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LICK ANPNO LUCK:
I OR
The Mercaant and the farmer.
- -at ' " I' 1 tJ.,-.N.-....ll
.Hood mornitl!?, irieuu uucu u...
yardstick
I am giaa to see you
n mit!to smell the fresh air and hear the
tc
I
Well, I am clad to
. i nrr: i mi if i'-
ioeli
& be njost happy. to ee a city Inend ;
, rii1 ifUou will Rf iu,z -our elye ot ,,v,ns-
uptainfcc,uhtry iolks are n
rlL. land it s well we
not quite up to
: . - tiTj.ii irii :irp ntr inr iv
could not
slick, you
tout-fifty;
atlbrd it if .wjj were. Ah! Yard-l-Am
a lucky dogherfe we are, a-
years old, each of us. and ;
racious! Hoehatidle. Why what
el voa Scan ? .Why, I am but forty, or cqy
. iLorbr, and quite young loofung so
Shiha'Vafrdslick. it wont do. Still
. L.u . h in I see. nui no inuner, as
matter.
n hlVHl" vuv "
1 was 6
chant,
MfVXT .111) vvwiiv in j ..
;i imor. VJ.
hard all my
das
boys
U i-r J til P. I" rteii on
nothinr-
-e very-
iliick. everything in kick.
thing ;
VeIl-. Ml. Hoehandle, you are a modest
i .'.. ,f, intn sin ;irTument wilh
modi
von oa our comparative positions m the world;
that is;
Will tret LlirUUif ij.ttWMJ'-t ijf t'r
ant a thousand dollars for liiiny
. . i . ...... t . tn tui miTrtr
ilavs.
vdu have it over. , -,
eiltover: over ni. xcihioh i..
,,J iiinnd Hoehandle, that il yon are
glori a ?l.inifng espediiionriind must raise
fSns have it ovec ortshinninff
-means (lint you mant to bonow and that
I nwt lend, you ail ri-htf sir. I have .1 I
Lve it; aha Yardstick, I am proud to be able
ioleiulvou. Wantivihousand-wel , fioid:
tt us et'llirough this matter now, before my
.oolite come iu-thefe. women alway
want io know all Umt's gonig. .i andshe w, i
inquire' if I an. indented to you Indebted.
h;t! lu ishe would be astonished it John Hoe
handle1 should owe a man a thousand dollars
-hillo! don't si-h so, man what's the mai
ler! Pay.'Faper Yardstick & Co. I here you
are, sir, he're is Hie .'rVieek'.''
Tliiuik you. Hoehandle. here i our note ;
had it, ready before I K-U home, knew you
uniil.l nUI'ure mt.1
iiouiv
t,l KUt. to the fact is. I am
oil""" . - .
'As I was observing, Yards. ick. you
CI i V
,v:An,n,!niiiiv fiasv time ol it
Go io
HIGj,jyIHIlta l J ..
Kew York, buv your stock, sell a
a pro-fii.
buy araii; sell again, roll up your hundred
thousand in a few years; and poor John Hoe-
h undred
liandU works like a slave six moniu oui o.
n ai .L.I i t.o mnrniiitr at davliiibt. ano
works!, at least four 'hours before dinner, and
sometimes two alter dinner, and in liar vest
time from sunrise to sunset. Yes sir, it is a
ITict. and what have we got to show lor it 7
What have I got to show for it ? Why, alter
thirty years toil, sir, I have only this larm ol
three hundred acres, worth, perha ps thirly
dollars an acre, ami perhaps a huje bank
stock, purchased with its yearly profits.
1 At d, pray, my good friend, what have
you averaged per year, clear profits, over
all exjpeditures, for all this terrible labor lor
ll'irtvi Years ?" -
k Not oyer two thousand dollars a year,
Yaidsiicfer 1 while you make ten
,'etmesee. farm worth nine thousand
ihir'y years' profit sixty-nine ihousand, ami
a Uro yearly income ' beside; poor fellow
why jt'ou , are-to be '.pitied.'
1 know it. I know it all in luck, all in
luck, All ! if I had only been a mer
ch;ut 4 Let me ask, Hoehandle. your products
are all soid for cash down. I think. Never
credit out, do you V '
'Credit! What, credit grain, what? Cred
it my wool ? Credit my live stock ? Excuse
pie. ha! ha! Y"ou dont know what farming
is, I see. O, no, sir our produce is cash. All
tf raise is cash at mv door. Why, I am
pltgucd to death by produce buyers, and
purchasers of live stock, wool buyers, and all
e .rest ol them, who Will gladly advance
Weighty per cent, on, my produce here, and
Paymethe other twenty in thirty days.
dit! I do not know the word. sir. I don't
0se. But Yardstick, they tell me you are
getting rich.' -
'Hoehandle, how will you exchange proper
ty with me, -unsight, unseen.' as the boys
giijou know how how I stand do you.
"handle V
'Stand, yes siri why the firm o Tape,
Yardstick & Co. are gooJ for two hundred
pousahdat any moment. They say that
' ' .J01" that amount last year aione.
ue, so we did. on paper ami hc
0rtn something handsome too, on paper ;
"Utsir. w ia.,nt nrctvea on DaDer.
J Juild houses with paper.' .
Veil. v.pII T ssp all sramraon. vou dog
a- You are rich, yo i know you are. 1
8oiTv that h:.t,r'fiim vpn ntmT did not
- - j uai cult jf -i w v --a j
ake moseir s .t ,rnma clerk: but here I
Xl lihng, year "after year, and show but
UtI'e for it whil vnn sit at vour desk aiid
intnn vnnp mhv rppp.ints BM thev run
J'? yes. lairly run down upon you. Ah
nothing but a farmer, and not worth
ch at thi v-.r.icti'i.lf I'll rive mv farm
share in yotir firm; and all your property, at
a veuture theie.'
'My good; friend, are you really envious of
in hick, as you can it ; oe iranK now, are
Yes. I am. Yard5tick. f can't help it.
Here, it is only dig dig dig. I want, be
fore i oie, to oe a merchant.' I
"Arid before I die, I want to be a farmer:
so if wre do hot exchange property, mind vou
my good friend, it will be your own fault.
IN ay ! don't stare so." , I ;--
" What!; what! Yardstick, you aston&h
me. Ybu want to be a farmer, ka ! ha! a
man good spr a hundred thousand before he
dies, in a splendid business, rolling up ' his
pile, to throw away his prospects and take
ho'd of the ilirty plough-handle good joke
ha! ha ! You take my offer then, do you?"
'Hoehandle. my friend, a sober word or
two with yoii, I have done business thirty
years. Have sold millions of dollars' Worth
of goods. Have made and lost much money.
Have credited large stocks of goods out,
which I myself boughtm credit, and have
stood year after year over the brink of a pent
up volcano, expecting that those who owed
me would explode and blow me to atoms.
Sleepless nights weary days. Head-aches
and heart-aches. Constant fear that I could
not keep my chin above water. Obliged to
raise money at highexorbitant rates of in
terest, to take up my paper wilh, because my
debtors were so long-winded in their pay
ments to mel Stocks depreciated in value
Fashions changing. Dishonest clerks specu
lating from my money dravver.( All. my
friend. I do not wonder you stare with" aston
ishment. I'et me hear you laugh, it has a
charm for m'e Sunshine sir, a merchant's
heart, if he bares for his reputation and his
credit, when! embark'ed in such a hazardous
business as a wholesaler, has no sunshine.
He don't kdpw the leeling, sir. Care, car
roding care. jQa'js ijp) his heart; weighsjhim
down ; turns day into' njght ; he can't shake
it off; it is a; horrible night-mare. fHe goes
lo New York, sir ; he buys fifty thousand dol
lars' worth of goods on time.-and gives notes.
O! those bank notes fearful v.ofujs jo'a man
who has a-'cr'e'dif'a't. slake, and rel tea upon
his customers to pay" their notes by whjch
he may be able io meet his own. Sec him.
ir. fairly embarked like a ship at ?ea, arid
i his ship is surrounded on all sides by huge
irebergs, perfect mountains no chance of
escape ; by'e-and-bye he sees thebaic com
ing down" upon him ; he is hemmed at; slow
lyaiid quietly those huge piles advance;
sieadily they come1; the ship Will surely be
crushed. Aye. not a chip left' of herdown
down Ihey comeij Hold! a little blue sky
is seen, she escapes she gets into the sea once
more." u j - .
"The ship is like the merchant ; the moun
tains of ice, the bank-notes, the bills payable;
the blue sky. the bills receivable. But some
iimes the bills receivable are not met. and
the ship is ciushed to atoms.
Huiv do you Ijke the. the picture, my
fiiend? So much for a merchant's life.
We are not what we seem. Ourf extensive
business is all on paper mere 1 trash j the
great noise we make is produced from the
emptiness of our pretensions. Now, sir. wjjl
you take your place at the, desk, and let ijW
cash rajn lovn upon you? Nay. you are
loo sensibleia'rian! f.ick lo the larni J you
are a lord, aye, a king; independent; owing
no man, while the poor merchant must
cringe and fawn upon banks and money len
ders. Yes,! sir, go down on his knees to get
money to save his credit. Sir, producers can
say. we ask nothing of the banks, nothing of
the merchants; both ask everything that
constitutes the whole comforts of life from us.
.Give me rioiv yor proper iy tor mine, with
my kind of life", with it! Nay, when I t ell
you thaton single disastrous year, with the
kind ol business 1 am doing, wouiu sweep
finravnll I am worth will yod exchange
situations with me ?" -
Fiiend YTard4fck, hank you ;but what a
picture you 'have set before me ! Til never
despise h old tarmer again. Jet us fjoin
Mrs. Hoehandle in tne aining-rooni, iinu as
we lake a quiet Junch, with a thanklul heart,
we drink in a glass of domestic catawKa. this
toast:' 4 The farmer, the luckiest mortal on
earth." j
Perhans the above may be a lair specimen
of the oroudlessiiess of discontent, and of its
nrevalence among all classes.
' This lase Vievv Ol Olliers CMfims miuugu
all clases of society, very olten Jeadingi the
vouno-. especially, lito pursuits lor which they
re not and never can De, inieu. mc lai
ir' lir mechanic's son wishes he was a
clerk, or a student at law or of medicine- the
clerk and student think they are loo much
eonfined, and frequently wish ihey were m
Ihe place of he farmer's son the lawyer
thinks the editor is maning money, aim mc
editor thinks the lawyer is the farmer's wile
fhinksthe wife of the merchant or of the pro
iessional man. lives in ease and comfort,
while the wives of merchants and profession
al men look upon the farmer' wife as mis
tress of creation the girl that works at
houseworkj wishes she was a mi!inertor a tail-,
oress. and the milliner, and tailoress wish they
were school-teachers, and the school-leacher
thinks she is a perfect slave, and longs'lor
some other siiualion. Thus the world acts
as if it was all out of place, because each
person forms a false estimate of jhe happiness
rnihirs. And as we said in the start, a large
f thi impjiRinpsa nml fanlt-nndlll? Ol
the world is ocasioned by trusting in appear
ances. ; i - v ; v ; ' ,' . .
In the above ease, the farmer and the mer
chant found Jault with their own situations, be
cause each had been led into error in relation
to the condition of the other.. Be content
with your jot,and don't judge from appear
ancts !
Fro rri Hfliens Magazine,
FILLING IN LOVE.
Some time ago I fell in love
With pretty Mary Jane ;
And I did hope that by and by
t She'd love me back again.
Alas! my hopes, a-dawniug bright,
Where all at once made dim ;
She saw a chap I don't know where
And fell in love with him !
Next time we went (now, how it was
I don't pretend to say ;)
But when my chair moy'd up by her's,
Why, her's would move away.
Before, I always got a kiss,
(I own with some shall fuss ;)
But now, forsooth, for love nor fun,
'Twas non come-at-iujs j
When, there we sat and when wc spoke,
Our conversation dwelt
On everything beneath the sun,
Except what most we felt.
Enjoying this delightful mood, i
Whom then should just step in,
But he, of all the world whom I , .
Would rather not have seen ! -
And he could sit down by her side ;
And she could all the while
He, pressed her hand within his own-
Upon him sweetly smile.
And she could pluck a rose for him,
f
So fresh, ajid bright, and red,
And give me one, which, hours ago,
Was shrunk and pale and dead.
And she could freely gladly sing
' The songs he dii request ;
The ones I asked were just the ones
She always did detest. I
t rose to leave and " she'd be glad
To have me longer stay !"
No doubt of it ! No doubt they wept
To see me go away 7
I set me down. In thought profound
This maxim wise I drew;
It's easier far to like a girl,
Than make a girl like you
But, after all, I don't believe
My heart will break with wo ;
.If she s a mind to love :that chap,"
Why, bless her, let her go ! f
A WORD TO YOUNG MEN.
Wishing and sighing and imagining and
dreaming of greatness, .said William Wi;t,
will not make'You great. But cannot a young
man command his energies ? Read Foster
on decision ol character.- That book will tell
you what is in your power to accomplish.
Your must gird up your loins and go to work i
with all the indomitable energy ot Hannibal
scaling the Alps. It is your duty to make the
most ot your lime, talents and opportunities.
Alfred. King ol ingland, though he per
formed more business lhan any one of his sub
jects, found time to study. 1
Franklin, in the midst of his labors, had
time to dive into the depths of philosophy,
and explored an untrodden path of science.
Frederic Jie fjreat, with ah empire at his
direct Ton,' in the midst of war. and on' the 'eve
of battle, tound time to revel in the charms of
philosophy, and feast on the luxuries of sci
ence. Napoleon, with Europe at his disposal, with
kins at his ante-chamber, and at the head of
thousands of men, whose destinies were sus
pended on his arbifrary pleasure, found time
to converse wnn dooks.
The Oldest Woman in the World, is
said to be living at Gateshead. England. Her
name is Mary Benton.' She was born Feb.
12, 1731. and ilshe lives till the censas is ta
ken, she will be entered as 120 years pjd.
Sh wrlWis erect . hears' we'll, uses ho specta
cles, and so late as 1848 assisted at a fiayrhar
king at Elton. . 1
RKNEF1T OF RA1LRODS.
The Wheeling Gazette states that in 1840
the average assessed value ol tne lanus in
Marion county was $2 50 per acre ; and in
1850 it is 9 50 per' "acre; showing an m
prfasp in the value of real estate of nearly
f...ir hii. ArA TiRrcent. This increase is al
most wholly owing to the fact that the Balti
more Ohio Railroad is running through the
county. , . '. . . c
Great as this result seems, it is only the ef
fect upon a single article, whilelike benefits
accrue to the farmers and consumers of good
lor almost everything produced or consumed.
And u is io mis mci iiiai wuigia vo, ...
great degree, her present unparalleled pros
perity. ' . -. ; - ' ' .' ' '
The Posen journals report a fatal duel that
has just taken place, remarkable for the ex
treme youth ot the combatants, two boys ol
fifteen and sixteen, scholars in the chief
school or' gymnasium ''of the place. They
were both Poles by birth. A slight quarrel
was the only cause of the encounter. IThe
duel was fought on the ice of a sheet of wa
ter near the town. Several shots were ex
chansred the distance' being decrea?ed at
each fire from fifteen to ten and five paces; at
the last fire the youngest fell mortally woun
ded. ' "-' ' ' - - ' ' ' - - '-- ' ' '
An Effectoal Stop to Duelling.
t; Jrd that we. -who have always been such
good friends, should" have to fight ! Come,
now. if you wilt lire at my second. I will lira
at yours VI
EXCESSIVE POLITENESS. .
The Liverpool Mercury speaks of the
fugitives from Boston as Mr and Mrs. Crafts.
It appears thaf;4frs Crafts" is ill, and "Mr.
Crafts has left Liverpool to meet and consult
with an 'American friend in Edinburgh." We
should like to hear the Mercury tell us some
thing oCMr. and Airs. Sniggins, who are
worked and starved to death in British mines
and factories. Possibly Mrs. Sniggins is
Kjightly.indisposed, from want of bread and
meatadd perhaps Mr. Sniggins is on a pleas
ure trip. Oeurt the Mercury mlorm its read
ers on this subject, or are white slaves beneath
its attention 7RicLmond .EepuVticaft.
THE PLUM PUDDING.
The following is told of a Yankee captain
and his mate ;
When there was a plum pudding made by
the captain's order, all the plums vyere put
into one end of it, and that end placed next
the captain, who, after helping himself, pas
sea it to the mate, who never found any plhrhs
in his part of it. Well, after this game 'had
been played for some time, the hiate prevail
ed upon the steward to place the end that
liac no pjums in- it next to the captain no
sooner saw tTie pudding than he discovered
that lie had the wrong end ot it. Picking up
the dish, 'and turning it in his hands, as it
merely to examine the china, he said :
'T.l'iia dish cost me two shillings in Liver
pool,? ifncj put it down again as though with
out design, wiili the plums next to himself.
Is it possible !' said the mate, taking up
the dish ; 'I suppose it was not worth more
than one; and. as if in perfect innocence, he
put forth the dish with the plum end next to
himself.
. ' The captain looked at the mate, and the
mate looked at the captain, and the captain
laughed.
'I tell you what, young one,' said the cap
tain, 'you've found rne out so we'll just cut
the pudding lengthways thisltime, and have
the plums fairly distributed.'
A MASSACRE PREVENTED.
In June last, eight thousand Christians, at Im
reua, Madagascar, being assembled together one
evening in different places, engaged in religious
exercises, were all arrested and condemned to
death. Eighteen of them had already been exe
cuted, when all the restj found means of escape,
fled to the palace of the prince, and implored his
protection. The -prince took them under his
care, and successfully defended them against the
orders of the Queen, his mother, for their delivery
to be executed.
A bark arrived at Liverpool from Africa,
ran before the wind . under bare poles for
three days and nights at the rate of nine
knots pc hour, the captain and crew remain
ing all that time lashed on the fore-rigging,
beincr unable to keep the deck, from the
heavy seas which swept over the vessel.
From the Charleston DcAy Sun.
1 MR. STIFF. '
We have seen and conferred with Mr. Stiff, the
late refugee from Cuban tyranny.
His account of his trial and incarceration gives
no very personable impression of the manner in
which justice is distributed in that country, partic
ularly in regard to American citzens. He men
tions that in the sham trial wh'ch they gave him,
no tangible grounds of accusation were presented
upon which he could base a defence, nor was he al
lowed to speak in his own behalf, all inquiries of
his, being generally answered by a shrug of the
shoulders in those who surrounded him. He fur
ther adds, that there are many I American citizens
confined in the same prison who are totally unac
quainted with the causes which have led to their
apprehension and confinement, and who left to the
tender mercies of the suspicious Dons, may find
their graves' there also. This is a subject that de
mands the attention of our' government ; for while
we are doing erery justice to such suspicions as
may be directed by them against our most respec
table citizens and public officers, our countrymen
are perishing in 'their detestable vaults.
Would a British subject have been thus treated
let me ask, oris she like our logocracy thus
deaf to the cries for those who look to her for
protection. -" -
A POLITIC AIi ANECDOTE.
The lines and fences of political parties have
been so much displaced since the ancient Fed
eralists and Democrats ; contested so hotly the
poljtjcal fieldthat we venture to publish the fol
lowing good one,', believing that at this day no
party will feel particutary hit by it.
A worthy deacon in Connecticut, hired a jour
neyman farmer, from a neighboring town, for
the summer, and induced him, although he was
unaccustomed to church going, to accompany the
family to church on the first Sabbath of his stay.
Upon their return to the Deacon s nouse, ne asi
ed his "hired man
" how he liked the preaching.
He said that he didn't like to hear any minister
"preach politics."
"I am very sure you heard no politics to-day,"
said the deacon.
" I am as sure that I did," said the man.
Mpntion the nassase " said the Deacon.
I will. He said "if the federalist scarcely are
saved, where will the democrats appear!"
" Ah " said the Deacon, " you mistake. These
are the words Vif the righteous scarcely are sav-
ed how will the ungodly 'and wicked appear T "
' Oh yes! said the man, ne mignt nave uscu
those words but I knew darned well what he
Meant"
From Lc Carvlinia Watchman.
PLANK ROAD MEETING AT STATESV1LLE.
This being Court week in Iredell, a large num
ber of the citizens of the county were in attend-
i
ance on the Plank Road Meeting appointed 'to be
held at Stat 'sville on the 18th. . Several delegates
from Alexander and Rowan county were also in
attendance. ,
There were several able speeches delivered,
and Fome of the people manifested a most com
mendable zeal in behalf of the enterprize. At
the conclusion of the meeting a book for sub
scription of stock was opened, and several gen
tlemen, went forward and put downtheir names.
The Chairman of the meetingwas the first to
subscribe; and we remember the name of And.
Allison, Esq., who took forty shares. In all, at
the time of our leave, their were 98 shares taken
2o dollars i share and the work was going on.
We hope to hear, in u few days that Iredell has
done herself great credit in this matter.
We were informed by a gentleman from Tay
lorsville that there woul be a Plank Road meet
ing held at the Court-house in that place, at their
next Court a week or two hence and the friends
of the scheme, we are requested to say, are in
vited to attend and participate in the same.
From 'yhe Charlotte Journal.
QUITE A STORM.
On Saturday last, during a shot t but violent
storm of wind and raiu the Branch Mint in this
place had two chimnics blown down which fell
through the roof into the coining room, and it is
a most fortunate circumstance that the hands
were not at work in that room at the lime or the'v
would certainlj-4 have been killed. Our Court
House also had one chimney blown down and a
good deal of the tin blown from the roof. The
damage to the Mint will be repaired by the last
of the week, so that the operations will not be
retarded.
From the Raleigh Standard.
' AN OUTRAGE IN COURT.
On Thursday evening last, whilst Wake County
Coart was in session, an outrage occuned in the
Court-Ilouse which has excited the deepest indig
nation of our citizens. The Constable of the
Court and City, Mr. James II. Murray, was sitting
within the bar, when John Williamson came up
behind him and strfick him with all his force,
with a rock which he held in his hand, stunning
and felling him to the floor. Williamson was im
mediately seized by the Clerk, Mr. Marriott, and
held until the Court ordered him to, prison. ,
This outrage is the more atrocious from the fact,
that Williamson had just been compelled by the
Court to give bond to keep the peace towards Mr.
Murray, who had only dealt with him previously
as an officer in the discharge of his duty. Mr.
Murray was conveyed to his residence in & carriage,
and was immediately attended by t)dctcrs Hill
and F. J. Haywood.- We are glad to learn that
his skull is not fractured, though his head is cut
through to the bone.
Such an outrage, perpetrated on a worthy offi
cer of the law, and under the eye of the Court,
calls for the heaviest punishment which that
Court can inflict- Williamson is noted for his
profligate and aesierate ' disposition, and is the
ver'v 'character of whom an example ought to be
rV ; .;. vie' ' ' , Ml '-l
made at this time, for the good of the community-
.?
Mr. Murray was doing well on yesterday, and
we are gratified to learn that his life is consider
ed in no very serious danger.
CALIFORNIA ITEMS, ,
By the late arrivals we have received from a
friend in San Francisco' the AUu Cabforaian of
the 15th of January. We niake some few ex
tracts. The following relates to the Indian Diffi
culties undej- which the Californians labor :
"It is to be hoped that the temperate and rea
sonable address to the Indian Agents, which we
published yesterday, may have weight with the
public, and induce that forbearance and modera
tion which the importance of the matter demands
Not only do we hope that the miners and people
generally will pause and let reason and justice
guide their conduct toward the ignorant starving
savages, but that our legislators and all those who
hold public and high trust will use their influence
to prevent the effusion of blood. It is not for the
benefit of our State, viewed even in pecuniary
light, to annihilate these poor oe eaiuivs. But
there are reasons infinitely beyopd all estimate of
dollars and cents, all prosjecis of profitable busi
ness or possessions, which should guide our coun
ciis'and conduct. There is a quesiion of justice,
of humanity, of right, aiid religion. Tbey are
the original possessors of the soil. Here are all
the associations of their lives. Here are their
traditions. The tre; s which we cut down are the
volumes of their unwritten histories. The moan
tain-tops are their temple; the runnin
I
streams
which we turn aside for gold bare been the store
bouses oftbeir food, their fisheries by us destroy
ed and their supplies thus cut off ;
" The wjld game which give them food we have
driven from the valleys, tbXvcry graves of their
' t A Jai.. f. . V.n t : i j
aires nave uccu ttug uuu ii mc gtincnug goiu
which lay beneath. The recklessness of our people
have not stopped at these inevitable results.
j foiey have abused and outraged the confidence
and friendship of the trusting Indians, robbed and
murdered them without compuron, and, in
gnori., nruaicu muoc uuimcs agaiusnju-
inanity, and decency, and justice, which have en
Wlieu upon me aiuwksiu puuiic neiny ever jur
n men nas turned rod with Tnd in hlnmt
grceri vallies from Pen nod and Narragansett na
tions, all the way -through the continent which J v
ye-have taken from them, to the sand j bordered
homes of the Vumas, and the 'oaken hills of tho j
Clear Lake tribes. j
" Is it not time to pauMs to Inquire if might is p.
right In this matter! We my make war" Bpon' ..
them and annihilate them." But Is that the best poli
cy. 1 It is humane 1 It is politic 1 it is Chris- '.!'
tian 1 We answer it is not. The Indian has his
vices ; it is to be regretted that the white man has -;
many ay, greater by far than these poor untaught
children of nature. And it is known, tootbat 'S
they have livcVl on the rhdst friendly terms with', j .
us until oppression has broken all the bonds be-
tween the races 1 ; ' U U
" W,o have driven them to the wall. Wo ha?o
pushed them from the valleys where their ar- '
rows procured their meat, from the rivers where,
they caught their fiSh, we have destroyed their 1 L
oak orchards; we have cut down or burned their j "
wheat which was the seed of the wild,, grass ';
have slaughtered the men and, debauched tho wo- 1
men. And now the atonement is to be, ultcr dc- -1
struction ! Can Gud look down upon such cruel
ty, and bless the people guilty of the! outrage 1 ;.
We iiieiefoi-e call once more for mojerationviQ -4 .
council ami moueraiion in aclion. Our agents
are already ujkhi the mission. Let all ffood' citi
zens give a helping liand. Let us avoid if wiihi i
Ihe bounds of joilili.y. an Indian war. Such a
calaniity would not alone be one to the Indian.
It w ilU;t the fives of many valuablexitizens '
And should it end with ijip total destructionV0f
the Indian tribes, it would be at a cost of trea
ure and hfood liorriblo :o contemplate, for. which
there eoul.1' lc'ii. ;iL-.jna(e lviii.n. and voidd bo
a result 'over which the jdiilanihiopiAt, the dhris-
lan, and every h ue hearted man would raoujm as
the last givat sui bf national injustice, violcnco
and oppression."
SUICIDE OF MRS. HAMBLETON. J
We regret to announce U.it M.-s. Hambleton
he favorite aciivss, who had proved of late so at-uactiveat-
Uie Jenny Lind -Theatre, committed
sllictue vesiertiav auernoon nt lu-r ivi.lnnn K.,
aki
4 ,
ing poison. The circumstances which led to
this unhappy tragedy hnve been detailed to us,
and are suhsiaulia'ly to the following cfiect. It
appears tli'at I lie ' aljiarjVe Jclween 'Sir and
Mrs. Hambleton was nut of happy character, and ;
ihat the Jailer had conceived an ardent attach
incut lo a member of the company, Mr. Coad, who
rein .-ued it with equal ardor.' They had, howev- '
er, determined fjrom jirucjeritial reasons to refrain
from meet ing each other or conversing until some
opportunity should occur U lien they could unite
their destinies. "itlaUcrs had remained in this ;
siate for some days.'up To yesterdaywhen Mfr.'
Ilamblelon, wjq has been jealous of his wife for
some time, and4,' It U siid. not treated her .well,
charged her with hu ing bestowed her affections
upon another. :Uq informed lier that if she
would t'e) Jiim who the'individual was, Jio would f
onseut to a sepuraiitui, and ieniiit her to take"
the object of her choice.- She inforined him that
it was Coat, whereupon he 'brought that erson
i.iio her presence, and told him that ff he did not i
consent to leave ho would blow brains out of !
mingte theit blood togei her, or made sonic threat I
of that character.' Coad consented to ea and hf.
Mrs. II.. probably under the impression that he " J
had 'descried her, and l en tridlog with heraffec
tions merely, imm?diaiclyj f.w.i!l.wed a very large
.lose of soma fiowei fnl ctiirosivo poison. Medical
aid wa- sent for an soon as it was discovered, but
in about 10 ininnies she died. As soon as . the
fact that the object of his auctions had poisoned
hersef was made known to Coad, he purcliascd
a quauliiy of what ho supposed to be the same ;
l.itid of eonijMiuiid and attempted to poison him
self. An enietic was.admini.sleml soon after, and
at last accounts he was doiri": well, aJtlioush sutler--
ing severely. No criminal conduct is attributed u
THE LAST TRICK. , ;
The Charleston San of Thursday last,' gives tho
iVllov ing account ot the last trick performed by,
Mr. S"ecER, ihe Magician: .'-'' ..' " . ' -
Wc would call the attention of the public to
.he Jat trick h'r.maic of the Hon. gent, above
mentioned, by which he sncirecded in eloping and
leaving behind bis adveriUing account tmaid,
which he was successful to swell to no very tri
rli.ig amount , We request all papers to give this
notice iniertionand at the same lime beware of
o successud an operator oa their interests and In-
duigcncej.
FIRE ON SHIPBOARp. I J
An alarm of fire was sounded near p'olock
this niornlng, which was found proceed rom
the hold of the Swecdish. bark tfrn? lying at
Vandeiboiiit's Wlwr Joatling with Cotton and
Rice by Messis. L. Trnpnjann &, Go. fot the Nbrthi
of Europe. Our vigi'aut firemen were promptly
on the spot with their excellent apparatus, and
rendered efficient service bnt up to the' time of
our going to press (3 oclock) it had not hoen ex-
tinguished andijt was thought probablo shewuld
have to be scuttled. Charleston,
BOSTON AFFAIRS 1
No decision has as yet been made jn the cases
of Ihpse who are on trial as alaVdabette'ni In
- 1 the late not.1 Darhv casQ was probably decided
wir itmrciaj.
all the balance of my property, for your
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