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Money far the Office may be sent by mail at or risk, in pay .meat for subscriptions, advertisements, jobs, Ate. (CT Oric ow FArrrrEviuLB st., onk boo bklow post or r ice. WHIG PRINCIPLES. The Hon. Humphrey Marshall, in clos ing his late speech in the House of Repre sentatives very gallantly vindicated the ivi.u nHtr r th Smith, and showed M W II 1 IWIIJ w .w jtheir true position upon the Compromise measures. We give the closing paragraphs, jxa deserving the attention of our readers, "because we are certain that thetrulhishere jset forth : The passage of the Compromise meas ures was not the close of the contest. Having passed Congress, the issue of the statesmen was yet to pass in review before jthe American people. The President stak d his political fame and die hope of his Administration upon that issue. After Congress adjourned, and the people were called upon to pass their judgment on ihe compromise of 1830, what action did each of the Southern parties take upon the ques tion ? We hear of the Union party aud the States Rights part . This was but a change of name, sir. The mass of the Whigs were for sustaining the compromis es ; the mass of the Democrats were op posed to them. Governor McDonald was sustained by the great bulk of the Demo cracy proper ; the Whigs voted for Gover nor Cobb, the Representatives from Miss issippi admit that Quitman was sustained by the mass of the old Democracy, while the mass of the Whig party sustained the Union candidates. They, too, claim the Compromise measures as Democratic mea sures ! I imagine, had they been left to he tender mercies of the Democrats of Mississippi, other tenants would occupy their places upon this floor. The south- em people know full well mat we w nigs, uriih siiuriihir unanimity, sustained the Compromise measures, and everywhere endorsed the action of Congress in passing litem. When they heard complaint of the settlement, or saw a man wno iiiieaicucu to resist it, or who talked of secession, or about disunion, or who branded those who .sustained the compromi e as submisfeionistf, or who carped at and cavilled with the icrms of the Adjustment, and tried lo fo- inem uiatuniciiL mi laws, the chances were as a thousand to one such a person was not a Southern Whig. I have never attempted to make party capital for electioneering purposes out of the history of the measures releroea io l have not desired to appropriate to party uses t i l er ... . t . ,.,l.;,.k a great ana nouieeuuin.'i ptmivwom, nuw-n ty joint exeniuu auu muncucp m ip resentatives of .ill parties and of all sec tion?, snatched the Union from the very jaws of destruction, and gave renewed hope of the stability Mid permanence of that Government under which we have been blessed with so much of progress aud Twmtmritv. Bui when gentlemen on this floor and out of doors undertake to claim for the Democratic parly tbe merit of hav ing either devised the Compromise of 1850, ' or' of having passed them by any peculiar -: influence of their own, and commend mod tv and silence to the Southern Whigs ; upon Uie SUDJcci, men oay, "it", i IV of ihe South, which was the most unit-. ',: ed, the firmest, and the most steadfast in support of the measures, was ihe Southern Whig party. Tliey court no comparisons; but they shrink from no scrutiny. Their political history will well compare with he history of any party known iu the an nals of the Republic. Their ranks ex hibit bright and shining examples oif devot ed patriotism, of exalted talents, of wise ' statesmanship, and of characters which ghrough ages will form models for future imitation. Their political principles will successfully pass the examination of histo ry whose prov ince it is to scan the philos ophy of action, and to decide upon jlhe rCood or evil in its tendency. . .: p0 add proper and fair facilities to com merce to improve the condition of our own country promote the development fit its natural resources by a wise and ben eficent, system of legislation ; to amelio rate the condition by increasing the eom - forts of the Amencaft peopk i to nerve the i rm et labor ; to encouraSe J- to protect iihe inventions f Senms to sustain the Jiffnity of v 0Wa untry home, by eecuririo- to evert" hl3 personal and po litical rights ; to perform scrupulously every national obligati0 l judicata prompt ly every right of our own Juntry abroad ; -40 stand upon our own aod not oa foreign around ; to cheri5" and Protect the integ- rity of the union hjw r" very dawning of a,,y "Pint which would lead ti its destruct1011 These, sir, sonsti - tute the principles'. ne philosophy, and, permit me to Bay, tnc Fide of lhe South sa Whig. ' ,r There was a man wb so anxious d make a noise in the world,' that he left orders when he died, to have his skm tan ned and made into a drum. "OLD FOGIES." The way the Democratic Review puts it to these "time honored" champions of Democracy is amusing enough. Uur readers must keep up with the excitement, and we therefore give a 6ketch or two trom the March number : Hew the old Fogies sat to he painted. It would be as afflicting to the reader to detail the facial contortions of the yenera fnmsxi na rli rnme before their oblisr- ingly universal artist, as the struggle to put! the best tace on tneir enroniery wus pain ful to the venerable sufferers. Some old cTPnilcmpn unt for hours contortins and nur sing their lips, so a3 to look implacably stern, and atrully Lfemocrattc, ana pow erfully Jaeksonian. Others stiffened up and threw back some few hairs, so as to appear of a statesmanlike character, on the outside of their baldness resemblinff, even longo intervallo, the noble Calhoun Another distinguished Democrat, more sa gacious, and withal adventurous, discover ing a steel plate copied from the English one of the late Sir Robert Peel, of which the body had been finished, but the face merely touched in outline ; and, conceiv ing that the altitude given by the artist to the great British Tory would be exceed ingly dignified for an American Democrat, and would be, .withal, becoming to him self, actually purchased the plate, pre served the body, had poor Sir Robert's head cut off, and his own countenance in, sertedin its place ; and the American De mocracy not the club at Washington, but the people, the only Democratic party we will stoop to rerognise-have for years been woishipping this senseless mav-k, located on the shoulders of a British body, as "a great American Democratic statesman ;" and the soma may at any time be seen in our office. The old Fogies run under water. We stand on the course as Democratic caretaker ; but we will take very good care, should spavined nags or lame ponies like our beaten old fogy hacks, or ricket ty cobs, present themselves for admission, to tell them at owe that they are humbugs ; that they are calculated to injure the cred it of the course, and our ovn individual credit, as one of the keepers of the same 5 that ihey had better get home and lie up ; that what looks likeeifoiijr legs in ihem are merely wind-bags of chronic puffing; that they are "no go ;" that (hey cannot come it, fcc. &c. ; and fintilly, that, without knocking us down, they cannot get in. We have room for only one mere ex tract, which is complimentary to Governor Marct, and holds out the luuid of - fellow ship to John Van Buren and the Barn burners. Whose case the Review will next take up we ore not informed ; but we do not remember that it has yet disposed of Commodore Stockton, who belongs, we suppose, at least to middle-aged Amer ica and may form the compromise candi date between Young America and Old Fogyism.". If our young friends do not make way with the Commodore in their next number, they may find him more troublesome than they anticipate. But to return to our muttons : Gov. Marcy and Young America. We actually met poor Governor Marcy spavined wind-blown, strained, ring-boned, and with a huge gray spot still sore 011 his flank, just at the very gate as we came in, and merely out of respect for his fam ily and his friends, we advised him lo go home to rural pasture, to preserve his e quine a,t tributes a little longer, and not make an ass of himself j and he very good humoredly did so for a season, but only to deceive us. Just fancy Governor Marcy presuming to thrust himself for ward as a National Democratic candidate! Governor Marcy, whose antecedents are so pure, and so unquestionable, and so straightforward ! Governor Marcy, who having accepted the office of Mexican commissioner under the Tyler administra tion, admitted the most questionable and ridiculous claims ; and subsequently, un der the last commission, expended the year 1851 at Washington, acting as chief adviser, attorney, and wire-puller in the prosecution of these very claims against our Government ! Governor Marcy, who fofveed himself by intrigue into the Polk Cabinet, for the pre-determined purpose of driving Silas Wright and his friends so far north as to break them down nationally , and thereby secure the Presidential nomi nation 111 1848 to General Cass; and who, after absolutely killing the great man of General Cass, goes over to the Barnbur ners, and attempts to form a coalition with them for his own personal aggrandizement aiming also at the demolition of his rivals, Dickinson and Dix. There is not a dem ocrat in the State so stupid as not to be conscious thai die intrigues of Marcy for the last two years have preyeoteda cordial reunion of the party. But for him, the party might now act as a unit, and, as long a he is in the way, the party will not unite. Having cheated both, wings, it is madness to suppose that either svill a gain trust him. VVe heard, but the other day. a determined Hunker, a delegate to the Baltimore Uonvention, aeciare mat m would gresxly prefer John Van Buren,and so say we, A few old fogy Barnburners are now bard at work at the pullics, hoist ing his governorship, but with ft devjljsjj jook meaning that Uey will get birn jwst high enough to be certain of breaking bis neck in the fall. Governor Marcy, with such numerous undarued rents in his po litical character, and but one everlasting and horridly enduring patch upon his per son, (paid for not even out of the proceeds of the Mexican claims he admitted and prosecuted, but still 'by. the country,) fan cy, we say, this Governor Marcy intruding himself and these agreeable antecedents on ihe country and on the Baltimore Conven tion ! We prevented, indeed his admis sion by this Review, and nicked him just at the right time, Now, all this is amiable and interesting, and demonstrates that old fogydom must pray pretty hard at the Baltimore Conven tion to procure even Christian burial at the hands of Young America. As the Stan dard is persuaded that the Democradc par ty is the only party that can be trusted to carry out the compromise, we hope that it will enable its readers at an early day to understand what the leading gentlemen of this Democratic party say and think of each other. The Tariff of 1S46- Mr. Brooks, in his recent speech in the House of Rep resentatives, alleges and shows that the Tariff of 1846 has not been and is not, the tariff under which the revenue has been collected since that time. Life was breath ed into it, he argues, in the Civil and Di plomatic bill, August 10, 1846 ; but a suf ficient revenue was collected by it under a series of illegal Treasury Circulars, issued by Mr. Secretary Walker, and followed up on the precedents he established, which Circulars, in January, 1851, the Supreme Court of the United States declared to be void and of no effect, After this, with a view of collecting revenue, and without which revenue enough to carry on the Government could not be collected Con gress, under the prompting of the Finance Committee of the Senate, and the Ways and Means Committee of the House, re en.icted the Treasury Circulars, and fur ther invigorating them bv the act of March 3d, 1851.- ; , -v'-V- Mr. Brooks then shows that the Treas ury, under suits from the Courts (of which fifty are now pending in New York alone) is refunding these duties illegally collected, with diawbacks refused, &c Sep., to a verv larere amount, which amount now goes to swell the apparent expenditures of ihe Government. The facts which Mr- Brooks arrays sat isfactorily explain why what is called the Tariff of 1846 bus yielded so much more revenue iban the Whigs of t;iat day ex pected, and why the expenditures of the Government have been seemingly increas ed in lhe re-payment of duties illegally collected from illegal Treasury Circulars. Sat. Intel. Mr. Fillmore. "Observer,' 'the De mocratic Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, says of the Presi idont : "Mr. Fillmore's term of office has been market! by singular success; and it may be said of him, what perhaps cannot be said of any other President, that he has not an enemy, and scarcely an opponent, in eith er party. Millard Fillmore is an honest man; and that reputation, which is placed above all contingencies, is the richest lega cy he can leave to his children." This tribute, from a political opponent, is eminently true. TJie honesty and sin cere patriotism of his character shed a lus tre upon his name brighter than any which his high office can confer. He exempli fies that spotless, unselfish integrity, so sel dom found among public men, that it is scarcely looked for, and generally doubted when discovered. Of how few, compara tively t in high station, can it be said as of iUiuaru iitmore ne is ait uuiicaw mu.11, Albany (N. Y.) Register. SOMETHING LIKE THE THING, A correspondent of the Greensboro Pa triot, whose sentiments are indorsed by the Editor, writes as follows: I have noticed the propositions made by the editor of the Newjjemian, and also by a correspondent of the Wilmington Com mercial, to compromise the difficulties now existing in the Whig Party. 1 respect the motives arid honor the men who are trying to bring our party together again; butcan dor compels me to say, that I believe the con promises they have proposed can nev er effect the object they have so much at heart. If the Convention wishes to see the Whig party aroused and rallied upon one platform, and crowned With a brilliant and glorious victory on the evening of the first Thursday in August next, all they have 10 do will bo to pass a resolution to the following effect: Resolved, That we are in favor of a mending the Constitution of the State by an unrestricted Convention in preference to any other mode; provided, the Conven tion be called upon a fair, and equitable basis, so as to do no violence, or injustice to any interest or section of the State, but justice to all. What fair minded man, east or west, can reasonably object to taking a stand for an open Convention under this view of the case? The above proposition is sornewhat iike the thing desired, if it will but meet the ap probation of the sections now at variance. We do not hesitate to express a opinion that the West cannot be expected to insist upon iess than the doctrines hece embodi ed ,and that the East ought to agree to U without hesitation. The ultras, who insist upon haying exactly their own way ia ev erv thin!?. ou?ht to be taught that there is immense oumb&r who are desirous of harmonizing the party, in both-, sections, and in the mean time of doing justice to all parties in the State, ia the vindication of democratic republican principles. Those who are deadly opposed to an open Con vention, are hostile to the Sovereignty of the People, and the establishment of equal rights and if the few whp prefer a mendments of the Constitution by legislal tiye enactments the republican in prefer ence to the democratic course--and will work wiih die democrats to accomplish .heir anti-democratic schemes and election eering humbugs -it will be very disagree able, to be sure, but not very shocking, after all. The Whig party will survive this, and overcome the difficulties now in the way by a dr termination to be "Just and fear not." The above proposition from the West opens the way for an hono rable compromise, and we hope the Con vention, whan it meets at Raleigh, will a dopt, it or something like it. Wil. Com. READ THE DOCUMENTS. Certificate for the Cure if Broken Down Merchants. We have often tried in our feeble way, to make the people of this city understand the benefits to be de rived from giving publicity to their busi ness, through the medium of the press. It will cure more brokcu-dovi , weak, sickiy business men save more lives than were ever saved by all the medicines ever sold taking the certificates of doctors and druggists for true; but read the docu- menu HEAR THE TESTIMONY, .In the year 1840 I started business in the city of Boston with a capital of 5,000, and a good fair credit. I hired me a good store at a moderate rem, and applied myself industriously to my business. In 1842 1 took an account of stock and found that I was $3,000 worse off than when I began more than half of my capital had been sunk in expenses and bad debts. This rather discouraged nie, but as it was the- first year of my business and : I was but little known, I thought I would try it another year. My creditors and friends recommended that I join a church or an engine, Co. both of which I did; and in 1843 I again took an account of my affairs, and found that if i could stop all my ex penses, and sell my stock out at market prices, I should lack just $1500 of having money enough to pay all my debts. I had a note against one of the brothers in lh church of $200, which so;e said was good this would reduce my indebtedness that amount but he never paid it. To make a long story short, 1 failed burst up went to smash and all pro nounced me a ruined man, and to make it sure ihey turned me out of the church, In 1S45 Tcontrived to get a little money, with which 1 bought a few goods. I got some small bills and cards printed, and sent them o every body I could think of the Consequence was, they began tp come in and.trade with me a little. I continued to push the cards and bills, and also to ad vertise itf the newspapers, and customers came in from all parts of the country. I soon had to enlarge my store, and I now do a bigger business than any one on the street 1 keep Hp my advertising, and my business keeps increasing. I have got $15,000 invested in good stocks, I own the house I live in, and it is worth $.7,500; my goods are all paid for, as I buy for cash and sell for cash, and i have paid all my old deDts of 1843. This I attribute to your valuable remedy for an unhealthy business, of letting the public know what you are doing and what you want to do, "through the press. If this cer tificate will' be means of saving one poor man situated as I was seven years ago, my object is accomplished. Bos. paper C. SILUil JR. Secession Dead. Mr. Woodurd, Rc presentative in Congress from South Car olina, has written a letter on the subject of Secession generally and with reference particularly to the pending Southern Rights Convention, Confessing his mortification at what has taken place in the premises in the Palmetto S tale, he looks the exigencies of his friends fairly i the face, arid pro nounces Secession dead? It died, he says, in May lasty when "immediate secession' was disavowed. 'The proposition of fu ture speculative secession" he regards as "fit only to produce a disunion," and he is therefore oppose to any proceeding that can have a tendency to lead the peo ple to regard it as a reality. Mr, Wood aid combats the proposition thtt the Con vention, on the part of the State, shall re call its Senators and Representatives, Af tersecessionj he considers "there would be an obvious propriety and decorum in the act;' but before secession, and with no prospect of secession, it would be a farce "most pernicious" in its results, and "in point of constitutionality" utterly inde fensible." Alex. Gazette. A native cf the Emerald isle lately went to consult the printer of a newspaper in a neighboring county, especting his runa way apprentice. The printer proposed to advertise him in the usual form, with a suitable reward: this did not meet Pat rick's idea; "he did not wish lo advertise himi only jist to give him a hint." Af ter varios attempts at fruming a suitable notice, the following was suggested by himself as all sufficient, namely : "Patrick Flaherty would inform his apprentice, Timotby Dougherty, that he does not wish to exp -se him, but give him the hint to return to his master and serve out hisin dentuie like a good boy, or he will bo ad vertised in the ticwspapcrSr A Spanish lady writing from Washing-1 ton under date of 5th inst., says of Henry Clay, Scott, Cass, and others I 'General Cass I have seen twice, and 1 greatly admire. 1 have also had the high privilege of an introduction to Mr. Clay, diough he receives no strangers. To-day at one P. M. aecording to appointment I called with Mr. W., and was so much af fected at the sight of the earthly ruins of this stupendous genius, that I could not utter a word, but carried the hand he ex tended to my lips in fearful silence. He seemed much gratified, and spoke of the honor I did him in very kind terms, and with consummate tact he- immediately chose such subjects as he thought would be most interesting to me, and for half an hour questioned me of my own dear land, of its institutions, manners, of the late at tempt on the Queen's life, Sac., and so gratified me by the interest he manifested in the answers, that my heart warmed and my brain kindled and I felt I was replying as well as though I had studied to'do so. You know that diffidence was never one of my affiictipns but at the same time I hold genius in such esleem, that rry ven eration amounts to worship for it. How much greater, then, must have been my emotion when the hand of death was plainly visible on the mighty of the land ! when the ray, brilliant as it radiat ed on all around, was but the light burn ing in a sepulchre, and already quivering beneath the breath of the merciless des troyer! I am net able to give you an ad equate idea of his state. His eye alone shows him not dead ! His fingers are a skeleton's, r-the countenance cadaverous, yet withal, his mental faculties are unim paired and vi vid as ever. At a large party last Tuesday I again met General Scott, who introduced the fa mous Soule, the great radical member from Louisiana. Mr, Soule the idol of the Washington ladies, and no wonder for he is exceedingly fascinating in his conversa tion. He has that dangerous compound of the French wit and Creole suavity, of acute perception and brilliant imagination, which with his elegant manners could not but make him a favorite. He is thought handsome, but is not, but his appearance is remarkably and distingue. The Albatross, are easily taken in moderate weather by trailing- a hook and line, the latter end of which is kept pear the surface of the water by any kind of a float, the hook being baited with a fat piece of pork. A shingle answers very well for a boat. They ijpt only extend far North into the Pacific, but are found on the Southern borders pf the Indian O cran, and occasionally pretty far to the Easiward. Notwithstanding rhe immense size of the bird, there is little flesh on the carcass, and the bones are very light and thin, Sailors are not so scrupulous but that they will make a fresh meal of them for want of something better. Having cap tured and examined a good many of them I was always struck with the large quanti ty of remarkable fine and soft down upon their bodies, nearly an inch in thickness. The prepared skins would be very valua ble, and in connection with a sealing voy age, might, perhaps, be well worthy of at tention. There are at least two varieties, if not more, one of which is while, and the other light brown, or brown and white intermixed, and forming a beautiful com bination of colors. As to the disposition of their nests in conjunction, with Pen guins, the account appears somewhat po etical, espeeially that part relating to pat rol duty. Being web-footed and of large size, the Albatross is not naturally fitted for walking, no more than wild ducks and teal. Ocean birds when brought on a ship's deck become instantly sea-sick. They remain in a sitting posture, scarcely attempting to move, and this remark ap plies particularly to the Albatross and the Cape-pigeon. The Water Melon Question Settled. In a defeating society in Texas, not long since, the following question was selected for their next meeting: "If A plant a watermelon seed in his own ground, on one side of a fence, and lhe vine runs over the fence into B's prop erty 3d produces only one melon, and none ariywhere else,- and B eats that mel on, what ought A to do to B considering both as Christians and men with fami lies?' :;: " - A whole week was given for preparation. The eventful evening came which was to decide B 's fate. Ail the fashionables in the village were present, as were also the unfashionables. Many profound, brilliant displays of eloquence were made. Still no one could settle B's case. If neitherhe nor A had been Christians, and men with families, tl ere would have been no diffi culty. Any orator could have made A"co whollop" B, and the melon would have been paid for, but this conclusion was ut terly out of the case. Finally, when tbe minds of the speakers and listeners were so puzzled that they would willingly have ta ken a yow never to say 'melon again a tall, ungainly looking youth, who had hitherto remained silent and unobserved, rose from a corner" and was delivered of th following able argument, most earnestly urged, 'Mr. President, said the lank youth, 'I rise to settle that ar question. I rise for to say, Mr. President, that if I was for . to plant a wetermillion seed on this here side of that ar fence' here the orator began laying out a plan on the table with pens, paper and wafers and that watermillion seed was for to produce a Tine, and that ar vine traveled over that ar fence and crawl ed down on this here side of that ar fence and that ar watermillion vine thar produc ed, and no where else, a single watermil lion, and you, Mr. President, was that ar feller B,- and you was fo? to eat that ar wa termillion, and I, Mr. President, was that ar feller A, and we were both Christians, and both men With families doybo know, Mr. President, what I would do?" The society and the audience here listened in tently." Why, Mr. President I would think you was dod denied on generusV N. O. Pic. WONDERFUL TOY. Tbe latest notable effort of mechanical puppet manufacture is exhibited at Bou logne at the present time. It is lhat of a jeweller, who has devoted eight years of his life to the perfection of a clock-wt r c con juror ; which he has made a thoroueh mas ter of the thimble-rig. Dressed in an Eastern cos! ume,' this necromancer stands behind a table, covered, as the tables of professors of legerdemain usually are, with little boxes and cabinets, from which he takes lhe objects usually employed in his exhibitions. He produces his goblet, and shows the balls under them ; which van ish arid re-appear m the most approved style : now two or three are conjured into a spot a moment before vacant, presently these disappear again, and are perpetually divided and reunited. At every exclama tion of the spectators, the little conjuror turns his eyes from side to side, as if look ing round the house ; spiles, casts his eyes modestly down, bows, and resumes bis slight of hand. He not only takes up the goblet from a stand, and places them over die balls, but leaves them there for a minute, and holds his hands up, to show the audience that he conceals nothing in his pajm or sleeve. He then seizes the gobjets again and goes on. This trick over, he puts his cupi a way and shuts the cabinet. He then knocks on the table, and up starts an egg, to which he points to secure attention ;' he touches the egg, (which opens lengthwise) and a little bird starts into life ; sings a roundelay; claps its enamelled wings which are the real humming-bird's feath ers, Leyond any metallic art in lustre and then falls back into its egg. The lit tle conjuror nods, smiles, rolls his eyes right and left, bows as before, and the egg dis appears into the table ; he bows again, and then sits down, to intimate that the perfor mance is over. The height pf this little gentleman is aoout three luches ; his ta ble and everything else being in due pro portion. He stands on a high square pe destal, apparently of marble. It is how ever of tin painted white, and within it are all the wheels and works containing the mystery. Saving .Time. A clergyman, who had considerable of a farm, as was gener ally the case in our forefather's days, went out lo see one of his laborers, who was ploughing in the field, and he found him sitting upon the plough, resting his team, "John," said he, "would it not be a good plan for you to have a stub scythe here, and be hubbing a few bushes while the oxen are resting?" John with a countenance which might well have become the clergyman himself, instantly replied "Would it not be well, sir, for you to hare a swingling board in the pulpit, and when they are singing, to swingle a little flax?" The reverend gentleman turned on his heel laughed heartily, and said no more a bout hubbing bushes. How John Knox got a Wife Knox osed to visit Lord Ochiltree's family, preaching the gospel privately to those who were willing to receiye it. The lady and some of the family were converts. Her ladyship had a chamber table, stool, and candlestick for the prophet, and one night at supper says to him: "Mr. Knox, I think you are at great loss by want of a wife," (he was then a widower,) to which he said; "Madam, I think nobody will take such a Wanderer as I;' to which she reph'ech "Sir, if that be your objection, I'll make inquiry to find an answer 'gainst our next meeting." . The lady accordingly addressed herself to her eldest daughter, telling her she might be happy if she could marry Mr. Knox, who would be a great reformer and a credit to the church; but she despised the proposal, hoping her ladyship wished her better than lo marry a poor ixtnderer. The lady addressed herself to her second daughter who answered as the eldest Then the lady spoke to h third daugh ter about nineteen years of . age, who frank ly said: "Madam, I'll be very willing to marry him, but 1 fear he'll not take me" to which the lady replied: '"If lhat be all your objection I'll soon get you an an swer it fieri nffrht. at sunner. the ladv said to Mr. Knox: "Sit, 1 have been considering upon a wife for you, and find one very Willing," to which Knox said : "wbo isshe, madam?" She answered: "My youngest daughter sitting by you at the table." Then" addressing himself to the young lady, he said: "My bird are you willing to marry nie?" She answered: "Yes, sir, only I fear you'll not be willing to take me." He said: "My bird, if you be willing to take me, you take your venture of God's providence as 1 do. I 50 through the country someiimes on foot, with a wallet on my arm, a shirtj a clean band and a Bible in it ; you may put some things ia it 1 Tiiirclf nnrt iff lid vmi take the wal- .W. J , .. J let, you muet do it, and go where 1 go, and lodge where t louse. "Sir," said she, "I'll do all this." Will you be as good as your word?" "Yes1 will.' Upon which the marriage was conclud ed, and she lived happily with him and had several children. While residing with him in Geneva, a3 she whs ascending '.1 hill, (there are many in that place,) she got up to the top of it before ban, and took the wallet on her arm, and, sittinic down, said: '-Now, good man, am I not as good as my word?" She afterwards lived with him when ha was minister at Edinburgh. A Borrowed Countenance.- A Gascon officer demanding his salary from the Minister of War, maintained that hts was in danger of dying of hunger. Tho minister, viho saw that his visage was full and mddy: told him his face gave the lie to his statunent. "Ah! sir," said the Gascon, "dan't trust to that. This face is not mine it belongs to my landlord, who has given me credit for a long time past." j . An Irish clergyman's servant, having a. strong desire to try his hand at pulpit ora tory, managed, during the indisposition of his master, to get possession of the pulpit. The congregation was very large; so large, indeed, that PatJ who was "unaccustom ed to public speaking," stood in the pul pit, with his head hung down, and look ing as sheepish as possible. Desperation at last inspired him with courage, and he. bawled out "If any cf ye has got any consate about prcachiog, ye hed better come up here." j Sealed proposals for the purchase cf $60,000 of State Bonds issued by the State: of North Carolina interest payable semi annually principal at the end of ten years will be received by the Slate Treasurer, D. W. Courts, Esq., until the lO.h of May next YEV NOVELS ! Raven's Cliflc, by ttic nth or of Time the Av-riipr, Mnrdiunt Uh!!,.c. The Head of the Family, by the uulbui Olive and Agilvics. ! The Tutor's Ward, by the nutlior of Wayfara) Sketches, Use and Abuse?, &c. Marcus Warliind, or the Ixm? MrFs rUicr. u Tale of the South, by Cart'ine I.ee llciitz, nuiif-f of Lind Bena, &-C Count Monte Leone, orthe Spy in Society, ficin lhe French of H. De.it. George. Received tuid for sale bv. j V. L. l'U.MEROY. Raleigh, April 12,' 1S52. flj N JVTKVV BOOKS. Bam-rutt's History ol'&U -L' S .vo!. IV. i Annual of Scientific Discovery for 1S52 Arctic Expedition in Search ut Sir John Frank lin, by Sir John Richardson, C. B., F. R. S. &c-'- Received uni tor i!e bv 1 W. L. POMEUOY. Raleigh, April 12,165a- 14 p I A NT) S ! VOV receiving a the North Curoi'ina Maif: " Store a splendid assortment of Pianos from ihe celebrated Factory of Ksabe & Caehi e, Bait, more, who received the first premiums three yt ar in Fiiccessionin 1843, IS-Wand 1850, t llwiii nual Exhibition of the State of .Marylnim. Grand Piaso, in u modern style, handsome wood, hi.') i w;t;, Carved or ents. from j S700 to 100 SquARg Pzano, splendid carvinr, ornunieiited ttvle, No. 2, -1 '- " " aplendid carving Gutiiic ttyle, No. 3, 4i '' Compruitigbl Octaccf, either OS UoseiLood or Ma'wgam, built in an Entire I on Frame. Grass Piaso, in a modern style, handsome wootlj iib-j') with carveJ ornament, from 8700 to loC'J SQf AKE PtASo,- splendid carvinfi. ornamented btyle, Dratring Ao. i!, 5d " jolendid carvii)", Gotliic Ktx Ih, 1 - 3,1 -:C ' pqnare cor. case, oee T.il le.s on Urge tash. stand, 4. Z7- " " round cor. case, ornam'd with modern niouluinpsj 10. j eiv " " round cor. ease, plain finish, ot superior wood, 1 10, j 350 r- ho'V'W cornered cfp, ogfe Tablets, on a scroll bland, j 5,1 3S0 " " hol!oV cornered caP, on nmd- . em leps 7 8, "50 " -"'. square cor. rase, G thic pat tern Tublei, and octapnn legs, !'! "25 ". hollow cor. casei plain Tahl t, und octagon leps 7-3 325 " square cor. case, plain lejjs, 30J Comprising 6 (Delates, -Entire Iran frame SQCARE PlMO, fashionable style, cace, omit- inenti'd with moulding. CQ hollow cor. case, and 8 cor. . ogee leg?, :) " - square cor. case.Tablct", legs to match, -SQ Comprising 6 Octaves, Iron Plate and Bar. J " " hollow; cor. case, on a scroll tatid, Drawing So. S, 275 " . hollow cornered case, on turn- ed lege, 250 ' square cornered Cae, fancy Tablet, legs to match, 23t) " " square eor. case, plain Tablet, 22.' Drawings of tiie above- numbers can be seen l the Music Store, or when desired any number euii be sent to persons wishing to examine . DRAWING. AND' PAINTING. Bristol Board, superior quality. Albums, Timr ! Board, Fabers Pencils. Tinted drawing paper, Can vass in the piece and oa stretcher?, various sizes, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Brushes, Paletts, Palett. knives, Palett cups, Maul sticks, black and whi'o Crayons, &,c, &c.,in short every thing necessary fcr these tasteful and beautiful accomplishment. Piano Covers, Gntla Percha figured and plain lined with cloth, in order to secure the Piano against the dampness of the atmosphere, a new and splendid article. A choice selection cf new and popular Muaia this day received and for sale by ' K. W. PETEIISILIA. Raleigh, Ian. 5th, 1853. 1