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TIIOJIAS L9RING, Editor and Proprietor: BENJAMIN I. HOWZE, Associate Editor. ONS DOLLAR Per Annum, invariably in Advance. WfLMIN GTON , fEiDAY,NOVEMBER 1 , 1850 VOL. 4- NO. 11. ' ADVERTISEMENTS, ''ex rm'trd extent, win beiinserted m the Weekly 1 square, 2 months, 82,00 do. do. do. 3 do. 2.50 &J- ' j i no do. 3 do. 1 month, 1,23 6 do. 1 year, 4.0U 6.00 If an adver ruemcnt exceed ten lines, the price wiil P .Ue.nenis are payable at the time of their lasernon. atviwf tnfSortPA n the WttMu Cintrcial arc entitled to on Weekly, free of charge. . f 1..: i nrc entitled to one insertion in the Tri- A ROMANTIC -INCIDENT, THE BOATMAN'S DAUGHTER. During the year 1814, while the allied ar concentrated about Paris, the fol- lowin" remarkable incident, possessing all the j ;ti.rStof romance, occurred. It is sHetly ; jrue and the parties ard still living: A young lieutenant offdragoons was enga ged with three or four Ijungarians, who. af ter having received several smart strokes from his sabre manajedj to send a ball into u;, chnnhlt-r. to fierce his chest with a thrust i'. m In nr.p.. n mi to leave him for dead on the b.rik of the river. Un trie opposite siuo mi -thitream. a boatman and his daughter had . been watching this unequal ligni w;in tears of desperation. lat wlf at could an oiu un-j-rmed man do, or a pretjiy child of sixteen ? However, the old soiuierj ior sucu me uuat m;inwas had no sooner seen the officer fall ! from hi is horse than he and his daughter row-j t vigorously towards the other'sidc. Then when they had deposited the wounded man in their boat, those jwortny people cross- cd the river again, but kvith laint hopes of : reaching the military hospital in time. '-You have been very hardly treated, my boy," said the old guardsman to him; "but here am I, who have gone further still, and come home." The silence and .the fixed attitude of Lieu;. g showed the extrerric agony of his paiiVsf. ami the hardy boatman soon discovered that the blood which was gathering about the ttourid on the left side would shortly termi nate his existence. He turned to his youth ful daughter -'Mary," ifie said, "you have heard me tell of my brother; he died of just such another wound as this here. "Well, now, j had there oid v been somebody by to suck the ; hurt, his life would havO been saved." Th'e boatmaii .then landed, and went to fjok tor two or three soldiers to help him to carry the officer, leaving his daughter in charge of h'un. The girl looked at the suffer it for a second or two. What was her cmo- tioa when she heard him sigh so deeply ; not i th;u Ife was resigning life .iii the firt tlovverot f his aire, but that he should die without a mo- - kT3 ; . therk kiss. "My mother.! my dear, dear inotner : . ne saia. i uic wummi Her woman's heart to d her what he' would ! have said. Her boiom heaved with eympa- j oi wnicn is sixty-eignt leet to the mile, and thy and her eyes ran ovef. Then she remem-j t he country rough. This portion of the "bered what her father had said, and thought j Itoad will cost fifteen or sixteen hundred dol huw her uncle's .life rnighthitve been saved, j lars per mile ; but When the whole of the line Inaii instant, quicker than thought, she tore is taken together, it will be a cheap Road, open the officer's coat, and the generous girl and the distance a little over forty miles. recalled him to life witl her lips. Amidst The Yadkin is a splendid River, and can be 'this holy occupation the sound of footsteps improved by Locking and Damming for was heard, and the blushing heroine tied to , the other end ot the boat. Judge ot heriatti- W's surprise, as he came! up with two soldiers, when he saw Lieut. S ; , wliom he expect- cl to find dead, open hisj eyes, and ask lor his j deliverer. ' The'boatmah looked at his child; and saw if all. The podr girl came to him with her head bent down. She was abou t to excuse, herself, when htir lather embracing her with enthusiasm raised up her spirits, ami the officer thanked ier in these prophet ic words "You have saved my life; it belongs tovou." After this she tended liim. and became hie nurse; ruithii.(T would hie talie but from her i hand. No wonder that with such a nurse he 1 at length recovered. Meanwhile, Master Cu-1 pid, who is verv busy in such cases. mve him another wound ; and there was only one way lo cure it so very deep it was. The boat man's daughter became iMadame S . Her husband is now, not a simnle lieutehaf.t but' a lieutenant-general: land the boatman's daughter is as eh gant and graceful a lady as any that you see at the Elysee Bourbon. BOTH DEAF AND DUMB. i he tate Mrs. Jane W was equally ! saw. -The atmosphere is delightful, the soil remarkable for kiiulues of heart and absence! rich,1 and the water pure and cool, and when of mind. One day shej was accosted by a this improvement is erected, it will create a oSTgar. whose stout anjd healthy appearance water power for all sorts of manufacturing startled even her into i momentary doubt of purposes, the raw material for vvhichjs there needfulness of charity in this instance , in great abundance. t Why," exclaimed the good old lady, wycu f know of no country that could offer as look well able to work.' ' many inducements, if there was an easy and "les," replied the supplicant, !:but J have! cheap way f getting the products to a good Dcf" dcaf and dumb these seven years."'1 j market. The soil is not only rich, b it it a "loorman, what a hbavy affliction!" ex-! bounds in minerals of the most desirable qual ciaimed. Mrs W .lat the same time giv-; itieft. ennh Tmn. Conner. Lead. Silver. ;ig him relief with a liberal hand. anerreturn home, she mentioned the; nC rem?rking what a areadful thing it Was be 5 -v. uenrived ol such urecious faculties. J ' , h-itn how"n?ked ,ie sister "did you know, f'1 the poor man had been deaf and dumb; por seven years?" vhy, vas the quiet and unconscious an-j :ri "he told me SO." I "' " SMALL FOR ITS AGE. bvn "7 ur s fSKea a tew days ago. i a inend of ours was asked a few days ago some v n aL?1,'1 customer, to partake of . hi!dv . -I, WIllSKey wncn ne yaiuea very hi I y . e consented, not reluctantly, when .v iiu consenieu. not reiur.tnniiv. whfn i out what our friend regarded as a "and if1???1 dose The ,atter, taking the glass noidmg u above his head, remarked, mJer sceptically - - 5 f You say this is forty years old." " replied the licit, lav ; .'" rePIied or friend, "all I have to - .!; that it's devilisli small ior iti age !" Front the Raleigh Reghtcf. CAPE FEAR' AND' DEEP RIVERS. 1 have recently discovered that public at tention is .turning-Jo what I have always thought the most valuable improvement now in process of construction in the State. I al lude to the Slackwater navigation of the Cape Fear and Deep Rivers. That work is at this time rapidly progressing, and will be completed within twelve months from this time ; and completed in a manner, that will do credit to the builders. The Contractors are executing the work in a style, that convin ces every examiner of the permanency and utility of the improvement. The most scep tical have concluded, that the Locking and Damming is the improvement to benefit the great iarming interest of the State, in conse quence ot the cheapness of transportation by water, the cost and durability of the work af ter construction, and its location, being direct ly through the most fertile r gion of the State. The cost of this work on the most difficult of our rivets to improve, is less than two thou sand dollars per mile. And after the work is once erected, the wear and tear is nothing. compureu wuu mai oi ixan or riank lloads. There will be occasionally some little repairs to a l,ock oaie, on me upper part ot the. L.ock walls, which are not always wet; but the lower part of the Locks and the whole of the Dams, which will at all times be wet, will last for an age. The Locks are constructed in such a way that the decayed lim'bVr can be taken down to the surface of the water and re-piaceu wun new, vvitnoui interrupting tne part below water which will be found to be perfectly sound. The limbers in the Locks are. ill laid horizontally, .and the foundations are lour feet below the surface of the Wat c and are laid in an excavation in solid rock. Hence. 1 lie first four fee, .which is the md expensive part of the whole work, is perrn a neutly fixed and will, at all times, be unde water and sound." That portion of the Joe wall which is above water, is made of the best kind cf pi trill pine, heart timber, and will lasf. fifteen or twenty years, without repairs, and can then.be repaired without interrupting the balance ot the work, simply by taking down the timber and stone to the surface of the wa- ter. replacing it with new limber, and filling it with the same stone, the cost of which will be very little. This work is designed to be extended to Wilkesborough, by connecting the Deep Riv er with the Yadkm by a Portage Railroad, and a Slack-water navigation for steamboats ot shallow draft, from the connection to VV ilkcborough. 1 he survey has iust been completed, a report ot wnicn will be submit ted to the next Legislature. The route across the land is a good one, and can be built cheap, except about three miles the grade aooui twelve Hundred dollars per mile. Irom noims' imiii, wnere trie road intersects it. to. Wilkesborough, a distance o.oae hundred and forty mils. I have been informed by the imigmeer that the foundations 'for the Locks and Dams are very good, and the ma- terial for building plenty at all points. I was present when Bean's Shoals were surveyed. Those Shoals have been looked upon as the great obstacle to be overcome to a successful navigation of that River. 'The whole Fall in them, a distance of four miles, is forty feet and a fraction, which can be. overcome by building four or five Locks and Dams, eight to ten 1 eet high making the whole Shoal one still pool of water. These Locks and Dams can be built very cheap, ap the stone is already quarried on the' old Calfa'l. which, 1 suppose, could be used lor that purpose ; pro vided the Engineer should not conclude to improve the .Canal. ' ' It tlus improvement is completed, (and . see no great obstacle lo prevent it ; for if the State, win not assist, ner enterprising citizens in it, I believe they will build it themselves) the western portion of North Carolina will he one of the most desirable countries I ever Gold. Soapstone, Lime and Marble ; all of which will be brought into market, as soon as this improvement is completed. imnrnurmpn l? COmDieieu. I iiouUiU3 l-.-.l rnt 1" nfn p mpdmnmc .nd nthpr laborers, who are - v w now strolling about the country hunting work. r.nnlH h nmfitnhlv fimnloved - in that . . -i i :ij up villages and manufactories on the River, and hiborino- in Ihnm nfior' fhftV afG built. - O I J V 11 1 m W - J r - About twenty miles from Salem, J saw (at Mr. Glenn's.) a very fine House in a 'state of erection, the fire-places of which were made of the most beautiful Soapstone, aud the plastering ot the House made of limeboth. r rh..h mora i u immoH neighborhood. When I eaw ihe Lime slack ing, and was told that I was within two miles of the quarry, and that it yas inexhaustible. I felt that my own county i"n consequence of that lime, would in a short time, be doubled in value. If Chatham County had that Lime, she would double her wheat crop the first vear. and in a sfinrt in shft woiifd j treble her whole production. It is just what we lack to scatter on the litter in the Farm Yard, to prorjiice the vfcry finest kind of wheat, and I think we should strain every nerve to reach it as soon as possible. We could have the stone qarried aud brought Mown on our tow-boats, and burned on our farms, which would be great saving and expense, and we should avoid the risk of getting it wet on its passage. ' The South Yadkin is also a very fine stream, and, I understand, can bo injrove in the same way, to within a few miles of the Catawba, which might be connected by a Portage Road, and that River be improved almost to the mountains. If these improve ments were made, we should command the whole trade of the western portion of the State, and be able to furnish that rich section not only with dry goods and groceries, but what is more important, wilh a currency, which we never have been able to do, and which we never will be able to do, until we can command the trade. The whole west is alive to t .e extension of the improvement. They are locked' up without any market within reach, and they look to this work as a key to their future prosperity. What will .Wilmington and Fayetleville do to advance this work? Are they going to lay still and see the up country strain every nerve lor their beneht, and not come to their assis tance? Do they not know, that, whenever the produce is on the River, that it is bound to reach them? They certainly do. and they certainly wish to obtain the produce of the most productive portion ol Jrlh -.-Carolina. Then I say, come to their assistance and they will carry out this important work. Wilmington, it is well known, has betn more liberal and patriotic than any other por tion cf North Carolina, in subscijbittg to pub lic works of Internal Improvement-; b.ut I think, cn this occasion, she has dealt wilh a sparing "jitirid to the work which is calculated to do her more real benefit than all the works put together. When this main artery is completed to the 'Mountains, all the minor streams will be improved ,'i'here is a com panv ol Gte.n.lemen at this time getting white- oak pipe slaves on the New Hope for thi Wilmington market. 1 hat stream, the Haw River, the South Yadkin, and all other tribu taries that are of sufficient size, will be im proved, and when there are no streams, Plaryt roads will be built from the Rivers, with the productive neighborhoods the whole length of the line, throwing the whole of the product into Wilmington lor exportation. This hot from Wilmington lo Hillsboro'. by the water is upwards of four hundred Miles in length and the whole line running through the mosu productive portion of the S'ate. I expect to see large droves of cattle from Ashe County transported on the Cape Jbear tor the h ay ctteville and Wilmington markets. The Irish potato crop will be a source of much profit to our Mountain counties. , They can produce them there in great abundance and of the finest quality. The Mountain Potato is considered here, equal if not superior, to the Northern, and which never sells in this mar ket for less than a dollar per bushel, and sometimes as high as two. .The hay crop, too. will pay a handsome profit, by being transported to Fayetteviile or Wilmington. In Wilkes, it is worth three or four dollars per rn . :.. lTi . . mi., t n:... . u : j. un ; in rayuiitrviuc, i u.w n tening mis summer at one dollar and twenty five cents per hundred, and that hay was shipped from Massachusetts to Wilmington and then trane ported up the River on our Steamboats io Fayetteviile. Now shall we allowr Massa chusetts to furnish our markets with hay, when our own M.ountain Counties could fur iiish twenty' such markets with a much bet ter articled and at a redtfed price: I know that every Norj.h Carolinian, who is possessed of theproper Southern feeling and lias that' State pride which everyone ought to possess, is read' to answer the question in the nega tive. Then I saw let us make this improve ment, which will certainly prevent it. and will produce prosperity and an intimacy ot our people, from the Ocean to the Mountains. S. M. CURIOSITIE SF ORT HE CALIFOR NIA MUSEUM. An egg supposed to be the lay of the last minstrel. A mammoth parsnip that can't be beet. The left foot boot of a mail coach. The helve of the axe (acts) of the Apos tles. A box of pills, sure cure for tight fits.' The shift of the wind. A patch from the seat of learning. A lock of hair from the head of Sacramen to. . ; The teeth of a reformed rake. . A sample of cloth, out of which lawsuits are made. ' A trick taken from the trump of fame. A leg from, the multiplication table. The title page and index to a -volume of raqke." : Tq know what kind of metal thunder '-bolts'' sire' made of. A feather froYn the Wings of the wind. i - " "What kind of soil is best adapted for the cultivation' of, rye?" inquired a gentleman the othar day ' ' ;i 1 Our agricultural knowledge was inadequate td a solution df this question. f ' Very dry," dryly remarked Ezekiel ; "for eyery bpdy knoys that in dust ry must pros- per ;Y"ou look as if you were beside yourself,' as the wag said to a fellow who stood by the side of an ass. - HTin fiKfir s7ir n. nrftff.' irnmrrn.? .Willis has found out one imperfection in Jenny Lind she cannot "mount ho seback without a chair. 1 . TiiE TRUANT HUSBAND. ' A SKETCH. It was past midnight, and she sat leaning her pale cheek on her hand, counting the dul) .icking of the French clock that stood on the U I 1 : i r I luuruiu cuirnney-piece. anu ever and anon. lifting her weary eye to its dial, to mark the Japse ol another. It was past midnight, and yet he returned no ! She arose,! and taking up the lamp, whose pale rays illumined the solitary chamber, proceeded with noiseless step to a small inner apartment ; the curtains of his little bed Were drawn aside, and the young mother-gazed on her sleeping child ! What a vivid contrast that glovving cheek and smiling brow present as he lay in rosy slumber to the faded, yet' beautiful" face that hung over him in tears ! 1 Will he resemble his lather?' was the; thought that passed for a moment through! her devoted heart. and u sigh was the only ahswer ! ' 'Tis his well known! knock and the steps of the drowsy porter echoed through the lol ty hall, as, with a muhncr on his lip, he un drew the massy bojts and admitted his thoughtless master. ; , I ' Four o'clock, Willis- is ;t not ?' and he sprang up the staircase-y another moment he is in her chamber inherarms! ; No reproaches mej the truant husband, none save those she cojuld not spare him. in her heavy eye, and faded cheek yet these spoke to hisheai ti 'Julia, I have been jajwandering husband.1 ' But. you are come how, Charles, and all is well.'- -"if j And all was well ; from that hour Charles Davis became an altefed man. Had i.s wife met him with frovhis and sullen tears, he had become a hardened libertine but her affectionate caresses, the joy that danced in her sunken eye, ihej fjectic flush that lit up her pallid cheek at his tkpproach, were argu ments he could not withstand. Married in earjy life, 'while he felt all the ardor, but not the esteem of love poss essed of a splendid forjtune, having hitherto had the command of Hii own pleasures Da vis fell into that common error of newly mar ried men. the dread of hjeing' controlled. In vain did his parents, who beheld wjjji sorrowi the reproaches aud misery he was heaping -i r. i tiimnnctroliu. forbearance of the neglected Julia 'iust reward, and gave tne deatn-mow to tol ly in the bosom of Davis ! Returning with disgust from the losses of the hazard table, her meekness and long-suffering torched him to the soul ; the film fell from his eyes, and Vice in her own hideous deformity, stood un masked before him.! ! j. l ! Ten years have passed since that solitary midnight, when the young matron had bent in tears over her sleeping boy. jBehc-Jd her now! still in the pride lof womanhood, sur rounded by other cherub faces,' who are lis tening ere they go to rest' to her sweet voice, as it pours forih to the hecompamment of her harp an evening of joyjand melody ; while a manly form is bending over the I'music-page to hide the tear of happiness and triumph that springs from a swelling bosom, as he contemplates the interesting group. Youth ful matrons! ye who vyatch over a wandering, perhaps an erring heart when a reproach -trembles on your lips! towards a truant hus band, imitate Julia Davis! and remember, though Hymen has chains, like the sword of Harmodius they mayjhe covered wilh flowers; that unkindness and irritability do but hard en, if not wholly estrange the heart while, on the contrary, patieu.be and gentleness of manner (as water dropping on a flinty rock will in time wear it into softness) seldom fail to reclaim to happiness and virtue the Truant Husband. Temptation is fire that brings .up the scum of the heart. The census of Syracuse shows a popula tion of 22235. 1 j J The surplus wheatcrop of Qanada, this year is estimated at 11.000,000 bushel. The piesent population of the city cf Wheeling is estimated at 14.000, In lS40lt was less than 7,000. ! j Why is a vain young lady like a confirmed drunkard ? j j i Becase neither of them are satisfied with aj moderate use df.4he glass. 1 - : System is important not only in the grave and elevated departments of science, but is essentia! in the' most (common concerns and operations of ordinary life. j ' Eve'ry fool 'can fin;! Jaqlt3 4ka a greaf many wise men can't remedy. The end of learning is to know God. and out of that knowledge to love hini. and to imi tate him, as We may the nearer ing ouuelves of true virtue. We must be useful to men. to their estimation. I f , by posses-' be great inv 'Who lives in that house. Patrick?" "Air. Ferguson, that's dead."j ,:How long has he been dead p' "If he'd lived till next Christmas he'd been dead twelve month." I ; "What did he die of j" j ' He died of a Thursday ?" j "Washing and ironing are good, but wis- dom is better," f I I So ays a wiseacre-f We think that for soiled'clothes, washing; and ironing are better lhau wisdom. -- j witn Lts Making Shirts far 6 cents aul cheated at that. People in the country have no doubt heard of the mock-auctioneers and the Chatham street Jews of New York. Some sof these are "no slouchers" at bire-faced swindling; but they cannot hold a candle to John Davr', a William street shirt-selier. A few days jfincej John advertised for shirt makers, when two young seamstresses called to work in an swer to the advertisement. John Davis said his work must be done very nice, and that he P'lid six cents each lor mukiiyj g'od shirts !" The necessities of the poor girls compelled them to succumb to those monstrous terms, and they agreed to take six. Mr. Davis de manded a dollar as security for the return of ins goous. which dollar was deposited. The shirts were made according to a pattern given them, but on their presentation John Davis said the shirts were spoilt entirely, and he not only refused to pay the miserable three shillings so hardly earned, bat refused also to restore the dollar deposited. The shirts must be altered, he said, and the expense of alter ation deducted from their money ? The girls applied to Justice Lothrop. whe issued an ar rest for Davis. On this, that worthy man hastened to refund the dollar and pay the mree snuiiugs, together with a remuneration to the girls ior their loss of !tim?. The per secuted man showed a praiseworthy alacrity in doing justice ndien compelled, and we pre sume he. has returned to his business quite as cheerfully as ever, praying that the next seamstress who makes shirts for him will not make such a fuss over their dollar and three shillings lost. THE LACE-MERCHANTS DOG. Who would have imagined that a dog had been made servic eahle as a clerk, aud- thu m ide for his master upwards of a hundred thousand crowns? And yet an incident like this happened a few years since.- One of those industrious beings who'1 know "how to make a 'chaldron of coals out oT a billet of wood, determined, m extreme poverty, to en gage in trade. He preferred thai of merchan dise, which occupied the least space, and was Calculated to yield the most profit. He- bor rovved a gui'dll sum of money from a friend, and repairing to Flanders, he !here bought pieces of lace, which, wi thout any danger, he smuggled into France in the following man- 4 I .n ) ml r4.... .i.iil i .1 lit-. . . I V iiici . i.jc ii auicu nil active jiaim i iu ina yui- qse. He caused him to be shaved, aud Vocured for him the skin of another dor, of same hue and the $ame shape. He then ed the lace around the body of his dog, ( put over it the garment of the stranger droitly. that it was impossible to discover .trick. The lace thu- arranged in his pe- ,-frian band-box, he would say to his docile essenger '"Forward, my friend." At these vords the dog would start and pass boldly through, the gatcsof Maliriesor Valenciennes, iu the face of the vigilant officers placed there to prevent smuggling. Having passed the bounds, he would wait lor his master at a lit tle distance in the open country. There they mutually caressed and feasted, and the mer chant placed his packages in a place of secu rity, renewing lu3 occupation, as necessity required. Such was the success of -the smug gler, that in five or six years he amassed a fortune, and kept his coach. Envy pursues the prosperous. A mischievous neighbor be trayed ihe lace-merchant and, nctwithstand-. ing his efforts to disguise his dog, he was sus pected, watched, and discovered. How far does the cunning of some animals extend? Did the spies of the custom house expect him at one gate, he saw them at a distance( and instantly went towards the oth er. Were the gates shut against him. he overcome every obstacle. Somctinies he leaped over the wall; at others he passed se cretly behind a carriage, or, running between the legs of travelers, he Would thua accom plish his aim. One day, however, while swimming in a stream nearMalines, he was shot, and died in the water. There ivasthen about him five thousand crowns worth ol lace the loss of which did not -affect the master, but he was inconsolable for the loss of his faithful dug .... .. ... .1 - !- . . . . i X- ti One of the Witnesses. During the trial of Drury on the torpedo charge, iu New York, Mr,-Qlafk counsel for the 'accused, at tempted an irrevelant cross-examination of one Jacob B. Sheys, ' and " came off second best, as below described : Cross-examined by Mr. Clark. Iwas not an assistant justice at the tinac of the conver sation. f Q,. What are you now ? A. I was reared to 'the profession of the law. but whether I am a lawyer or not I can not yVf Laughter. j? V" ' ''d. Do you write poetry and attend to the indulgence of the poet's fancy more than to law? ; A. I sometimes do indulge in imagina tion and think it more honorable'tbdo so than to take fees for legal advice which I am riot able to give. Laughter. Q.. Do you riot frequently in.'ulge in im agination and fancy circumstances which never occurredj? A. I tried to imagine that you were a gentleman and a mn of educaticm, and I had to give it up as a Renewed laughter. vain lmaginutionv- A Scotch blacksmith being n?ked the meaning of metaphysics, explained it as fol lows : " When the party who listens disna ken what the party who speaks means ; and when the party who speaks disna ken what he means himsel-rthat is metaphysics." Punch ha3 ascertained that not a single Scotchman has been tempted to take a ticket for a i;cheap trip from Scotland to London and back again." A RULES EPIt BUSINESS MEN. Establish yoursell on the broad and sound basis of integrity ; conduct1 your business wilh intelligcnce and judgmei.t. 1 Let the business of others alone, and attend to your own. pon'l-bny- what you don't, want use every hour to the beet wdvantage, and etudy even to make leisure hours useful. - Find recreation irv looking aflcr your busi ness. nndyourijusTness ivill not be neglected in looking after recreation. :- Buy lair, sell fair, and take care of the pro fits. ' : "".-'- - " Should misfortune overtake, re trench-work harder but never fly the track--con front dif ficulties wilh unflinching perseverance. Shou)d youthen fall, you will he Jmnored but shrink, and you'll be despised. i Taking it Coolly. We country doctors,' writes a friend of the Knickerbocker 'have ; to be dentists as well as druggists. Our sad, die-bag nre our shops, and the turnkey a daily weapon. A few days aro a hearty young woman culled, wi,th another 'like her and asked me to 'pull a tooth, which with much reluctance 1 did, and with icss refur. tancc took the usual lee of twenlyifivre cents, Her companion, pjeased with the operation, aid she liand a tooth that sometimes ached. and she would like to have it out now. I told her she had better . waiutill it ached again; but she said no.shewould have it pull ed ; and so I tookr it out. She promised to call soon and bring me my pay, as she did not expect to have her 'tooth drawn when she came; and she was r.ot repiircd with'lhc 'quarter.' So a day or twe after, she called and offered me half a dollar -but fortunately I had no change, aud she Said it made no difference for t could just take it out in pull ing another too'di, which 6he knew Would ache. So. I took another and made the change. Wasn't that girl a philosophcrcss, and wouldn't she make a capital martyr?'' To MAKE A HonSE FOLLOW YOU. You may make any horse follow you m ten min utes. Go to the horse, rub his face, jaw and , chin, Reading him about, saying to him, come along i 'a:cH)nbfant tone is necessary. By taking him 'ajvay from other ''persons and horses, repeat th rubbing, leading, mid stop ping. Sometimes turn lnm around all ways, arulkeep his attention by 6aying, "come along." With some horses it fs important to whisper to them, as it hides the secret and gentles i he horse ; you may use any word you yleae, but be constant in your tone of voice. The same will cause all horses to fol low. As it takes only ten minutes to try this experiment, we hop never to henrofa runawuy horse again. Ed. Dispatch. The phrase ;'Go to grass." has been in vogue ever since Nebuchadnezzar was' sent out to pasture, TURKISH CIVILIZATION! Mr. Brown, the American Dragoman at Constan tinople, who is now accompanying: the Turkish Envoy through the United States, sayu thaC tho female Circassian slave markets couthiuft- in fall blast at Constantinople. . Mr. B. affirms that tho prices range frodi S00 to S'10,000, according to their a?e ami personal charms, ajid that thd lavef. are sold in tht.t is called lire Circassian quarter of the city. " ' ' ASSAULT WITH ATTEMPT TO KILL. On Tuesday night, about half-past 7 o'clock, as Mr. Hannan Baacke was returning from a visit in the city to his residence at the State 'Magazine, he was violently assaulted by one Ilendrick Sahl man, who attempted to stab him' with a knife. The weapon' entered triarm-hole of his vest, and hiit tiw irnrm''tifc t'ntirelv down to its lower ? ed ire. Shaliaiv was arrested the same night and com- -I . . 1 L ... t ... T milled o gaol ior inai esieixiajr inuiuiug, ujr xj. , F. RoJieitson, Esq., Magistrate. . , No iason was assigned for the assault, which was given without notice by Sahlman who seems to lure been lying in ambush and to have sud dcnly "ipTung upon his victimr perhaps with tho intention of robbery, as there had been no previ ous dispute or even acquaintance between the par-" ties. The attack was made at the entrance of the avenue which leads to the magzinc. , - ' Charleston Sun. Nkw York, Oct. 23. The steam propeller City of Glasgow arrived this morning from Glasgow, with dates to Sept. 5th. She brings 115' passen gers, and sails hence for Liverpool and there takes her place as first of the line of Liverpool and Phil-" adelphia steamers, to sail in the beginning of De cember next. - v ' -' - The Cunard steamer Europa sailed at noon to dayfor Liverpool, with 70 passengers and 8188,858 in specie. Among the passengers were M. Krera elberg, bearer of despatches; also Loui Berg, Vice Consul of France and bearer of despatches." " The U. S. mail steamer Ohio arrin-d from New Orleans and Havana last night. She fcft Havana on the 18th inst. She experrenced very heavy weather during the passage. She brings-200 pas sengers and the mails from California; also a full cargo of tobacco and cigars from Havana, and a considerable amount of gold in the hands btfxis- sengcrs. The Mechanics' and Manufacturers' Bank of Providence has had an injunction laid upon it, a keeper appointed, in consequence of an examl nation made by by the commissioners appointed by the Governor of Rhode Island. The examina tion showed that the cashier was i defaulter to the amount of upwards of S70.CXK), and criminal proceedings were forthwith. Instituted against him. The bills of the Bank it .fi thought will all be redeemed. r THE BISHOP AND THE QUEEN. The Lord Bishop of London addressed a letter of remonstrance to her Majesty, for not having a clergyman of the established church In her suito while on her present tour, and for attending a Presbyterian place of worship at Bclraoral. A re ply was sent to the BUhop expressive of her Majes ty's disapproval of sweh Interference, and obser ving that her Majesty had not stepped ouf of her duty la attending public wor ip m tbs establUh d Church of Scotland.
Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, N.C.)
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