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RALEIGH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1850.
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Editor and Proprietor, Raleigh, N.C.
Raleioii, Sept. 7, 1&50. ?
CONGRESSIONAL.
' In the House, on Thursday, Sept. 13, the Fugi
tive Slave Bill coming up in order, received its
several readings.
Mr. Thompson called for the reading of the en
tire bill, anil it was read. .,
Mr. Thompson then explained the bill, raying
that its prov isions were in exact conformity to the
constitution of the United States. He advocated
the purpose of the bill, and concluded by moving
the previous question.
The previous question was seconded and the
main question ordered.
Mr. Thad. Stevens moved to lay the billon the
table, and on that motion demanded the yeaa and
nays. They were ordered and the question being
taken, the result was yeaa 66, nays 1 13.
So the House refused to lay the billon the table,
The question recurred on the question, shall the
bill be read & third time, and it was passed in the
affirmative yeas 105, nays 73.
The bill waa read a third time, and
The question now being, shall the bill pass ?
Mr. Root moved a call on the House ; which
question was taken by yeas and nays, and decided
hi the urgsiiw yeas 73, naya 106.
The question now being shall the bill pass t it
was put to the House, and on a vote by yeas and
nays, carried i.i the affirmative, hy the following
vote: "
Y"s Messrs. Alberslnn, Alston, Anderson.
Ashe, Avereti,Bay,Baylv. Settle, Dwell, Bnwdoii'
Bowie, Rnwlin, B.yd, Brock, Brown n Miss.,
Blown of Li. , Buel, Burl, ChIiIwpII of Ky., Cald
well ol N. I'.", ('lineman, Cnhb nf Ala., Culcnck,
Duniel. Deberry, Diinmnck, Dunham, Eumnnsnn,
Elliott, Ewing.'Featherelon, Fuller, Gentry, Grry,
Gilbert, Gorman, Green, Hall, Haralson, Harris
ofTenn., Harris nf Ala,, Harris ol 111., Havmond,
Hihbard, Milliard, Hnagland, Hnlladay, Ilidmes,
Honsinn, Howard, Hubbard, Inge, Jackson of G;i.,
Johnson of Tenn., Johnson of Ky.. Johnson of Ark ,
Jones, Kaufman, Kerr, La Sere, Leffler, Littlefield,
Mann of Pa., Marshall, Ms son, McClernand, Me
lton i Id, McGaughey, Mcl-anaftan, Mclean, Mc
Mullen, McQueen, McWillie, Meade, Miller, Mill
son. Morton, Orr, Outlaw, Owen, Parker, Peaslee,
Phelps, Powell, Richardson, Robliins, Ross, Sav
age, Seddon. Shepnerd, Stanly, Stantnn, ofTenn .
Stanton of Ky., Taykr, Thomas, Thompson, of
M iss, Thompson of Pa.,ThnmpsonnfKy., Toombs,
Venable, Walilen, Waldo, Wallace, Watkins,
Welborn, Wildrick , Williams, Woodward, Young
1110.
I Nays-Messrs. Alexander. Allen, Baker.Bennetf,
, Bingham, Booth, Briggs, Burrows, Butler, ofCt.,
! Cable, Calvin, Campbell, Carter, Chandler, Cole,
Corwin, Crowell, Dickey, Dixon. Doty, Dunean,
I Dnrkee, Evans, of Ohir, Fitch, Fowler, Freedley,
, Giddinge, Gntt, Gould, Ha Mown y, Hampson, Har-
Ian, Hay. Hebard, Henry, Howe, Humeri Jackson,
j of N. Y. Julian, King, of R. I , King.of N. J. .King,
jOfN. Y., Mann, of Mass., Matteson, McKissock,
Mearham, Moore, Morris, Nelson, Otis, Pitman,
J Putnam, Reed, Robinson, Root, Ramsey. Backet,
'Sawtelle, Scbermerhnrn, Schoolcraft, Silvester,
c ft c . . . f...... t i, r-
iin;ur, uu'vms, oiriftuo, I iiuiiimu, uuk, un
derhill, Vinton, Wentwnrih, Whittekey.Wood -75.
' So the bill whs passed. , ,
In the House of Representatives, on Wednesday,
M Sept. 1 1 , the Speaker staled that the first business
cio order was the motion of the gentleman from
" North Carolina, (Mr. Venable.) to refer to the
j committee on elections the credentials of the Rep-
treteniatives from the state of California ; and the
amendment pending thereto, offered bt the gentle-
i man from Indiana, (Mr. Robinson,) that the said
r Representatives be sworn in. The previous qner-
n lion having been moved, the question now was
0 whether there be a second.
j ' The question waa put, and there was a second
Jiye8l,noet28: and the main question was or
ordered. . '
1 1 The question was then taken by yeai and nays
1 on the amendment ol Mr. Robinson, and it was
(agreed to yeaa 109, nays 59, as follows
'! Yeas Messrs. Albertsnn, Alexander, Andrews,
1 Allen, Baker, Bay, Beale, Bennett, Bissell, Booth,
i Bowlin. Briggs, Brown, of la., Buel, Burrows,
Butler. of Pa.. Butler, of Ct.. Cable, Caldwell, of
N. C, Calvin, Carter, Campbell, l-asr. Chandler,
Cole, Corwin, Delierry, Dickey, Disney, Doty,
Dunran, Dnnliam, unrkee, t,t ut, fcvnns, or Ohio,
Ewing, Fitch, Fowler, Freedley Fuller, Gentry,
Gerry, Giddinga.Gillmnre, Gorman, Gntt, Grinnell,
Hall, llolloway, Hampton, Harlan, Hay. Hebard,
llibbaril, Hoagland, tlowe, Hunter, jaCKson, or n.
Y.. Julian. Ki.-'P.ofR. I.. KingofN. J., John A,
King, of N. Y , Preston King, of N. Y., Leffler,
l.itlli field, Mann, of Pa.. Mason, Matteson, Mc
Doiia Id, M cKissock, M c La na ha n, M r. Lea n, of Ky . ,
Meachnm, Miller, Monre, Morris, Nelson, Olds,
M Peaslee. Pitman, Potter, Putnam, Reed, Reynolds,
a Kirlianlson, Kobuvon, Knot, Backet, Sav-telle,
Schenck, Schermerhorn, Schoolcraft, Shepperd,
Silvester. Stanton, ofTenn., Hprseue, Stanton, of
f Ky., Metson, Swe
et Tuck, Underbill. V
f worth, White, Wil
Nays Messrs.
't Bnwdon, Brooks, 1
i Ky., Stetson, Sweetser, Taylor, Thompson, of Pa.,
Tuck, Underbill, walden, vvaiiK, watKins, wmi,
WildncK 1U. - .
. Anderson, Aslie, Averett, Bayly,
Brown. of Miss., Burt, Caldwell,
f of Ky., Clingman, Cobb, Colcock, Edmnndson,
Festherston, ureen, Hamilton, tiaraison mmi,
of Tenn., Johnson, nf Ky., Johnson, of Ark., Jones,
Kanfinan.KenvLs Sere, Mann, of Masa., Marshall,
McClernand. McWillie. Meade, Millar, Moore,
Orr. Outlaw. Owen, Parker, Ross, Ruinsey. jr..
'ijHavspe,Seddon, Slanly, Ktevens, ol J"., I nomp-
niaon, of M iss. , Toombs, Venable , v niton, v a I lace,
Wellborn, Williams, Wnodwart 69.
The amendment as amended was agreed m
without t division.
Mr. Boyd then introduced Mr. Geo. W. Wright
and Mr. Edward Gilbert, the Representatives for
California, and the Speaker administered to them
the usual oath to support the constitution of the U.
States.
A STRANGE DEVELOPMENT.
In reading the debates of the Senate upon the
Fugitive Slave Bill, we find the following remarks
ol Mr. Berrien ufGa.,and Mr. Pratt of Maryland.
Mr. Pratt said :
Now, there is one fact which the Senator (Mr.
Berrien) haa related to me, which I desire to men
tion to the Senate. The honorable Senator, as I
have understood from him, haa Cullected upwards
of 300,000 for a citizen of the State of Rhode Is
land, upon obligations given by the citizens of
lieorgia to Kdore Island tor negroes imported
Into Ueorgia.
Mr. Berrien. Will the Sanator allow me? Un
queationably the Senator is correct in his state
ment. I have stated to him that many years ago
in the exercise of my professional duty, I had col
lected a large amount something near the amount
he states in bonds or notes, which were left in
my hands by a citizen of Rhode Island, and which
were given by citizens ol South Carolina and
Georgia. I stated that to the Senator, but I did
not iniend that it should he introduced here.
Mr. Pratt. I certainly nnderstood the Senator
to state, at the time he told me the fact, that he him.
self wished to bring it to the notice of the Senate.
At any rate, I did not understand the Senator lore-
quest that I should say nothing on the supject.
Doea the senator mean to say that he told me this
in connoence I .
It is but a small matter whether the Senator spoke
in ccW;dence or not. It is to the FACT wo wish
to call the attention of our readers, particularly
those of New England, and especially Rhode !
land. What is this fact ? That one lawyer of
the State of Georgia has collected three hcndhed
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A. C1T1ZEH OF RllODE Is
LASD TOR NEOROES IMPORTED INTO GEORGIA ! We
do not suppose, much as we would like to believe,
that it is an isclated case. It makes us blush to
believe, however, that any son of New England
should thus have received the wages of sin by be
coming the Slave carriers for Georgia. The Con
stitution for more than forty years- haa made this
importation of negroes Pirary, and yet in a section
of country whence we hear most said against sla
very, we see that the greatest pecuniary rewards
have been derived from a traffic in slaves. With
such facts staring us in the face, and proclaimed
aloud from the Senate Chamber at Washington,
may t,0 our zeal for the true welfare of slaves he
questioned, and me taunt ol hypocrisy be flung
back upon us, as we herald our own love of free
dom and our abhorrence of oppression. The fart
which Mr. Pratt haa here drawn out is not a new
one to many of our readers, but it is a sad one, and
one which we cite now not only lo deplore it, but
for the sake of saying, in the name of a common
charity for all men, that it ought to teach us to
have a little forbearance with others, when, to say
the least of it, we are no better than we should be
ourselves .V. Y. Express.
A Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Clipper relates the following: "I must hero give yon
an anecdote, that illustrates the character ot the
principal editor of the Southern Press. When the
lodgers in the Rational Hotel began lo illumi
nate their rooms, last Saturday night, in honor
of the salvation of the Union and the South from
the horrors of civil war Hnd disunion, Mr. Fisher
is raid to have remonstrated with the propietor or
manager of the establishment, who very properly,
relused to intervene in the matter. " I will leave
your house instantly if this illumination be not im
mediately stopped." "Yon are at liberty, sir. to
leave it when you please" was the quiet reply ;
and,I understand, the atoresald editor was as good
as his word. If he and his co-workers in treason
and iniquity would leave the Union, because of its
rejoicing, on this occasion, it would be a happy rid
danceof a pesti-'erous club of enemies to the coun
try and Its institutions." .
THE WILMOT PROVISO.
The Wilmot Proviso has been consigned to a
deep grave, from which even long J.obn Went,
worth was unable to bring it up again, it m a
little curious that a Democrat should have given
birth (o this proviso, and a Democrat should have
endeavored to raise it from the grave. It is also
remarkable that it should never have been able to
pass both houses and assume the shape of a law
except under a Southern Democratic administra
tion, while under a Whig administration it never
could lift itseif on its feet but the breath was at
once knocked from its body. Rich. Rep.
A QUID FOR ABOLITIONISTS.
On the first day of August term of our county
court, Peter Beason, a man of color, was, at his
own instance, sold into perpetual servitude. Peter
was emancipated by the will of Mrs. Farrow, who
died tome years since, and the laws of the State
forbade bis remaining within Its limits for more
than a twelve month. This law Peter saw fit to
set at naught, and the consequence was that he
was indicted for remaining in the Stale against
the form of the statute. . On the first day of court,
however, Peter presented himself voluntarily and
entreated that the penalty of the law should be vis
ited upon him, (viz : a sale to the highest bidder,)
which was accordingly done, and Peter secured a
good home for life.
This little incident furnishos two lessons. The
first is, that even the intelligent slave at the South
has sense enough to know Inst his condition here
is far preferable Is the degradation and pauperism
o which he would be subjected in a free Stale.
The second is, that the clamor and outcry of the
North about the evils of slavery, result from either
ignorance of llye natureof the Institution or the
more devilish spirit of incendiarism. s
, ," Piedmont Whig.
A Good Riaso!. " Why, did Adam bile the
apple?" asked a Sabbath School mistress ol
bright little fellow nf six years old. i
-Cause," said the pupil, "be hudVit go no
knife to cut it with."
From Knickerbocker's History of New York.
HOW WILLIAM THE TESTY UNDERTOOK
TO CONQUOR BY PROCLAMATION.
No sooner had this bustling little potentate been
blown by a whiff of fortune into the seal of gov
ernment than he called his council together to
make them a speech on the state of affairs.
Caius Gracchus, it is said, when he harangued
the Roman populace, modulated his tone by an
oratorical flute or pitch-pipe; Wilhehnus Kieft,
not having such an instrument at hand, availed
himself of that musical organ or trump which na
ture has implanted in the midst of a man's face ;
in other words, he preluded his address by a son
orous blast of the nose ; a preliminary flourish
much in vogue among public orators.
He then commenced by expressing his humble
tense of bis ulterun worthiness of the high post to
which he had been appointed ; which made some
of the simple burghers wonder why he undertook
it, knowing that it is a point of etiquette with a
public orator never to enter upon office without
declaring himself unworthy to cross the threshold.
He then proceeded in a manner highly clasaick
and erudite to speak of the government of ancient
Greece in particular ; together with the wars of
Rome and Carthage; and the rise and fall of sun
dry outlandish empires which the worthy burghers
had never read or heard of. Having thus, alter
the manner of your learned orators-tlcttd of
things in general, he came by a naWal, rounds
bout transition, to the matter in hind, namely,
the daring aggressions of the Yankees.
As my readers are well aware of the advantage
a potentate has of handling his enemies as he plea
sea in his speeches and bulletins, where he has
the talk all on his own side, they may real assured
that William the Testy did not let such an oppor
tunity escape of giving the Yankees what is cal
ed "a taste of his quality." In speaking of iheir
inroads into the territories of their High Mighti
ness, he Compared them to the Culs who desola
ted Rome; theGpihs and Vandals who overran
the fairest plains of Europe ; but when he came
to speak of the unparalleled audacity with which
they of Weathersfield hnd advanced their patches
up to the very walls of Fort Good Hope, threat
ening! smother the garrison in onions, tears of
rage started in his eyes, as though he nosed the
very offrnce in question.
Having thus wrought up his tale to a climax,
he assumed a most beligerent look, and assured the
council tha t he had devised an instrument, potent
in its efii'Clt-', and which he trusted would soon
drive the Yankees from the land. So saying, he
thrust his hands into one of the deep pockets of his
broad skirted coat and drew lorlh, not an in
fernal machine, but an ittrument in writing,
which he laid with great emphasis upon the
table.' '
The burghers gazed at it for a lime in silent
awe, as a wary housewife does at a gun, fearful
it may go off half-cocked. The document in
question had a sinister look, it is true; it was crab
bed in text, and from abroad red ribbon dangled
(he great seal of the province, about the size of a
buck-wheat pancake. Still after all, it was but
an instrument in writi.ig. Herein, however, ex
isted the wonder of the invention. The document
in question was a Prcclamatiom, ordering the
Yankees to depart instan lly from the territories of
their High Mightnesses under pain of suffering all
the forfeitures and punishitient in such case made
and provided. It was on l he moral effect of this
formidable instrument that WilhelrauB Kieft calcu
lated; pledging his valor as a governor that, once
fu'minated against the Yankees, it would, in less
than two months, drive every mother's son of them
across the borders.
The council broke up in perfect wonder, and
nothing was talked of for some time among
ihe old men and women of N ew Amsterdam but
(he vast senilis of the governor, and his new and
cheap mode of fighting by procl amation.
Never was a more comprehen sive, a more ex
peditions, or, what is still better, i more economi
cal measure devised, than this o.f defeating the
Yankees by a proclamation an expe dient, likewise,
so gentle and humane, there were tei 1 chances to
one in favor of its succeeding, but tfiiW there was
one chance to ten that it would not s ucceed as
the illnatuied fates would have it, t.W single
chance carried the day ! The proclamat km wa
perfect in all its parts, well constructed, we II writ
ten, well sealed, and well published al! tha.twae
wanting to insure its effect wan, that the Yank ees
should stand awe of it, but, provoking to relatt'.
they treated it with the most absolute contempt,
applied it to an anneem ly purpose, and thus d id the
first warlike proclamation come to a shameful end
a fate which I am credibly Informed has befal
len too many of its successors.
A correspondent, who has occasionally favored
ns with a poetical contribution, tends ua the fol
lowing neat little squib, in which there is perhaps
as much truth as poetry ; Staunton Spec
EPIGRAM.
An out-east baby nation csme
And kneeling cried annex us !
We listened to the foundling's claim.
And took it home, to vex us
Now, grown to empire's lofty air,
No biiger she respects us.
But likes proud disdainful fair,
Conte mns us and rejects us ! 1
Now ask von who I The Muses swear,
The old coquetter takes us !
Saota. The little tows of Haverhill, In Massa
chusetts, ne annually 1,200,000 pairs of shoes,
worth $700,000. The amount paid for labor in
manufacuringthetn Is (250,000. A snuglittlein
come to the Is Doing population ofa little town, be
sides the profits to the aeighboring farmers in the
sale of the hides of Iheir oxen, calves and sheep,
sndthe profits of fanners and lcthcf-dresefs in
preparing them for use.
We have not seen anything published as the I
offspring of the late anniversary of our Nation-.
1 Independence, which possesses more of the true
spirit of patriotism and love of our country than
the following stanzas, which were offered as a
toast on that glorious occasion. Button Post.
God bless the good old Thirteen States ;
God bless Ihe young ones loo.
Who cares for musty birth-day dates ?
God bless them old and new.
The old ones first our freedom gain'd,
In bloody fights of jore ;
The young ones have their rights maintained
As the old ones did before.
Or Sout i or North.ot East or West,
Twin sinters all they be,
One mother nursed them at her breast,
And that waa Liberty.
And may the wretch whose hand shall strive
To cut their vital thread,
Be scorned while in this world alive,
And scorned when he is dead.
Now fill the bowl with Nature's wine,
Let's drink "God save the King,"
The only King by right divine,
The sovereign People King.
For they're the only King I own,
All others I despise, , ,
The King that towers above the throne,
The King that never dies.
"BENEFIT OF CLERGY."
This phrase, which, in olden limes, meant the
exemption from punishment granted to certain per
sona who claimed the protection of the Church,
has come lo have a very different signification in
Ihe vernacular of these latter days. It now means
a right to travel without charge, and to enjoy many
other little advantages on the same terms, which
is often, and very properly, accorded to ministers
of the gospel. Of this praise-worthy custom we
have recently heard the following illustrations for
the accuracy of which, our Belzebub says he is
willing to vouch.
A s'.ory is told of a couple of Mississippi "Rev
erends" who, during one of the coldest days of last
winter, were journeying through a part of the State
in which they thought they were entirely unknown.
The cold was numbing, the blast biting and bit
ter, when they arrived at a road-side shanty, in
front of which was a str.all shelf, garnished, as u
sual, with a black bottle and sundry cakes of petri
fied ginger-bread. A bright blaze, cheerily burn
ing on the hearth and visible through the open
chinks of the shanty, was a sufficient inducement
to enter. They were of course hospitably welcom
ed, and were immediately installed in the most
comfortable positions about the fire. While en
joying its genial and reviving influence, one of
them remarked to his companion, sotto voce, that
it was verv singular how any liquid, exposed as
that was in the black bottle outside on the shelf,
could resist the freezing action of such severe wea
ther." To this, the other assented, and added that
he, loo, felt a t (range curiosity to ascertain wheth
er the contents of the bottle had been fr.izer; or not,
but he was fearful that such an investige.i ion, al
though it was entirely scientific, mtg'it be misun
derstood by the good people of the house. He
was afraid, he said, that they would look upon it
as a beastly lusting after forbidden stimulants
improper in all men, but especially so in ministers
of the gospel. This objection was removed by the
fact, thatthey weie, ss they supposed, entirely un
known, and were so muffled up as to conceal the
clerical features of their dress. The bottle was
therefore ordered in, and ihe "scientific experiment"
commenced. Astonishing to relate, the liquidate
ed very freely, and what is still more strange, after
it was bro'l near the fire it fell secerai degrees in
thebottle ! This curious result became so apparent,
and differed so much from the action of mercury
under the same circumstances, that it actually
staggered them, and being unable, at one silling,
to determine the cause of so singula! a phenome
non, they requested ihe bottle to be refilled, with
the view of taking it along for another experiment.
They then rose to depart, and having asked for
their bill, the kind hostess replied, "thank you Mr.
(calling him by nsme) we aim mean enough
to charge preachers for litte whiskey
Tuskaloosa Monitor.
A SLAP AT THE LAWYERS.
A very respectable, honorable set of fellows are
Ihe lawyers in the main, and not at all the out
nnd out rascals which they are represented to be.
So far as our knowledge goes, they are much like
other men neither better nor a worse class but
o.-Kloubtedly subjected to certain temptations pe
culiar to the profession from which other men in
othe.t callings areexempt. Tcan altorney, anice
little quarrel, in a legal way, haa the same sort of
intere st that a compound fracture ofa leg or arm
has to hit neighbor the surgeon. The physician
loves 'fe . 'and the lawyer loves 'costs,' a past;
time whit 'h when kept within moderate bounds, is
at the wor. only a sort of 'amiable weakness,'
that ought ot 10 08 judged with severity. But
sometimes! he love of 'costs' becomes so extrava
gant and eng Jossing in the minds of mere pettifog
gere.ae to fori, i the 'one idea' of their cogitations
and pursuit. iN was of this sort of animals thai
old Counsellor sw. of Essex county, N. Y,
made one day In cf, Ihe following canstie ob
servation i They iV incapable of conceiving of
Heaven but as a cou " insniuiru iw um csprwsi
benefit of the profess!, ! of which Christ is but
the clerk of records j ai V " wJin8 !h k"0"'.
Prayer, make a charsei "itie interpolation, "d
read. Give us this day ottI'lIy brM,t UkeMi
' v .. - V Ronon Pntt.
V
A New Comet was discov Mr. Itond, of
the Cambridge Observatory, o. night of the
29th ult., iri the constellation Camelopardalus,
ten degrees north Of the star Alph S Fsl
The following touching and curious incident is
from the Christian Register. "A gentleman.
with some friends, was lately rambling over the
rocks, near the waler.in one of our sea-shore towns.
His attention was presently attracted by a robin,
full grown, and apparently quite unhurt, running
in his path, flitting about his feet, and. contrary to
the proverbially shy instinct of, that bird, keeping
very near him. He look it up in his hand, fondled
it, patted its feathers, ang afu-r showing it to the
party, and remarking ot ' lingular lameness,
tossed it into the air. Jl xt day this pertle
man, having put put from adjacent beach in a
boat, with four others,
eail on his return,
when within sight oriutd, by Ae capsizing of the
boat, or a suddeu leak.sprung m her, was drowned
with all his companions. Wis body was recovered,
snd a few days afterwards was buried in the cem
etery, twenty or thirty miles distant fiom the scene
of disaster.
The day after the burial, the grave was visited
by his wife and hisdaughter. As they approached
the spot, they were in hesitation for a moment,
not being familiar with the place, which of several
new-made graves, waa the one they were seeking.
At this instant a tame but sprightly robin ran on
the ground before them, and stood by them before
the grave of the husband and father. One of them
took it up and caressed it, and after some remark
about the singularity of its conduct, let it go when
it flew down, alighted on the raised mound over the
grave, and laid itself close to the earth. The
daughter immediately look it up again, and il was
dead."
Instances exemplifying the strong attachment
of domestic animals, says' the N. Y. Courier, and
and especially dogs, to persons who have been kind
to them, are ol frequent occurrence. A few da ys
since a personal friend, connected with this offire,
had the misfortune to lose his son, a fine, intelli
gent, manly little fellow, not quite three years old.
A King Charles spaniel had been in Ihe habit ot
playing with him, receiving food from his hands,
and bearing him company in his rambles and
sports. While the little boy was sick, the d-y
watched by his bedside. After he died, lie missed
him, and wandered all over the house, dronpingand
sad. The second morning after his death, he took
his station at the foot of the stairs, where he had
been accustomed to meet him, watched and waited
for him in vain for a long time, and at last laid
himself down upon the lower stair arid died. Thus
fine are the issues to which the nature even of
brutes, is often touched.
AN ECCENTRIC OLD BACHELOR.
We find in the New Orleans Picayune, of the
lOih ult.,a letter dated Woodbridee, New Jersey,
July 4th, in which we find the following singular
accountof an eccentric old bachelor :
"An old bachelor has lately died in this place,
leaving a fortune of $80,000. From what I learn
of him he must have been one of the most eccen
tric and curiouschaps that ever lived. His clothes
being taken off, were separately folded in papers,
and were never allowed the sight of a brush, a
silk handkerchief answering every purpose.
"Should he be in the road and Bpy a wagon In
the distance, he would run for his life, for tear that
a speck of dust should chance to fly upon him.
The village belles have enjoyed many a laugh at
him when returning from church, to see him take
to his heels and run at the sight of a carriage or a
cloud of dust, and although he would take no no
tice of them at the time, yet they were not forgot
ten. He always endeavored to keep as clear of
the ladies as possible, and particularly the widows
whom ho looked upon as something very dreadful,
and was never caught walking in the road with
one if he knew it.
"With all his oddities ho was miserly lo a cent,
and would often be seen at the store exchanging a
quarter of a dollar for twenty-five pennies, thereby
saving a copper on every twenty-five. These he
would not take either without examining every tne
to see whether it waa not bad, rusty or something
else. Many of the articles he bought was by Ihe
penny's worth, snd hence his great use for lis .t
coin. When he came to the last penny nf his bun
dle it was wrapped in two pieces of paper and laid
away.
"Thus lived this curious old man, and when he
a pproached dea Ih's door he waa as odd s s ever. He
wonld not bear the idea of any one seeing him, or
entering bis room, for fear that they would soil his
clothes, or step on his shoes, or do some other dam
age, and in this state he died, 'unpitied and un
cared for,' although worth a fortune of $80,000."
A SPIRITED GIRL
Yesterday morning, among a group of emigrants
siting upon a stoop on Quay street, tat a square
built, hearty looking Dutch girl, who was eating
her breakfast of tough cheese) and hard sea bis
cuit, with apparent relish. Several loafish look
ing fellows passed by, and each gently chucked
her under the chin. Thegirlboreit very content
edly until Ihe last of the train or loafers stopped as
if he intended to kiss her rubv lips, when she jump
ed iip,and with a blow of her brawny fist, that had
doubtless often guided a plough In her 'faderlawl,'
she knocked the rash nsulter into the street as
prostrate ss an ox felled by a butcher'. He pick
ed himself up and 'left,' amid the shouts and laugh
ter that went forth from the spectators. The girl
smiled snd silting down concluded her unfinished
breakfast at if nothing had happened. Attany
Knickerbocker. .
wsssn sssas-si-ssi ssatSHa SIMM
LamartisVs Idea or Universal Surmas.
lAmartine thus writes in a lata publication on u-
nivefsal suffrage I Aday will conte, I have no
doubt, when Ihe hed ofa family will dispose in
the electoral urd at many votes at there re old
mem women and children at hit hearth ; for in a
society better made It it not the Individual h is
th f.milv which it the Aermantnt unit. The
I individual ptssmwsj. Famil rsniains,"
PILO-SOPHY OF FARO.
A short, thin man, whom nobody knew but by
sight, suddenly became a constant attendant at the
gaming tables. This man, during a whole fort
night, continued, night nfier niglit, in ihe most ex
traordinary manner, to win enormous sums of the
bankers, as well as the surrounding belters. II
wore spectacles, and appeared so short-sighted thai
he was always obliged to touch the counter with
his nose before he could distinguish the card
Such was his luck that whatever card he backod
was sure to win. On the last night of his appear
ance at Spa, one of the gamesters, a ymng, half
inloxiealed Irishman, had losl a very heavy sum.
His lemjier had quiti gone, and he vituperated hi
lucky opponent in a style thai might have edified
the most abusive lisherwnruan in Billingsgate.
" D n you, yon eld dog," he cried, " and most
particularly d n your spectacles."
And catching them from hun, he put them on
his face. At first he could distinguish nothing, but
approaching the cards, he perceived tint Ihe spec
tacles were strong magnifiers. His suspicions and
curiosity were immediately excited, and he turned
to demand an explanation of the wearer but he
was gone ! An examina:ion then commenced, and
the cause of this wonderful continuity of luck was
speedily discovered. The cards in Spa are not
bought of shop-keepers, as in England, but every
autumn the proprietors of gaming tables repair to
the grand lair at Leipzig, and there purchase their
stock for the year. Thither the spec lacled gen
tleman had also hied, not as a buyer, but a seller
of cards ; and at such a reduced rate, and of such
an excellent quality, that all the purchasers resor
ted to him ; Spa and several other towns were li
terally slocked with his cards. : On the back of
each of lhi-se,roncealed among the ornaments, and
so small as to be imperceptible to the unassisted
eye, was it niimbc:, with a particular variation to
denote its suit.' Then the rogue came lo Spa dis
guisedwith blackened hair and spectacles, and,
as a gentleman gambler, would have broken all the
banks of Spa, but for the fury of the enraged Irish
man. As it was, he decamped with several thous
and pounds."
Jenkt Lisd. There are various ways of mak
ing fame snd money in this world. While the
vast majority oflhe dwellers' or the earh plod a
long with uncertain steps over the Inrrerr level of
mediocrity, there are occassional bright exceptions,
who favored by nature with some distinguished
trait or power, or smiled upon by fortune, raise
themselves above their fellows and bask in the
sunshine of success. Bonaparte carved out a
glittering pathway with li' sword, Fanny Ellsler
danced herself into lite pockets and affections of
the gaping nations, and now Jenny Lind a young
Swedish woman, 29 years old the 9th of next
month, with pale flaxen hair, blue eyes, large bust,
and a face when speaking beaming with expres
sion, sings songs with such a rich luxuriance of
melody that the world is drunk with amazement
and delight. Well we have no disposition to
grumble at the distinguished of the earth, more
especially when the laurel descends upon the
brow ofa pure noblewoman. One who by the
force of her genius alone,- rising from obscurity,
has given lustre to every phase of a short and
brilliant cereor, not merely by the witching cad
ences nf the sweetest voice that ever sent a thrill
through admiring listeners, but by l!i spotlessness
of a life surrounded by all the glitter.ng tempta
tions of a wicked world, and the simplicity snd nn
calculating generosity of an ardent, refined, and
elevated nature. .''"..
In thus according her (lie meed ibf deserved
praise and wishing ,a continuation of the same
transcemlant success which has attended her
through life, we must be permitted to allude, how
ever lo the rirrinnstsnco ot her recent advent in
this country. She anived in New York. a few
days ago, and although it was Sunday, thouand
of persons forgetting the holy influences of the day
and the requirements of common sense and com
mon decency, flocked lo Ihe pier and undo Ihe
welkin ring with repealed cheers. This was not
all; they followed her carriage to the Hotel, snd
thai night a party nf musicians, two orikree hiind
red in num!ier,sereiiadcd.her,nd gave her a wel
come in a set speech. Since then, the Mayor of
the City and Bishop Hughes and long crowds of
ladies and gentlemen have called upon ihenong
stress, so that to avoid ihe excessive display and
notoriety, "Ihe nightingale" as she has been filly
termed, spread her wings and to a retired part of
the city. But all in vain forgetting the salutary
lessons of Buz the pet pie will pursue her, feast,
caress, idolize her, allow her sweet notes lo linger
longer in their memories than the brightest ach
ievements of science or war, or the proudest efforts
of statesmanship. In so da ing of course they will
write themselves down asses, and ho one under
stands this better than Jenny, who disgusted no
doubt, will yet have the sense and charity to smile
at their enthusiasm and refrain from teaching
them a necessary lesson through the medium
of a braes of oelaMWluuies. IViil Ckrott. "
s- , .... j -it, , .: -.-:
A down east pious tailor much given to the prae .
lice of crowding bricks in bit hat, called Into a
crack shop, in a western city for a job. As be)
was considerable of a boaster, a coat was gives!
him to make; About th time he Wat finishing It
off he wat considerably obfustlcated,' and accii
dentally burnt a hole cm the lappet. ' Nothing daun
ted, he worked the hole as If put there cq purpose
and informed the proprietor thai It was intended
for carrying a flower, and was the latest Paris !eh-,
Ion. The Custome? wits pleased, add tho acc! .
dent originated a fashion, . V. . '. .
..t'f ' . ' . 5v ' ' ' - '' .- ' .
A rouusi countryman . tjieeting s) p'lysic Lun
ran to hide behind a wall i being asked the sai4
he replied !
"Il it su long since t have bei sick, that I arrt
ashtmrJ to louk phyilcitn iu i'pv fact "