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THOMAS LOltLW, Editor and Proprietor: TWO DOLLARS Per Annum, invariably in Advance. ..... 0L. 5. WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1851 NO 12 THE OLD SURTOUT. had taken a place on the top of one of coaches which run between Edinburgh I; Glasgow, for the pnrpo.se of commencing . lort tour in iho highlands of Scotland. We rattled along Prince gtreet, I had lei i to survey my fellow-travellers. Imme tely opposite to me sat two dandies of the t order, dressed in white great coats and ; Icner nariutvcruiwciK, mm urn wiin a cigar lis mouth, which they puflVd away with tarvellous complacency, i-eside me sat a modest andTcomely young nan in a widow's dress, with an infant r .' lit nine months old in her arms. The ap- .1 a -II I . . .. " 1 1. i ? prance of the youthful mourtier and her ' e. indicated that thev belonged to the : (Jies occasionally cast a rude glance at nother, the look of calm and settled sor v whieh she invariably, at such times, cast ii her child; seemed to touch even them, to disarm their coarseness, i ) i the other ide of the window sat a ug gentleman of plain yet prepossing ex vur, who seemed especially to attract the jeof the dandies. His suriout was not; ; ilutely threadbare, but it had evidently i ireil more than one season, and I could K liitby the gentlemen in Belcher hank . hiefs. The young gentlen.an carried a - i portmanteau in his hand so small, in t. that it couhl not possibly have contain liore than a change of linen. This arti- , Iso appeared to arrest ihe eyes of the rg of fashion opposite, whose wardrobes. f ' II probability, were more voluminous ; . ;hcr they were paid for or not, might be ler question. e coaen naving stopped at tiie village !orstorpl)ine; for the purpose of tak i ti hi iiiide passenger, the guard, observing the voimg gentleman carried his port- eau in his hand, asked leave to put it in oot:to which he immediately consented. jut it fairly iuto the centre, guard," said i f the dandies. 7hy so. Tom ?': inquired his compan may capsize the coach," rejoined the a sally af .which both indulged in a : of laughter; but of which the owner c portmanteau, though the blobd rnoun ighily iuto his cheek, took no notice iver, jile we were changing horses at the lit vvn of Uphall. an aged beggar approa- and held out his hat lor alms. The i-cs looked at him with scorn. . I gave t few half-pence", and the young widow, as she seemed, was about to do the same, Ithe young gentleman in the suriout laid iid gently on her arm. and dropping a ( rown in the beggar's liatraade a sign ! m to depart. The dandies looked at : cither. towing oflT, Jack." said one. '.'ay, successful at our last benefit, you " rejoined. the other, and both again i' to a hoarse Hugh. V ihis allusion to his supposed profession. ood again mounted into the young gen i't cheek, but it was only lor a moment i continued silent. hud not left Uphall many miles be s, when the wind began to rise, and tifering crouds 'indicated an approach- - sower. " The dandies began to prepare . mbrellas ; and the young gentleman surtout. surveying the dress of the . and perceiving that she was but in itly provided against a change, of wea- lquired ol the guard il the coach was ' lde. Being answered in the anlrma i addressed the mourner in a tone of thy ; told her there was every appear- -fa smart shower ; expressed his regret ; e could not be taken into the coach. deluded b offering her thc use of his rill protect you bo far." said he. "and, ' vents, it willjprotect the baby.' ' widow thanked him in a modest and '''Tul maimer, and said that, lor the sake ; " inlant. she would be glad to" have f ik. if he would not suffer for the .Want ; nself. ! .nswered her that he should not, being meu to all kinds of weather. surtout won't spoil," said one of the s, in a voice of affected tenderness, i ' besides, my dear, the cloak will hold oth." l'-.ti young gentleman, turning quickly u, addressed the speaker in a tone of ty which I shalLneverforget : am not naturally quarrelsome, sir ; 1 't it is quite possible you may provoke V .for" ' f i the exquisites turned as pale as death : ink in spite of themselves into their lt mI insignificance ; and they scarcely their lips, even to each other, during "t mainder of the journey. ;he meantime, the young gentleman, :t-he same politeness ai.d delicacy as if u oeen assisting a lady m quality with 'awl. proceeded to wrap the widow ' er baby in his cloak. He had hardly 1 1 Pushed this, when a smart short show fain, mingled with hail, commenced. J myself provided with a cloak, the cape ' 'eh was sufficiently large to envelope - "otect my head. I offered the young man my umbrella, which he readily ac- 4 but held it, as 1 remarked, in a man ner calculated to defend' the widow - imself. en we reached West Craig's Inn, the stage from Edinburgh, the rain ccas 1 the young gentleman, politely retur S e my umbrella, began to relieve the '' y f bis dripping cloak, which he shook ' 'e side of the : coach, and afterwards ton the railing to dry. Then turning j'ounr widow, he inquired if the would take any refreshment, and upon her answer ing in the negative, he proceeded to enter inio conversation with her as follows: 1 "Do you travel far on this road, ma'am V "About sixteen miles furtherJsir. i I I prive the coach about six miles on the other side of Atrdrie." ! ''Do your friends dwell hereabouts?" 'Tes sir, they do. I am on the way to my father's house." 'To your fathers?" 'Yes. sir," said the poor woman, raising her handkerchief to her eyes, and sobbing audibly "I am returning to him a diseonso late widow, after a short absence of two years." . ' ,. 'Is your father in good circumstances ?" 'He will never suffer me or I my. baby to want, sir, while he ha3 strength to labor for us ; but he is himself in poverty- a dav la borer on the estate of the Earl of H -." At the mention of the nobleman's name, the young gentleman colored a little j but it was evident that his emotion was not of an unpleasant nature. "What is your father's name V said he. , "James Anderson, sir." 'i "And his residence?" II "Blinkbonny." 1 "Wellj 1 trust, that though desolate, so far as this world is concerned, you know something of Him who is the Father of the fatherless, and the Judge of the widow. If so, ,your Maker is your husband, and the Lord of Hosts is his name." O.yes ; I bless God that, through a pious rent's care, I know something of the power nn oi Divine grace and the consolations of the Gospel. I My husband, too, though a trades man, was a man who .feared God above many." ; - i'i The remembrance of that much to alleviate your sorrow." must tend 'lt does, indeed, sir. at times; bu.t at other times l am ready to sink. My lather's pov erty and advancing age, my bady's helpless ness, and my own delicate! health, are fre quently too much lor my feeble faith.' 'Trust in God. and he will provide for you; be assured he will." , i By this time the coach was again in mo lion ; and though the conversation continued for some time, the noise of the wheels pre vented me from hearing it distinctly. I could see the dandies, however, exchange looks with one another; and at one time, the more forward of the two whispered something to li's 'companion in which the words Metho dist parson" alone were audible, i At Airdrie nothing particular occurred ; when we got about half way between that town and Glasgow, we arrived at across road, where the widow expressed a. wish to be set down. The young gentleman, there jore, tlesired the driver to stop, and spring ing himself from the coach, took the infant in his arms, and then, along with the guard, assisted her to descend. ,:May God reward you," said she. as he returned the baby to her, "for your kindness to the widow and the fatherless this day." "And may he bless you." replied he, "with al! spiritual consolation in Christ Jesus." So saving, he slipped something into her hand ; the wilovy opened it instinctively. I saw two sovereigns glitter on fcjer palm, she dropped a tear upon the money and turned around to thank her benefactor; but he had already resumed his seal upon the coach. She cast upon him an eloquent and grateful look pressed her infant convulsively to her bosom, and walked hurriedly away. ' No other passenger wishing" to alight at the same place, we were soon again in rapid motion towards the great emporium of the west of Scotland. Not a word was spoken. The young gentleman sat with his arms crossed upon his breast; and, if I might judge by the expression of his countenance, was evidently resolving some scheme of be nevolence in his mind. The dandies regard ed him with amazement. They had also seen the gold in the poor widow's hand, and seem ed to think that there was more under thaV shabby surtout ' than their "puppy brains"' co'ld easily conjecture. That in this they were right, was speedily made manifest. j1 When we had entered Glasgow, and were approaching the Buck's Head, the inn at which our conveyance was to stop, an oplen travelling carriage, drawn by four beautiful horses, drove up in the opposite direction. The elegance of this eqipagc made the dan dies spring to their feet. "What beautiful grays !" cried one : "I wonder who they can belong to ?" "He is a happy fellow, anyhow," replied the other. "I would give half of 1 Yorkshire to call them mine." ' ' , The stage-coach and the travelling car riage stopped at the Buck's Head at the same moment, and a footman in laced livery, sprinino" from behind the latter, looked first inside and then at tne top oi tne lormer, when he lifted his hat with a smile of respect ful recognition. "Are you all well at the castle,! Robert ?" "All well, my Lord." replied the footman. At the sound of that monosyllable, the faces of the exauisites became visibly elon gated ; but yithout taking the -smallest no tice ol them or their coulusion. the noble man politely. wished me good morning, and descending from the coach,1 caused the foot man to place his cloak" and despised; port manteau in the carriage; He then stepped into it himself, and the footman getting up behind, the coachman touched the leader very slightly with his whip, and the equip age and their noble owner were soon out of sight. j S Pray svhat nobleman is that !" said one of the dandies to the landlord, as we entered the inn. "The Earl of H , sir" replied the landlord ; "one of the best men. as well fas the richest in bcotiund." repeated the dandy luriinjir u, lyl9 comuanion : what asses we have been ! there's an end of our chance of being allowed to shoot on his estate.' O, yes! we may burn our letters of in troduction when we please," rejoined his companion ; and silently and crest fallen, both walked up stairs to their apartment. FARMING IN CALIFORNIA. The San Francisco Correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, in his letter of the 1st October speaks as follows of the unprecedent ed successof some of the cultivators of the soil in California: , The news from the interior is of the -most cheering character; and you may expect such returns from the miners during the rai ny season as will astonish the world. Im mense piles of earth have been thrown up. and every preparation made for a bountiful supply of water to wash out their summer gatherings. In addition to this, we have the great agricultural wealth of the State poured into our laps. But your readers will not believe hall that might be narrated. The reports are almost too big to be true.' I have exhibited to me this day, by Mr. C. A. Shelton, onions weighing two pounds each, raised by Rob ert Smith, at the San Jose Mission. He has two acres of them, averaging 1 pounds to each onion. He thinks the yield will be 2, 500 sacks averaging 82 pounds each, say 205,000 pounds as the product of the two acres of land ! Mr. Smith brought 50 oags of them to market this dy, for which he de mands 20 cents per pound. Supposing he gets but 15 cents per pound for his entire crop, we hnd that it amounts to the sum of $30,750 as the simple product of two acres of wild land. And this is but the average yield of the onion crop throughout the San ta Clara valley. The potato crop will aver age 300 bushels to the acre, worth to-day six to seven cents per pound. Doctor! Ba shum, of Santa Clara, is said to have raised last year 800 bushels of potatoes to the acre ; but this was on well cultivated land. It is slated that Gen. Vallejo sold his stan ding grass for fifteen thousand dollars cash. The party purchasing it expended an addi tional twenty thousand dollars to cut and cure the same, and has now realized the sum of one hundred thousand dollars profit for tne hay. The maiket price for hay opened here this fall at $40 per ton. advanced to $o0, but has now declined to $25 per kon for oat hay, and "$30 for best 'Burr clover.' At these prices it will not pay first cost and expenses of bring ing to market. The arrivals of barley are also large from the interior, and it commands about 5 cents per pound. Immense quantities of alt kinds of vegetables are no w being brought to mar ket, and, generally speaking, command high prices; quality superior. .There is no country in the world which can hold out half the inducements that Cali fornia can and does present to the industri ous emigrant of every nation to come over and help us. The ordinary wages paid to a good -hand' on the farm is $75 per month and found ; while in the city $150 per month is paid, say $5 per day, for common laborers; to say nothing of the miner's life, which will now fully average $8 per day. Our city continues to be very healthy, with the exception of a! disease among the Chinese, which is confined exclusively to them, and was reported to be cholera, but it is now known to be scurvy, contracted while on their passage hern, and fostered by their manner of living. They come to this coun try from China, packed into the hold of a ship as thick as herring into a box. Although generally very cleanly in their habits, it is not possible for them, under the circumstan ces, to preserve health, and living as they do upon light food, are just the subjects which scurvy would be apt to attack. One vessel which arrived here a few weeks since brought no less than five hundred passen gers. Ou landing they bundle into houses Hke sheep into a pen, where they almost stagnate; hewce the great mortality among them. I A KEEN YANKEE " Fa !eonbridi?e' tells the following, in his a Wrf Life of Dan Marble: 'Andy Cummins, whoused toliveout here near Framingham, was a cute 'Down Easter a real: live Yankee always ready for a joke, and hard to beat. He was one day m a country bar-room 'down South,' where sevral wtre assembled, when one of them 'Yankee Cummins, if you go out and stick vonr nonkniff! into anvthing. when you come back I'll tell you what it's sticking in.' 'Yer can't do no such thing,' responded Cummins. i I 'I'll bet ten dollars of it,? said the other. . i -Wall, I rather guess I'll take that Jere bet; here captain (turning" to the landlord.) hold stakes, and I'll jist make half, a saw horse in less than no time.' The parties disposed an X a-piece, and C. went on his mission, but in a short time re turned, saying 'Wall, nabor. what is it stickiV in V In the handle.1 replied the southerner, as he reached out his hand for the stakes.' ;Guess not, jist wait awhile.' said the Yan-. kee. as he held up the handle of the knife, minus the blade, j'l kalkilate the blade can't be in the handle, when its driv clean up in an old stump aside of yer road out thar.' Cummins of course won the wager, and the southerner sloped to parts unknown, amid roars of laughter- . ' FACTORY DESTROYED. Troy, N. Y., Nov. 13. The salaratus manufac tory of Hutchinson & Co. was consumed by fire last uvening. The stock was insured for $O;000, "The Earl of H BURSTING THE UNION. s The following lines are giren in the editor's ta ble of the Knickerbocker Magazine for July. They are introduced with the assertion that thev were composed by a western! poet, in "one hour by a Connecticut clock." j What ! bust this glorious union up, y An' go to drawin' triggers, Just for a thunderic' passel of Emancipated niggers 1 The eagle of Ameriky, ; That flew across the seas, An' throw'd the British Hon Ker-slump upon bis knees ! Say ! shall we rend him lim' from lim', Wun wing wun way, an wun t'other, I An' every sepperit pin f ether . ; A flyin' at the other 1 WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE. We love to see a flock of sheep, All feeding on a mountain ; t We love to see a drunkard drink, From out the crystal fountain. At tirst upon his knees he gets, And then he sticks his nose in ; But soon he slips, and then ker souse, His head and shoulders goes in ! I'LL CONSIDER YOU SOMETHING. In a1 certain seaport town, away down ii.asi mere uvea, some two or tnree years since, a shoemaker who rejoiced in the pat ronymic of Green, although not so verdant as the name would seem to indicate, he be ing noted for his wit, but mre particularly known as a man who always made the best end of a bargaiu. One fine morning, early in the spring, as our worthy son of Crispin was silting at his work, striving in his humble way lor the benefit, of his fellow sinner's soles, a tall, lank, down East skipper who had just arriv ed in the harbor with a schooner load of wood, entered his shop, and said 'Good morning ; I've got a load of wood which I'd like to sell you.' 'Ah, good morning.' says the shoemaker, 'what do you ask V Suffice it to say, they agreed upon a price, and all that remained to consumate the bar gain, was the manner in which the wood was to be paid for. V 'There, Skipper,' said the shoemaker, is a chaise which I should like to sell you' which by the way, was avehicle.of rather antiqua ted from and which bore marks of somewhat hard usage) just the thipg for you to take home. If you don't want it yourself, you can sell it to some one of your neighbors, and double your money oh it.' 'What do you ask for it V inquired the skipper. 'Fifty dollars is cheap for it. but being as it's you, I'll take forty-five, and if you're not perfectly satisfied with ytjur bargain, when you come this way again, I'll consider you something.'' j The bargain was closed, the skipper de livered his wood, took on hoard his chaise, hoisted sail, and was soon on hi3 way home. On arriving home, j he became perfectly satisfied that he had been a, little bit in the trade, but contended himself that the shoe maker would certainly 'consider him some thing.' on his next trip up. The next winter, as the shoemaker sat on his bench, smoking a pipe, and discussing politics with acrowd of fishermen, who made his establishment their head quarters during the winter months, our skipper entered. 'Good morning,' says the skipper, slapping the shoemaker on the shoulder. 'Eh ! good morning.' replied the shoema ker, barely turning his head, and recognizing the victim of the chaise trade. 'I believe you and I had a trade a spell ago. savs the skipper, touching him again. 'Oh. ves.' says the shoemaker, without turning round. There was a dead pause for a few minutes. At length the skipper said 'You said you would consider me some thing if I didn't like the chaise, and the darn ed thing wouldn't go anyhow ; and as for selling it, I couldn't give it away.' 4 Eh I replied the shoemaker. Well, what are you a going to consider me?' . I , The shoemaker rose from his bench and looking his victim full in the face.said 'Why, I consider you a darned fool! The skipper left, and never since has he brought wood to that market without having his pay in hard cash, well remembering how he was considered. ( Destructive Fire and Loss of I,ifeOne Hun dred Persons Thrown out of Employment. Philadelphia, Nov. 12. This evening at six o'clock, Bruncrs cotton and woolen factory, at corner of Nixon and Hamilton streets, was destroyed by fire, in which about one hundred persons were employed. So rapid was the progress of the flames, that several per sons are supposed to have perished. Two dead bodies have since been found, supposed to be those of Edw. Crosby and Mary Ann Brown. Several narrow escapes were made by jumping from the windows. The lower story was occu pied by Faulkner &, Lewis, merchants, the sec ond story by David & James Donnelly, spinners and wool carders, the third story by Bernard Mc Nutt, manufacturer of cotton and woolen goods, and the fourth and fifth stories by Bruner, woolen manufacturer. Nothing but bare walls are left standing. The loss is $30,000, upon which there is a partial insurance. One of the chief titles of distinction in tha Scotch law is "the Dean of Faculty;" and when Sydney Smith, Dean of St. Paul's first met a gen tleman bearing that title, in company, he assum ed a reverential expression in lookiDg at him, and said, "a most surprising title, for, in England the Deans have no faculties. THREE GREAT SHIPS OF THE LINE. . The Bostan Courier reminds us that there arc now in that harbor three great ships of the line the Ohio, the Vermont, and the Virginia each said to be remarkable for its model, its size, and accommodations, the excellence of the materials of which it is composed, its strength, and fitness for sea and battle. They are called 74's, but are capable of carrying one hundred and ten guns each, together w ith a compliment of one thou sand men, and all the provisions, stores, and mu nitions for a three years' cruise, not omitting twentv tons of nowder for each vessel. These costly and splendid floating citadels are at the na yard in Charlestown, and never fail to attract the attention of st angers and others, as varying their position somewhat with the tides, they seem to extend themselves like leviathans, and loom up over the waves. ii EXTRAORDINARY SAGACITY. , On Monday afternoon, as the Morris and Essex railroad train was returning to Newark, when within about a half a mile of the depot an infant was discovered lying or crawling on the track. A large Newfoundland dog,! belonging to James Bishop, Esq., rushed forward, and, seizing the child, bore him to a place of safety, the locomo tive almost grazing the dog. Newark Daily Adv Escape of Witnesses in the Treason Cases On Sunday morning, about 4 o'clock, two of the most important witnesses in the Christiana trea son cases, confined in the debtor's apartment of the Moyamensing prison.made their escape, in connexion with a white man. Ihey lmu taken the shutters, which arc made like a blind, from their cell, and with pieces of blankets fastened them together. This enabled them to reach the top of the north wall, from w hence the' descen ded to the ground by means of other , pieces of blankets, having used tho material of four beds. Their names arc Joscphus JYashingtonand Peter Woods. Washington is an old man, and has a famiiy near Chri&tiaua. Woods is rather a young man. mere is ntue aouut out tnev naa assis tance from without. Philct. Bulletin uf Monday. Snow. It commenced 1 snoHving here )esterday morning just after daylight, with the wind blow ing strongly from tho north-eastward. Towards noon the wind hauled more northerly and mode rated, and the snow changed to rain and sleet, which continued through the rest of the day. The White Mountains, for several days past, have been covered with snow as entirely to ap pearance, as in the depths of winter. Portland' Advertiser, AVp. 11. From the Journal of Commrrcc. Protection of Vessels from Destruction or Damage by Ughtniug. At different periods for a.series of years, wc lave stated in the columns of the Journal of Com- merce, tnat no case ot damage oy ugimnng nas occurred to vessels belonging to the Navy of the United States, that were furnished with conduct- ors. Uuraavices to tins enect, received irom time to time from the Navy Department, come up to date, of December 1st, '48. and we have now before us a letter, bearing date " Navy Department, Bu reau of Construction, &c, Oct. 25, 1851," from Commodore Skinner, chief of that Bureau, in which he says : " No report of injuries sustained by lightning have been made to the Department since my last communication on that subject." To my knowledge, no claim has ever been made to Underwriters for damages by lightning to a vessel furnished with conductors, nor have I ever inown of a loss of life by lightning in a building, or vessel, furnished with conductors reared for the purpose of protection Brooklyn Heights, Oct. 31, '51. E. M. It is estimated that from 30,000 to 40,000 bush els of Salt are made annually at Key West by so ar evaporation. The salt is said to possess super ior qualities for saving meat, and is much sought after. The business is now carried on to a small extent, but can easily be extended a thousand fold, as the natural salt ponds arc very extensive. t is predicted that it will become a very impor tant trade in a few years at Key West. SYDNEY SMITHISM. Edinburg is entirely degerted now by the Scot tish nobility, and no more peers arc to be met there thanfat a republican town in the New World A Scottish gentleman, who had shown much hos pitality in the Northern metropolis to Sydney Smith, said to him at parting: ; " I am happy to think how much you seemed to have enjoyed the society of Edinburg." " Yes," replied Sydney Smith, " it always re minds me of a game at whist, without any court cards." : ... Sydney Smith, being annoyed one evening by the familiarity of a young gentleman who, though a new acquaintance was encouraged by the Dean's jocular reputation to address him by his surname alone; and hearing him tell that he must go that evening to visit for the first time the Archbishop of Canserbury, the reverend gentleman patheti cally said: 1 " Pray don't clap him on the back and call him "Howly!" 1 Sydney Smith said, of a great talker, that it would greatly improve him if he had, now and then, "a few flashes of silence." v An old maid was heard to . exclaim, while sit ting at her toilet the other dayuI can hear ad versity, I can encounter hardships, and withstand the changes of fickle fortune ; but,Joh to live, and droop, and wilt, and die like a single pink-I can't endure it ; and, what's more, 1 won't." COKRK3 PON'D&NCK OK TOR COWMERC! XU. , Nkw York,' Nov. It, 1851. Bolding, the fugitive slave wo you may re member was recovered at tli'e Atlantic Hotel Iri I this city last summer and purchased by subscrip tions made throughout the State, has at length returned from" South Caroliua. His former mas ter resides at preseut in New Jersey. ; i The Slave holder, who together with the mu latto young woman manumitted by him was bap tized at the Brick Church, a few weeks ago, may now be seen very Sabbath with his family, wor shipping in that place. J . , Rev. Dr. Spring's second lecture last Sunday morning upon The Glory of Christ was attended . .. y ' " ' tr 1 r ' the white cravats) were clergymen. There Was d sprinkling of various denominations, for since tho days ef President Edwards, thn Evangelical sects have not had a Theologian of greater ability than Rev. Dr. S. The theme of this second' lecture of his series of 19, was; the Divinity of Christ, which' he proved by numerous quotations' from' both the old and new Testament. - ' . , There were other reporters present, bctterablo than I to give the press a synopsis of this df- course, ana i win not , attempt u. WI" WU,J venture to mention one of the prominent points, viz : If Christ was not a person of the God-heaU why are such expressions as these applied to" him in the Bible : " Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified." "Jthovak whom they ' pierced." vide Zachariah. "And thou Jehovah" isayg St. , Paul in writing of Christ to the Hebrews. Tho 107th Psalm alludes to his eternal existence and immortality "of old &o. &c." Again can any being save God be omnipresent l! Yet Christ says, "where tveo or three are gathered together in wjr name there am I in the midst. I am Alpha and Owga." "Before Abraham was, I am." Ho Is tttvled "The Lord of Glory" "king of kings" God from heaven" "the mighty Ood" &c. Thctf j there was Isaiah's glorious prophecy of thtt, com ing of the Savior, hundreds of years before h was incarnate in the flesh : " Unto us thild is" bom lunto us a son is given, : Jlis name shall be called wonderful, Councilor, tie mighty God, the Evcrlasl Father, the Prince of 'Peace ;" : ' If I am correctly informed, an eloqutnt and distinguished Unitarian Clergyman of this city fa, about to deliver a course of lectures (enabling him to introduce his theological vicwa) before the famouse Lowell Institute of Boston. , As this is an age and land or tvleration', it is bVt fair that we should hear both sides. By the way, a large and Interesting meeting of Evangelicals w asdeld yesterday jforcnoon in Bcek man Street, for the purpose of a further inquiry into the' expediency of establishing the customf of out-door or street preaching. It was attended, by some of the most experienced a rjd distinguish- ' cd ministers of the Gosicl, several of whom were the most oged declare beir willingness to address audiences in the open air, iu tho parks, t oh thd Battery and piers, and public squares. A com mittee of 15 gentlemen were appointed to devlso a plan of action. It isj designed? to call ar' meet : ing of the City, to secure cb-oberaliohl . . , . A thorough system .of slreerca'ching, ft fi thought, will bring the Gospel to many souls which would never enter the plmrcnes under tho old at rangement. The celebrated Whitfield you know, achieved his greatest j successes, tmder God, hy-field-preaching. BlKkriWl this liecome a custom, our bronch 'desed exhorters woiwld be m the voca tive, but tho superior the onen air. and the salubrity of , the labor in increase of oxtcmiorane- ous speaking, obviating the irksome chest-caving . toil of writing sermons, would promote the health , and consequently the intellectual energy arid' or f giuality of the clergy. ; It was John Knox's fash ion, and Luther's, and th dell of Scotland, bavo rung with thfe" sturdy tones of tho Covenanters. I laid down my pen a few minutes ' ago to pass ' the time of day with the Agent of Dr. U. P. Lcc the venerable author "of Lee's pills, a medicino quite famous as long ago as my owjri' b$ hood.-" Dr.Lee is now nearly 80 years of age.but very active, for he is still dependent upon his daily lab6rsfor a subsistence. He is a very agreeable ftitlcrhanr'' of the old School, and enjoys a practice (esecial ly for the cure of the 'gravel aud kindred com plaints) which attracts to him people from' all parts of the Union. His poverty arises froth twd' causes, one is that he gives away mudh of his la bor, but the most Important reason is, that he iciU never advertise. . And why not 1 Simply, because quacks hare got rich by it. If such' reasoning-' were correct, otir wives and daughters : could bo' equally reasonable in peremptorially refusing to 5 wear costly silks, (I think I sic them doing it!)' because tho richest utyles arc worn by the mosV abandoned characters' that trapse through BroadV way. i 1 ' I have two good reasons for believing that our communication with California is bccotnlng more and more lucrative. One is hat Adams & Co.'r California Express Office just opposite my own, ' has been crammed with freight, which a dozen men have been preparing there for bhipment on board the Ohio to day. The other is that the Gold Dust Office of Messrs. M. N.Coboa&Co., next door, Las looked as full of buzz and bustle as a' hive. Last week, Cobea & Co. wore beset day after day, from morning till night, by swarms : of returned Californians selling their piles ef "dust4 and "rocks" at from $17,40 to 317,05 per ounce. T The Steamer Mississippi has arrived with 41 good looking Hungarians, but Kossuth (pronounc ed Kosshut) will not arrive till about the 20th inst. Capt. Long, as I expectea cnureiy uemc tne mao oi i v.... - ,
Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, N.C.)
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