He (Kiinted out the ditliculties which tie in hi path, their causes, and the means for removing them, and dim-oursed elo quently on the element which make ip tlie true and siicces-ilul student. The oration was marked with simplicity ,,f style, judgment ami good taste, mid ex hibited a degree of ri-M-.ucli w hich con vinced US that the Speaker wan, by tlie If irceof example, couiiot-iiding his sub ;ect to the euruent study ol every aspi rant of literal v and professional- llv. For more than one hour he secured the close atlentioii of a large and ajiprcciat ing audience. AV'e coiigratitlate tiie So civile on their happy selection of an ora tor fur thu uccasion. In the afternoon of the same day tiie Kuinelieaii Society held its anniv eri-arv meeting. Mr. I tank, of the gra dilating class, delivered an appropriate and tucii- in valedictory, .'le 'antin it vie, and plule with noble sentiment. T lie K spoiise by Mr. Towuseud, of .Marion ltis trict, S. C., wa also a huppy elfort, wor th of tho speaker and ihe occasion. W e regret that tlie Society was di,np- pointed, as well as the audience, at being. "leprived of tlie ciipected literary treat from Mr A. M. lg!e, of I av lor-ville ; we did not learn thecau-e of his absence. On the evening of the same day, the rep resentatives Irom tlie l.iterarv Nnietics lelivercd their orations before ahirgeiiil- dlence. The performances of theseyoung gentlemen were doubtless creditable -to the Socities thev represented, rufortii- natc'y (or ourselves, our situation would lot permit u to give heed to w lml they said with any degree of comfort, and therefore we cannot with fairness judge of the merit of the exhibition. We iiu dentood from others more fortunate than ourselves, that they all did well. The rest of tho evening we spent at least more ooinfortublv, hi very airrecablo so.-ietv contenting ourselves with g:7.in; into ; merry, laughing eye, and in listening to sweet tone and rich melodies. Thursday was commencement day; a the hour lu o'clock, a large procession, consisting of the student of College, Al umni, Faculty, Trustees, Ac, formed iu the shady grove at tho north end of the Campus, and headed by tlie Marshal and 14th ina.. kv ld ttuv. lir. Kirktiatrielt. . . . .. vv., cuiioinir me cioiiu liavu co luctMl uouu oe ai anv consiiieiaoio (iisiancc 1". ' J .... ,r . 'iitliil a new l.'.iiirititutii.n wi .. i.r nti.il .i....';.. "M. , . i :.i . . " . vu always ueeu oi ino ttf li larieston, . u. ill text was laKen , . , , , , . , i; '"B""" " siiiucieiiuy close proximity, 'ui uio zuinui oi me oosei ver, so as 10 i: i . i.,.... .i,,, i-. ... tint; i...i i n.i -for adoption by the Society at the next ii... . f ...i... ,i. ,.r J. 1. vi....l ..l.li,.....!.- ; u.fil "u wc k,,uw tl,t iryiu Mio ..., uo '.:.-. llIllllla .,....,,;,; V.- tru.i il,..r il... Jw . ..i .. .1 , , 7 "'.""""I? J-.,": " "v "i'i:'V";it would show tliat his retrain Irom giving an analysis ot . ... ..,.!) " i ii" , ; """i'or aim u.e tree electricity a ."ere.-oe, ... eery sue. -case a crica jji, with .'.eat honor to or the senium, for tear of trespassing up - . . ' . , ' v-v'.' eiimiuaies on ussuriace m tliu same man- !"i lwo or moie cmims, situaiir in u n.-riTir - on vour column. It is eiiom-h to sav ,""""!"!.:" ."v"''n College will c.iiie,la.r us u t,e conductor ol an electrical ! elevations, one below the other; and that ! A v StjItk. W e 1 il..t it ;,,, S..r,i...i.. r..i,!,i,iwiti. "Z?-1" "lr,rt. " ""c.a machine. The existence of nositivelv-tdee- sometimes the lowest of tho scries is not throiigli tie ure of Hit excellent band of music, marched tofaMj art tH.1L( ja Countrv"iii the world ; Conducting body ,-tho negative electricity .1. f. ii ... . mm - .i I i , ..... - - T. " . . ' io imeu v.lllipei. 1 ne cai-ilibcb i'i mv day Commenced with the inauguration of Prof. W. C. Kerr, lately elected by the Hoard to fill the chairof Chemistry, Min eralogy and Geology. The prayer was iffered by the venerable Dr. Iceland, Prof, of Theology in the Seminary at Columbia; M llin.n tl. I ...i.l i 1.. . .r.a.ui I'll llll.ll-.'U tl... r..n si. 1 ti r.1... iiiwiv l.r.lV.IIIII (111.1 .... . - V .,., at tlie throne of grace we have wd.loin hoard. The Latin Salutatory was tjien ilnlimiwl l,v Al II III. uurd l!:inli. 11I F.l Dorado, Ark. So far. as we could K.reeive it was a fair specimen of elegant .ois.icai composiuoii, uuu whs uen.eico with correct emphasis, iu a -graceful mid j 'l.sy style. The next speech in order , was the Philosophical Oration, by Mr. j Jas. ll. Emerson, of Selma, Ala. His Idiiioby was confined lo tlptars, but ; he led In hearer through infinite "space , .t-Lv: ,liMVJJZ.u :': an imiiression. the next speech was oe- livpri.il liv Mr TL,i .1 I '.. 11I. .v of Iredell .... . ..... .o, courity. Hi subject, "Extension ofTerthe idea "of appropriating the supposed , ury - was namtied in a dignim,. am. orthodox marine. Die next oration, on 4.W ir . - . , , .. , t. ' - : ' . Meuern urn. nv Mr. iimiiia. was a . Weat.' Wo u.'.,ni uirrv tc ion in n-na iliine i 111':. . T " ti 1 '. 1 ii , u .ic.ln.vn.l ,.ni,t..,n,.r wnlLu nir l;ilS,C1:.WR WL',J c,nS,V0,J' r't0T ! 1 " i !, ..nn racv and liimioroim Btiil'Hhn m.iil iiiBi. with "a-liicJi he was frequently greeted, iBBHIieU mat ho was the tavorito orator (il the ileilier as no iookb nnei o ... of the ly. 'tu conferring of degree t'm comer of Tt is eye. A method of so wasncxt In order- Four young geiitlu- j curing sales, which savir strongly ol w iiush received their. flrtwdccrvo. JTIieJcalily and the drop game,.. a h 1 Prwtrt.tf ,lWtthi.1tf !- '-".. '-' ' VOL. XIV. iSenatu Academicus nls'l' conferred the Liittiu uuu ' -"""'. "e orator, wo I ceivua I lie undivKleil atteuti whole assciiibhwe. His elocution wit, i -.. i i,r. ... i i , . oeai ing ...amy imu " T . - - ' ' - " . - ' ' ' unimiiii, 1 'I . , .,i i t ... ,..,. , i ... ...tt .i. ( - , ', 111141 I li. Mini l.'l.i... .ltuM...,l I.. ..!.... ....tl. , pleasure on ii,u (lelitfi. tin! repast with which t lev hui been enterlained Tlli -. - ,, .V. : . ..' .... iimooLiei, oi viumni met on Iliurs-; ! V, " ""' ' " -igai iize. vhickcoiitiiliiitci. to the i . illation and prorjivrily f Jttw alma inah T. I'ojiulatiuti ol 'China, Tl', iu mi rf'iiiifv u-itli ti-l,'h u .. li...,. 1- i ot the population of the Celestial Kmpire i i ... , .-, . . , ,. . arisc Irom thu tact that tln-,,;ily reliable lata on the .iiliject are derived from 1 IHll It 'Mlfl WITH III ll II li 11 1 II l llll ..rrnff ' .. .. .1 I . . .. . - 1 .. I I . . .. 'I ll ! sources so ancient that they pusiess but ! exercise upon it an inductive action, by little interest. The (Juttri r il l fUtU w l'ich its nalui ul electricities will be de raf lho Htl, lt., has an .interesting "' '!," clcL'tricit' Uf"Z , article on the subject, fro:u which we Meant that when the Knglish, at the time , " 'I attack ii I mil Canton under Aduiir- ai Seyiiiour, entered the palace . .. oi i lie i viceroy, they found, among ..thcr curious ...yi. , o..,, ..,u. ..,li,..,e,...u.....eu by the rrcin h t.tveminent m the cu- toms, Tableau (ieiieral,) on foreign com- merce, or ujioii any other br.nicli of the ' public service. , - . .. i. ..i l ..;....!.... : : .... i 1 his hook, published hi tiie Ciincse Ulll''ll.l it the imperial printing otlici at l'ekm, wai entitled, "Vic o tiie l'op- latioti of China a lid its colonies, accord ing to the census taken by vrdur of the Sublime Kmperor Hien l'i ling, and ill the furth year of his reign, l-s':.'." The Kmperor Hieii-Koiing is the presen't reign ing monarch, and the census which he I lien ordered is more recent by thirty-two years th.'in tliat executed under the reign ot h i.i- i nr. During this peri id the population of ('limit hiis coiisiderald V in- i-re.iseil. Ill IM.ill aillnllllleil lo .lil. In iiiioooo; j,, s.-,;, jt -went up to .',i.iion,- mi.); nnd there is in, exaggeration in jx. i,ng tlie number in lv"'7 ut 4oii,iihi,00ii.. Tnere is. savs tne above journal, in this Kmpiru an Hglomeralioii of population ol which no idea can ue given, l lie pro vince of Kian-Smi contain o7,in)(i,(iilii souls; that , of (rati-lluvup. ;!t,iHo,(liHI ; Ki.uiif-Si lias :;i i,i an i,i mo ; Ciiiiiig-Toiing, ihioii Tchi Li. L's.lHiii.iluii ; J loupe, JT.ooo.oihi ; llo Nan. L'o.joii.ooo. There are in dilfereiit provmres m-veral cities with a population varying jOU.IMIil to l.iiiHi.ono iiiliiihiliiiits, itnd lilliiieroiis vil lages eoiitaiuilig 2.),."idli s.,i!s. I his excess of population eliLreiiders ,i1(, d.-. -iitatiii.' orWaniation which are , timiaiiv i.illa-iu- the country, and create, ih.W. fe.irluf swarms of in'dividu- u"'1 "'-' ''i'arges due to contact, the torni al, without home or resting-place tt h ol the cluiids, and the state of the u.ter arc ever rc.idv for adventure, aild prove ; veiling atmosphere. the s,-.,ui i the large cities o the coast. , " ' evident, therefore, that an eleetn- Thcre is in. country in the worldwhc.e ' Cf' evplosioiimay take place between two contempt for h.iinau life' is earf iSkjo , -'londs, whether they are both similarly such rev olt,,,., extremes, of which Si. i electritlel,or .pp.iitely electrified, or one other pivot is iu-aded than the fact tlutt; l ekctrillcl ind lite other in its natural some, years Alice the Mandariiiigoveruors j state. ; .-i i i : ,. i-:. .. i ,. .i i :.. :.. r ........ i:.... ;ot tins pro inecs ol icliy-l.i.oi ixiiing-.en, ( Si ,.,,.: , .ii,, I ,,1' Telie-K inn", in ' order to check in some measure the in-) a discharge will take place between the crease of population, commanded the ' clouds and the earth when the former ap poorer clas-es to drown their infants in proach the earth within such a distance twenty-four hours after their birth. This that the force of tlie' electricity shall revoltiii" order w as carried into cxecu-' overcome the resistance of the surround- tioti. ' - The proportion between the two sexes in China is .advaiilaiieuusiv oeveiopeu, ill which -the wnmeintro more -y rimiin, ; t tne eartii may lie oxpecieu lo no most : it follows that the population, instead of j intense at mountain summits. Clouds ! being checked or diminished, will con- being, in general, charged with positive t i it no to increase in a progression undo- electricity, an attraction will, couseqiieut ' fined by all the know n laws of mortality . J yt be exerted upon them which, conspir- ( .;iic;i. ; . ... The last dodge to 'siTlb. ready niiidc clothing has been intnidiiced by some of the lialtimore dealers. I hey place 111 the l.altimoro dealers. I hey .place 11. .0 two CU,U are similarly electrified ; toJe located in region where these phe the coat pocket an .ddportn.ounaiest..Iled;t)t,y rt u c,u,u othor auJ their-ap- uoinena prevail, will have it in their pow wHh paper : a customer comes along in-j cU ,(c fj eoltrarv Cllrrents er to contribute to the real advancement iiiiiiiii" lor a vestment. Ihe dealer, it - . . , .,..,. " ,. ,, 1 ... , . . .... ,, , ..( s,1" . , ,. , .', ;ot be judges his customer to bu 01 me rigni , stripe, .(! essaying Aeveral coats, at last say: "Here is a coat made for a gen-1 tle.i.an-d.e wore it one day and sent it bHc Ah it is list ate-hke it was made lr - ' .: - .ir' - .8 bhuo i .. -t"":?Vi ooiiiv. 1 lis- -iiuiir iii.ii inn it. woi.v,. n..... 1. 1 1 . .- . 1. : .. .1 1...1 ...it 1. ' ",, . - : "Ij.Z : .coat was f tie eargerly ask. J ne oca . 1 . , .. .......I b. ...... I ler iiaiiten boom iuhiiu oin...- ... , I'll tkg 1 ' 1 . 1 - .1-1. . .1 :.. it. IS the (MUCK milV. 1UM money uirriedlv with his supposed prize stopping to hear the suppressed1 chncklo , I, iv. 'I! .'';:' ".---' - t'OMMON THI'XDER-ILOIDS. It igenerully agreed that theXijnnation of clwud i due to the partial condoHba- titli, in the upper region of tho air, of the vapor which have exhaled from the surface of the earth. This condensation iiiav be ettueleil liv anv i-miut u- l.w li hhl i.-li..i. ra. i ' i ' . I of the'd -'T ,""Ul," ut 'lrat..re, and 1 . 1116 1 1", probably, in mot case, the vonse - ,.,1,. ; t.... , i ""Alu"- vuiieniB mi lr, charged with v,,r, ,,d having dif.; f-e,.t tempera.uies.. The positive elec- riCUV WlllL'll riCOll Mill) lliH .1 1 1 M. ..1 ,1 1.. i - ;. .1 .... - i . . . . uii uiij uiwr, inn wlucti auuieuts in intensity, an the iieioht ii.-i.,.- t,. rl i. i .. . . i i i to which observation is extended, is collected in the clouds thus ; tunned ; and when the dobules or vesi - ftKl.ititi-i.lv..' , tl-,c., tlUU(ls j. therefore. ea,llv coneen- ed. ' ' ' If the electroscopic observntimi which indicate negatively-electrified clouds be 1 rightly interpreted, and the existence of such Clouds he admitted, several by pothe-j i . I....... i i . ... i .i "-- uueii iiiiiiiuneu to explain ineiii. : il tt cloiiil ill its liatuii cmr0j iitural state, or feebiv ' with positive electricity, up. ! proach another cloud strom-ly cliai "ed ; with the same electricity, the latter will negative Hiinl being accumulated at the 1 nearest part. If. under these djrMim- ! stances, the most remote liart be iu stances, the most remote part be iu c iiu-t u-itTTiT;,'. i.lFFi m ir,.iii,i I... ...;ti. I , : 1 ..,.....1 Ihe summit of a mountain. lor example. the positive electricity wiil'escupe.to the I-""-- t.a.t)1) a,I(J c!()U wil, rtjI1J4jI tllar.j with negative electricity. 1 If any cause disengage this cloud from1 contact with 'he earth, it will limit ill the atmoepere llii"rKi 11,1 example .of a negatively- electntied cloud. If two clouds, one or both of which lire charged with electricity, approach each other, the same phenomena mit be evoived a when two conductors, one or both of which are similarly charged, come together. - If it happen (a circiiinitance against which the chances are inlinitc,! that the ipiantilics of Iree electricity with which they are charged have the game relation as they would have when tho clouds are in contact, then their approach and suliscipiciit contact will cause Ho change in their electrical state save what would be due to inductive action. Their charges after contact will be the same as before, no electricity passing from either to the other. Hut if their electrical charges have not this particular relation, then a ' distribution i electricity will be the couseipience of their mutual approach ; that which has less positive electricity than the condition of contact require will receive the deliciency from the other, and this chaMge will be effected by an explo sion betoro tliu actual contact of the clouds, in the same manner as the elec trical C'piilibriiim of two conductors is estaldisiii-d by the transmission of the spark before contact. The distance at which the explosion will take (dace, and and its force, will depend on many cir cumstances, such as tlie difference be l''11 -'"'al charges ot the clouds, i .- un- gunum is, iiyt (ii(, iK.giiii.i-- Iv. and tho clouds iiositively electritied. ing air. Since free electricity accumulates in great intensity ut prominent points of a in.' with the attraction ot gravitation, win draw them round such summits. Tip.' mutual approach of two clouds op positekVelectiiliod is promoted by the at traction duo to their electricities: but air luissiug through strata 01 1110 airiot I1()S)lluro.lt dilfereiit elevations, bv which ' l(J cloJs af0 brought -one under the 1 (1)eI. - observed at Turin iu ' observaUons bein- almost 1 : ..c.i.:. ..i.:i. 1...- 1...;....' 111 iserv Hi 11 mis (i: i ii is ihi i itinii nici itiiui: f this philosopher being .'J!'"! . imited to the lowcr.nrface ol tho clouds, o has obtained some accounts ol Prior surface, Irom the military 1 , ... . , : .. . .1 :i: engineers euipioveo 111 uiu 11 iouoiuuu 1- rii siirvev. ami w 10. iieinir niacen ai ei- . . r. ..1 ... -11 -. . - evated statnms on tlie l-vrenees, were i ii'tml,UKl to vt,erve tU superior surface 01 lie HI ram 01 cuius suuaieu oeiovv . ,. 1 1 1 . thenf. From the reports of these officers, and especially those of MM. Peytier and rosjHjndenco between tho upjer nmljow-J liossaru, 11 appear mai mere, is uu tm- ! i v. t.J ' '.' -; . ; """" ,'.-.; SALISBURY, K. C, JULY er Biirlace f a stratum of thunderclouds; that when the inferior surface is perl'ectly even and level, the superior surface will be broken into ridet nnd protuberances, rising- upward to j?reat altitude, like the i surface of tho earth in un alfiiio district. 1 1" time of rat; heat, such strata were o iscrvctd kikIiIimi! v tn im-ihI iniu-nni i i i . . , . ;tiue i eiiauteii, ana tlie Iijilowiuaarnvie vertical cones, which, stretching ...to!frolI, Vorlt iVme tella Z ditter- 1 higher repions of tlieir, established, by , t , i ! !.,.: .....l....,;.... ..A i......:...:i ...v-.. F..i;,, n.. jjfLu.wi communication between .trata of the at- mos.ihere at very different height. This H llllOH Til 1 ff WMH f'-lier:ll V It ISI'I'Veil (l i i .i . . . . . e J " 1 precede a lliuiioer-stonii. i Franklin. SmisMire. and most othnr' !....,,! . f i .i . .1 i . meteorologists, have agreed that thunder "ever proceeds from a solitary, iso n hi icb'tid. I raiikhn states, that if a thunder- far removed from the surface of the earth, Sanssi.ro slates that he never witnessed 'lightning to proceed Iri.ina solitary cloud. In ubservatioiisoii the Col ,- (iniiit, when a single cloud, however dense and dark might lie, was seen upon the summit, r .. tl.,ii..t.... ..... ........ i I ... ; . i. " ' " --' ,,i;m i.i-m,c ii..i,i 11 i ''ut whenever two strata of two such clouds were formed, one below the other. or clouds ascended from the plain and iiiiroacu mai coiieeieil roim the sum by a uiit, the encounter was attended storm ot thunder; hail, and rain. Such is the negative testimony of Franklin and Saussiiro against the l.ict of "lunoer proceeding Irom solitary ennuis, IVankliii is even more circuiutaucial m-I11'"" saussiiro, and maintains con-!1'111" Saussiiro, and maintaiiis thaMliun tml liever hriiceei liumaiu satenc oud io e a ciolui 't't grtat maguitiide, below which are i . , , , , . , placed a series of smaller cloud,, ideiiti- eany in laci, wiiu me auocuuious Clouus oi Leccaria. Negative evidence is, however, not conclusive against a fact, unlest the wit ness be actually present at the time ami I Ifhicc of its alleged occurrence, lliy-1 the j eminent philosophers above mentioned consulted the records of science, their per suasion of the impossibility of thunder issuing from a single cloud would have been shaken. It is related in a memoir of the academician Jarcoiv of Toul ouse, tiiat on the -.'th of September, 174", thcjhuavciis being generally cloud less, :i single small cloud was seen, from which thunder rolled and lightning is sued, by which a J'emalo .by, name lior denare was killed. In his meteorological observations made Deiiaiiivilheis, Diihauiel de Mom call re lales that on thu o'Jth of July, 17dl, at half past live, A. M., in bright sunshine and a clear sky, there appeared a small dark solitary cloud, from which thunder and lightning proceeded, by which an eliu-tree near the chateau was stricken, Similar observations of lightning hav- ing issued, followed by thunder, from soli-' tary clouds, have been recorded bv Herir-!. man and by Oaptaiu llossard. already mentioned. M. Duperrv, who comnianjej the French ViIkV, relate that being in the straits of ljoinbuv. in November, lsls I he saw a small white cloud in a clear sky, 1 reigns iu the other. While the people of from which lightning issued in ail dirCc-l' Minnesota have entered their homestead tions. It ascended slowly in the heavens ' on the public lands properly, the Mor in a direction opposed to the wind, ami mmis have ignored the I'nited States sur was at a great distance from all other j veys, -and bought and sold the soil, pre cloilds, whicn appeared to be fixed upon cisely as if they held the same by origi the horizon. Tins cloud was round in its nal right of proprietorship. Judge Don form, and did not exceed the apparent gl 's. m his speech upon th MVihVns, at magititi.de of tlie sun. Zigzag lightning Springlield,, lib, states that nine tenths of issued from it. followed by thunder which resembled the irregular discharge of inns- ketryjlom a Uattalliou comiiianded to tire it pleasure., ibis phenomenon lasted for; natural enough. .1 w 1 vek Jwjirero. about thirty seconds, and the cloud com-v i plctely disappeared with the last detenu-'"" A late number of .the New York 'ions. 'Tribune has the following: "Sixteen Such arc the evidences on the question I murders have, been perpetrated in this whether tne presence and proximity of a 'city since the first of April, about which plurality of clouds be essential to the de- tiino tho whole army of velopemeiit of the phenomena of thundei J grog-sellers bade defiance to any legal aiid lightning. The analogies offered by ! interference with their desolating traffic, common electricity favor the supposition , There have been at least twice sixteen that two or more clouds are essential ; and for this very reason the greater should be the caution forrcceiving the Jesrimoiiy of observers. It is diffeult for those whose j minds are prepossessed by theory to ob-lj serve and record bids and appearances , as they are; there is a disposition some-1 nines pernnps oiien 10 see mem as 11 , is supposed they oinjht to fr; and coiise-' cjiiently the testimony ot the ignorant is j account practice those vices which can-1 I" landers ever indulged 111 toiiler pro frequently'more desvrving of attention 1 not be named in respectable language ;' fanity, than this mere child. Wherehe than that of the better informed, l'e this five thousand great and small gamblers ! had learned so to ..profane the name of us it mav, the subject is one well worthy ! prev upon the credulous and the inl'atua-1 the Deity, we.know not ; but if he has a ot iittenjion, and all persons, who hap science, l.v carehillv and accurately noting down what passes above them. nioro effectually than those who with greater pretensions attempt to build up theories, which, at best, can have no ,.th- .;,,. (,f dassilymg facts and guiding observer to the fittest 5 "'' Ri.i.M - .v.it. v . 1 1..., if. , hi no is i e.isous i i.i v; o. v -n .i.-nii; 1 k .. -i the terrible outbreaks 111 New 1 01 k the 4th and oth msUs, w hich ascribes j plainly to the circulation and iutbibitio,, '..t... 1 1:1. :n 1 . 1 . . sTr.: in uuu iiuu, k iucii v iniiiions imu jmmsou- oils compou 111 is vcmieu ai 1 11 110 less mail , .,' , - ., citivn lwimnul uniiKing juaccs in ine me- tropolis .and immediately surrounding towns. ri every narrei 01 tins iiiuainniu t .1 .... .1 . ... and maddening stuff contains, according to Uie Imlian's estimate, 'liftv'iplarrels :nd j ton immlors it is onlv wonderful tliat Jtlio 1 fata!ri ty .m Ncff .1 urLvaSL su. juujJuI.., I v ..it r I V1 $itm$mX """"" -' .7 , 283857. AKIZfsA. n,.r ..v.. I, .,.... Vn.t'1, f..n of the ratitication of fWtreaty Dy (ien. Gadsden, the nurchuse wU IWjttled and I treatment for 1 miuitied, and tlie UeneraT-'inet roii''li .: v... : fv. - . . . ., . , , I . . w ,,..( ,., . ,.t . . . ,,f i ,,. in-Z Z-U. . .ZZ. " V, U l Z " " " ' V,reSu.lic-e tiea " ia.js- i . " . ' ...J -. .i , uen. aim oroillico i inieu ties witiuno la:e Secretary of Slate, but the uublic have "uer yei Known wny lie was recauea. if ,,- incoml)tttii,u ' iili the nubile in- : t.,l-..r m II l.t. .....,,1 t. I. ...... 1r..lt. terest, we would be pleased to hear irom the late minister on the subject. We , i ,. .. .1 J -! .1 ... impression mai history of Ins diplomacy mission had been himself: lave been pas- 'old, which ought, according to the natural order ot 'h.ngs, to have toltowed and not preeede'd the era ot silver. Lut the day d the pale face among the precious metals is about to dawn. Our Kl Dorado has be come an old affair, and now wo are about to receive an Argentine sister into our Kepubli'c. Thetioid State is likely to have as a companion a Silver State. The projected Territory of Arizona is re ported to be as richly endowed with sil ver mines us California is with gold dig gings. The (iadsdeti Purchase, if all the reports from that quarter should prrtve true, will be almost as valuable an addi tion to our territory us California. The Illinois, on her last passage, brought among her freight several packages of .Bo 1 1 1 ii oiii in. ii sui'i so er from that siippoi-.ud deoert, whicb- , are represented as very i ich. Those ores were from the vein lately ' oiieueU and occupied by the Sonora J-.x- plormg and Mining Company, and were forwarded by the manager of the Com pany in Cincinnati. The late discoveries - of silver in the (iadsdeu Purchase, it is said, are attract ing much attention iu California. Some of the mines are represented as very rich in silver, and the proprietors are only waiting for government to protect the in habitants ot tho Purchase from the de predations of the Indians to enter exten sively upon mining operations. The Gila Kivcr copper mines are about being work ed by a company formed in San Francis co, and there is every probability that a region of country which lias heretofore been regarded as utterly valueless, will piove one of our most productive mineral possessions. What iiik Mokmons Have Dunk. The ' fact that Utah lerritory has been . orgaip j ized nine years, and has an estimated population of from tiO.WO to 7j,W, and that in that time, not an acre of land has been bought from Government, while in Minnesota, organied at the same time. niiliions of dollars have been paid into the Treasury by ihe settlers for the lands which comprise their farms and home steads, speaks volumes. Civilization reigns in the one territory, and barbarism them are aliens, who have re! Used to be naturalized. With the result of evehts such a population, in such a cohmy is attempts at murder, besides violent ai saults and ii 1... 1.. h'.i.t ..oi,-.,,. ,.,.Mikini plaint, hope vanishes aim lie sinks: ', - etlent. Ten thousand hardened and i . . -. hopeless female outcasts swarm the streets i ut night ; two thousand children, under! the guise of pedler, from the ages of ten to sixteen, penetrate every public build- i n,.' store and otlice 111 the city, to be". steal, spy lor burglar and on their own , ted, -sranuing all day at me doors ol their, dens in Rroadway, as w ell know 11 111 per-: son and profession as the mayor himself; ' . ' 1 1 - 1.1 ... 1 .. . . ten thousand lazy, druukeii, thieving , tuing man a curse an. 1 a suamei so unig short-boys, swill -boys, killers, roughs, and as his lips utter blasphemies. The swear rovvdics of other mime lounge .111 the i er, however proud or elegant he maybe iiiu-ciirscd corneis of tho streets, making' however elevate., hi sec a! p. .ion day disgusting, night hideous, and travc-l 'ha. notiiing t.f the true gci.tleman in his dangerous to all who can be suspected of nature, and the ha'.-' of the Divinity will having respectability or money ; thou- never, consecrate his achievements, sands of emigrant swindlers, mock 1111c- ' EeJ no boy indulge in profanity, in the tioiieers, lottery dealers, policy-backers, 1 iick-pock.cts, ball thieves, burglars, whin f-' rats, area-sneaks, pimps, and vainpyre. practice tiieir knaveries as openly and with as little fear of punishment as tho' thev were engaged in the most virtuous mil legitimate of human pursuits'. The .well-mob of London, tlving from thoJ iigus ev es of a real police, and the un-t .... l,, . ., ,,l.. i'..l V .u...vo. .c.o, vt ., . ,.,,..ato, e.ra- 'triated by the bullet mid tho hemp of ...v ..-..i ...... ... I,... v-,,,1 .ill.... in, vilt... nr.. ii, ..tie. here ith open arms, paiade oftr streets under not only the toleration but the pro- tccuH ana pursonai inonuMiip oi me iiwliwdrrj' ulir.ptimury..,A:kaiii-.aiisl. i i 1 t - A f .. " v '"' anH f)r cnrtlp irrlf. ',".. f-v- NU3IBKR 0. , ... V- fill hi.'h place on tnr nolmnatmir cnm "iittee, (!. On every l.and we have vice, i 0IIU V ItIJ) Utl4 at.ien or : crime, vice. crime, vice, rwn' a"d be ' garyv What a picture. AMOTlIKlt EXCTTKMKM IS KA.N- SAS. . 1 in sight of most ot the members, at the Ihe town of Doniphan, in Kansas, a'Ker yr Hopkins, one of the plantiug thrown intfi & aLitA nf ivciri.itient itu tliu i - i- .i ,' i . ? :. . T . .. , otu instant, in conseuueiice 01 a iraca between Cant. John U. Uovd. formerly of South Carolina, and Ca.t Mitchell, f I L.. 1 i.lj sl'l.- !..... ; ' utu. juu kto .ire , appears, took exception to a portion of ...... j former, and sent hun a challenge-to fight U 1.1111:1 Willi 1UUSKCIB UL II II IIBUtll, .. ,i..,.i ...:.i i.,..,, ... r.,..i 'l i... The challenge was accepted, the parties met, and were about to tire, when the civil oljicers arrested them. A letter say : While the attention oi' the pro-slavery tiart v was directed t the affair between the belligerents, the frec-soiler took thir- v-o(;.u oi men muMvii uviu .synod.-- iliey eoukl see nothing else house not far below the hotel, and arne u;jof billing else; and for a while them to a tree-soil boarding house beyond e wav t0 ,luc0ntrollable langh- ticu. Lane's mill. As so.ju as tWb f' ttf, in which' no one joined so heartilT became known, the pro-slaveryj party t)l0 discomfited siieaker. Ilarvet sent a committee to deiiiuud the festora-1 2Iaqa 'tM tioii of the guns. The frec-soiler refus- j ed to give them up. The pro-'slavt-rv ' party fold them they would give theiii j IMPORTANT TO GRAIN DEALERS until two o'clock next day to return them, i HOW TO KILL WEAVIL. and if thev were not then returned, thev J . would come and take them. " I The latest French paper contain an Runners were then sent out to the I important statement of certain expert countrv by both parties for reinforce-! nell, ,uaJo to ascertain that an tethetica ments'and small suirads came flocking (tl,e sohstanccd, snch a ether, cloroform, iu from all rinarters, thoroughly prepared which are used to stupity pattanta for battle. Night came on, sounds still 1 previous to undergoing surgical .opera coiitiniiingtoco.uein. The storm of war ""';) l,a.ve tl,e destroying all was lowering and portentous. General k,,ld(1 of "18t!CU on to the preserva Wbillield deem it proper to send un ex-'tion of grainsl Lxperimente on a larga press to Gov ernor Walker7TioV.r7.ilnlZTTi.n wale were made at Algiers by order of .1...:. 1...... t 1 - I of the condition of Uiimr. and to send:"'6' Miuiaterl of War ; and AI. Uojere the rcords of the land office to Fort Lea venworth for safe keeping. Just at dark the free State party agreed to bring their muskets to Capt. Dunning, and were soon stacking them in front of the hotel. The leaders of both parties ' fc, then promised to observe tlie p iserve the peace. It was half-past nine o'clock when there was a general dispersion -ind quiet was again restored. The - uijght before not a citizen of Doniphan had slept an hour. Gen. Lane boasted, after the trouble was over, that on the hill above his mill he had counted of his forces 250 able bodied men 'at ten o'clock the 'flight before, and that he could have 500 that night if ne cessary. Gen. Ege, Into of Maryland, took an active part in restoring peace. Captain Mitchell is the same man that Titus gag ged when a prisoner at Iecomptoii. He is a carpenter by trade, and went to Kansas-froin Covington, Kentucky. The freesoilers, It appears, refused to join with the pro-slavery men of Doniphan in the celebration of the 4th. Captain lloyd, in his oration,-referred to this fact, and this is what offended Captain Mitch ell. " A WIFE'S POWER. The power of a wife fr good or evil is 11 I CSISU U1C. 1LOII1C IIIUSl IIU lllO DCUL IN , -. , i , . .- , . huppiness, or it must be unknown Unev-1 er. A good wife is to n man wisdom and courageTand strength and endurance. A bad one is confusion, weakness, : r. .:,.).. II . i. .!. ...... ..r- comfiture and despair. No condition is hopeless w here the wife possesses decis ion and economy. They; is no outward prosperity which can counteract indo lence, exliavaganee, mid fully at home, i v. I i .1 .1 ..,.,;. :., o souks (.(111 (.HIIIIU O.lll UlilllCBUl, ill- tluei.ee. Man is strong, but his heart is not adamant. He delights i.i enterprise - . . . . 1 . lino - li . lllll III MIISIll I I 11 1 11 ill. I n it i s ... I ....: ... I,... . . . I 1. ..... I u tranquil mind, and a whole heart. He if- i - .i .1- , . nceils Ins morn fo ret in the eo nllicts of .1 l l T . l.: i mo wuiiu. -iu iceovei ins ei. uitn 1 uiii v . , . i . i " I and composure, home must he to him a1 .,i.. ..f I i .! ',"..! I Liiauu oi iiiiubi;, oi iiciee, ( ueci i u I ucos, oi r 1 ... 1 . . . comfort; and his soul renews its strcnth again and goes forth with fresh vigor to encounter the labors and troubles of life. Rut if at home he finds no rest, and is there met with bad temper, sulienness or! gloom, or is assailed by discontent or j mf.i .1 lnto "esl):ur' Iroanlli.,- Profanity in a child is a. terrible thing. We encountered a ladlt. ridcr on the white horse shall overtake some six or eight years old, on the street ,me oiner tiav who was swearing icrriiuv at a companion ; no one 111 " the aruiv in one 111 " ilged ill .1. i t r I .- . 1 .. ... 1. ' uioviier who joves mm, nun uiuuei w 110 choi jshes great hopes for his future, we pity them. Their boy can never be any- 1 hope to acquire an iippearanee of manli ness for the good and the true will re gard 'him a blot on ' God's lieautiful earth, and will shun him as a pestilence. Wherever he mav wa!k,'-and the (lowers will wither under his tread, and hi mem- o''.v W'H be iu the hcarts-of thing forever. :j; ..ikj,-: men a bitter 4.4MI r HI . wrlriiiiii u tuniitur Id every !! Ik the ht'.immjf approach Of ft g1"1 itttlnrej face. Ah fin ul a mtiivhiiie. lake warmtb to impart, I a gMM.l ni u red wiTil 1 rwitfr ft4 MMrs4 Wr4.- j '1 l,e .n'in..l , ken'; .h v w :t3 iu Boiion. ,'lhe subject (A' raising tho sulurie of cer I tain T-'rofetsore was under tiisensdiou. iTlie llev, Jlobert J. l.'iecki'nride, D.D- (of whom hi nephew, tho V.ice-President of the United, States, said, " If Uncle Ro bert had, been appointed to a command : in Mexico, they would have been fight ing till this time 1" was on the floor, tna king a speech in opposition to tho me sure. IthadJjceQ said tliat uiiuister. of lii;li stamling and large means, clothed iu line linen and faring nimptuoitsly ev err (lay, did not sympathize with thoaa whoe salaries are small. Tu this Dr. IJreckimidge was replying. lie scooted the idea that niiuisters lived for money, or desire the luxuries of the world Aa for himself, he challenged any man" to say that he lived more frugally than bim- -eif. drawing Inmseir up to but full - n .."i;,,,,,;, '., , i, rf;suiavea l.ia orooortions. and exclaim: V.. a'... .1 . A to me Due linen, it there u a man oh this floor who dise8'mTJfe"'prainl than I do, I offer to exchange clothe with him this moment." Directly in front of the Moderator, and cicrgj;. unori, mien sei, aim rvrauu i....,i, .... ;.., ,...aa r u ' TJ 7...? . ::..rrT 'O , ' n,.t .. .. . .. . '. king a contrast with the tall and courtly I v i.titnlf inn ltnT tlin iiroiwMitiiin Ih.wan icJutlles Jia,j ,arU y escapea tlie lipOI tno antitil tu.fnrt fr,.l ;, . r,Li lim. ' ' ' . . . . p . self out of his seat and on hi feet, and cried out, " Mr. Moderator, I'm his man !" The effect was instant and tremendona. The image of lireckinridge, with hi long arm and leg protruding from llopkio'a toiripi.rv wim itn before rha fren tif thu V r.ni i -r .. -y . state a the resnlt, that two grammes of cloriform petj metrical quintal of wheat are sufficient to destroy every insect in the silo (corn pits hermetically closed. I'., .", 3 l,l ' .1. common ootu in .Algeria auu naiyjm mm of our. da'8'... 1 'Ve Sram,ne ,of i "utpuret ot caroon wm eileci ue same m iwcniv-iour uours. .oi oniy me insocia. but even the larvic inside the grains are completely extirpated ; and the grain, after being shoveled four or five times in the open air, does 'not retain a trace of the operation. Cattle will eat the barley tJiu, treated while still infected with the 'odori"and withont any injurious effect. It is well known that grain lying in heaps produces a considerable developement of which it must be shoveled two or three times a day. M. Doyere has remarked that grain treated with ana-thetics doea not evince the same tendency ; he is nevertheless of the opinion that his expe riments are not sufficient to establish this its a positive fact, and, therefore, recom mends that further trials be made. Tne Rev. Dr. Bellows, of New York, recently delivered an excellent address on mirth, iu which ho remarked : " For mv part, I sav it in all solemnity ' I have become sincerely suspicious of . . . ... I 1 . I 1 the piety ot those who do not love plea- t - , . . ..,r 1,1 ' I cannot trust the man 1 1 lilt IUiVer laughs ; that is alays sedate dis-itl,;lt Ih. apparent outlet for natural splines hi open (i ciicos aim mvii kiM are perennial in the human soul. I know that nature takes her revenge on such violence. I expect to find secret vices, malignant sins or horrid crimes springing up in tins noi oeu in this hot bed of confined air and ... . , , . ! "''l'nsoued space; and therefore any ' "i'"0 " "'uu'",3'. tu 8L'e "cent 1 . .1 ...... .. ..,., to. . I ,,. ii 1 'i r iMiinamiianla M. Isisting the religions bigotry that frown SO i inc. la. 1 1 (a alio uuiiumi .... m. v i ... I I .1 ..... I. ... i K ' unvv iseiv i pon iiiem. xuviiuii is uov- . - 1 . . . . !..,!. .1...H il-irlr il...i(t llliloionv tiociill lifn ? . , - , , a firev to ennui from un mitigated pnn- - . . . e ,. r taiiisin, whose second crop is usually un- i .. ,. o I1P11U1..1 I....IWI. mill ifituiiiiins to! v. TJJE CLEFT OF TIIE ROCK. 1 The following is a specimen of Mr. purgeon's exhortations to sinners. Yes, death is ever after me and thee. Ah, run ! run '. run ! but run as thou wilt, thee. If thou canst escape him seventy vear. he will overtake thee at last. Deatli Is riding ! Here, hij horse comes I hear his snorting. I feel his hot' 'breath; he conn. ! he conies ! and thou must die ! l!lT, WlCtvF.P MAN,. WHAT COMES AFTKU- w un, ' Will it be heaven or hell! O. . . .. ,f lt i,0 ilM til!lt ls after thee, where are thou vvjien thou art cast away from God I , 1 prav iliod deliver vou from hell ; h is coming alter you, sure enough ; auu ir ybu hav e no hiding-place, woo unto yon. See yon that- cleft in the rock, see that cross, see that blood ! There is security, and only there. Thy works are but a Useless incumbrance; cast them away, and with all thy might tleo to the moun tain with "Nothing in .my .Kinds I bring, Simply to tl, v cross 1 eiui." Veil, more than this, you will need di vine aid, even iu coming to Christ , - .. 1 ... "f, fey .this no strou gth lmvu I, My 4'iViiglh is at thy fart to lie." i hit, p.Kir helpless one, if thou art but' ' hidden in -Christ, all is secure. StorUis j may arise, tint you can i.'t be overwhelm ed ; ojd I'm ire' may blow until hi cheeks j do burst, but' not a bre.uh of wind -can 'injure you; for in the cleft of the rock j yon shall be hidden' until the Vengeance jia ortrpdst, .