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Published by J. H. & G, G. felyroveiy Corner Anderson and Old Streets, Fayetteville, N. C. ArOL.l. I - - ' - ' I . - I THTJRSDAT. NOVEMBER fi. I i' : r . . rvn 1.1 mm - ' : v , ' . i . t-- JL C. , North Carolina Gazette. J.1L & G. G. MYIIOVER, TERMS OFSUJISCRIRTWX (M.10 y ;ir (in advance). Six iim nth, " U lll'oo " .3 00 . 1 W . . 75 CLUB JUTES: 10 cnjM'a (seut to one addfosif) with an extra Mipy 8-25 00 4.". 00 7300 100.00 t ' 1 - it ti t it r( ' II .,. H ! , . and a premium of a fine chromo, value 25 100 enpieit (.sent to one address) with an extra copy mid a pn-iuiuiu of a fine chromo, value $40 150 00 . . HA TES OF A It VER TSIXG : One mpum' (!f lines milid nonpareil) one insertion $ 1 00 two 1 " ' " one month 2 50 " ' " " . tlfree " 5 00 " hix " 9 00 twelve " 15 00 Longer advertisements cliar;pl in proportion t the si"! ' rntcrt. SiwHal XodcoM zl3 per cell t moiv than . iviinlar advei'ti.ieiueut. Iliiuliiig ivotices 20 cents per dim-for each and every insertion. News Budget. SUMMARY OF NEWS For the Week ending Nov. 4. l'ni;i:iiX. Private advices from Havana state that du rimr tin- storm of the 8th ult., three Spanish gnn hoiits were wrvcked at Guaiitaiianio and Sagua le (iraiide, and two at liotohano, Cuba. Three of, the honfs weje built in New York inltftiO. At Vi enna another panic liaoceurred on bourse, and the (Joveriinieut ir endejiyoring to effect a settlement if the financial ditieulties. In Spain the troops betih-giniT Cartageini have been reinfoi-ced to the tune of .j.OW. Advices from all parts of Bengal vlmn'.a general failing of crop, and a famine i ne v iuhle, It i rejtorted that in consequence of the position maintained by Count de Chambonl in Lis letter -to M. de Cheenebrorn all liopes of a restora tion 'of a monarchy have been abandoned. It is 'probable that the Conservative deputies in the-As-heiiihly. will vote in favor of prolonging the term of otiice of President McMahon. The old OjHta House in line le I'eletar has been desti-oyed by fire. lietieral Hellauiariie wrote a letter to M. dn la Krl, Minister of War, informing him if a monarchy, viu- lestined he ( Hellauiarue) would resign his commission in "the army,- Immediately "on the re ceipt of the conimnnicalioii by M. du lW.il, he is roied 4in oilier placing the General on the retired list. At Madrid if i reported that the Cnrlists have tiled 011 a British war vessel, killing one of the crew. It is ascertained that sixty lives were hud by tin- sinking of the Fernando El Catalico. ir ,'lietiry Holland, author and physician, is dead. -Tlie Times ha a upeeial to th- effect that the I'ojie has written a wcoiui letter to the Emperor of Ger niiiiiy, the contents of which have not . transpired. --Connt de Clianibortliuis-'wj-itten a strong letter to a lielegation, of the party )f the Kight. lie sigh's that he "owes the whole truth to his country, lie is asked to sacrict; bis honor, but he retracts nothing, curtails nothing in his previous declara tions.' He cannot inaugurate a stonny reign . by uu iij-t of Vakiiess. Were I enfeebled to-day I (!i:inld he powei h ss." The Cunt resisted ill-gent ai'j.' als to nibdify his letter, but in.-isted uploii its' jMioiieatidu verbatim. ,- ' It. miih:. 1 TJiii teen new yellow fever cases at I'atii hriilge ..11 the I'.litii Oct., anil four on the 'Mai. fcfince the-developmeiit ot the (!i.--e:!se there liive bee n fif t.'v, 'd-:itbs, ain;n-rx them ' i-x-Sfiir. tor Uriitton. ill ee in aths since the ','AHh. il to the .ui'nt,i't -M tvi at noon on .slst ult., announces ttie th situation niore hopft'uL Tlie dangerous enses are p.ll improving. There was a heavy white frost in, that section oil the odtli ult. Judge liond decides that suits in baukr-tiptey must be governed by the laws existing when, the proceedings commenced. This defeats in many cases the large exemptions allowed by the'State laws and the n-eent amend ini'iiKs to the bankrupt act.- At Oswego, N. Y. iloyt. Sprague iTlCo.'s woolen miils have closed, tiii-owiifg TiDO persons out of eiiijihyment. At Mifiitirouii'iy, there have been thne fever deaths since last rejiort, all old cases. The weather is 'cold, and neoole are returiuni.' liome. Iowa and Indiana report lucieasiiitr boir cholera. I nomas (Ss.t't. w ho has returned from Europe, confirms the report of his having -effected a .'loan of ten million dollars for the-Pennsylvania Uailroad. He like wise effected arranireineiits so that work will not Pacific I have to he suspended. 011 the Texas road, although he was unable to close successfully iH-gotiatioiis "for a sale of bonds, Four, yellow fe-ve-r ileal lis ut Shreveport Wednesday, 2t)th ult. ,Tl(i!-re have been 1,301) 'railroad accidents in this country within the past twelve months, resulting in i4 deaths and 1,410 injuries. Florida crop re ports indicate, as compared with that of 1612, a coi n loss of 2( per cent.; wheat, gain, of G per reiit.;. oats, loss ofi) per cent,; hay, loss? percent.; the proportion of soft corn is very heavy, and this indicates light hogs this winter. REVIEW OP THE MARKETS F6r the Week ending Nov. 4, 1873. " LlVKKi'ooL, Oct. 29. Cotton 1o arrive Good ordinary, Shipped October and November, fcf; low middlings, delivered iu Kovember, C-'i; in Decem ber rt TViod. lii-eadstuffs quiet. Oct. 30. Cotton to arrive Uplands, on a basis of good ordinary, shipped October and November, 7-lb; low; luid'dlings, delivered in Decemlier 8 7 ltid. Breadstuff's firm corn 32s. " Oct. 31. Yams and fabrics at Manchester dull Common rosin 9s Spirits turpentine 33s UU. Xi:w YOUKrOct. 20. Gold closed at lOJ lOj. Government bonds steady and nominal. . Cotton irregular at 14i'ffil0i cents. Southern fiour .Jul! and heavy common to! fair extra 6 20 r" - 'Jo; good to choice extra 7$11. Wheat iu better! ex port eiKjuirv and unchanged. Corn 1 ct. better at cents "foi steamer western mixetl. Pork ouiet new iness S14 Wd-Uo. ' Spirits tur- lcntine w ent nt &-o?l-X cents. Koshi steady at S" 'JO. Fre'nrhts to Liveriiwd active and firmer. Oct. 30 Cold cloKed at 108S10t!4. Govern ment bonds dull and some lower. - Cotton stead v at labial ents. Hour in mo derate request and unchanged. Wheat quiet and unchanged. Pom r1ih1 letter in fair demand. Pork steadv. with hotter demand new Uiefi $15. Bliirits tiirnntin wvulr. Koixiil steady. Tallow dull at-7f cents. Freights firm. Oct.- 31. Gold dull at 108i 108f. Govern Dient bonds dull mid ifT for some . ' Cotton quiet at 1415 cents. Flour in mode rate request common to fair extra $G 202 $6 95. "Wheat irreMllar and' unsettled. Corn closed dull - and declining. Pork dull and unchanged.. Lsird good business (at a decline) at 7 3-167f . Spir its turpentine weak, liosin ouiet. Tallow weak. Freiirhts lower. Wilmington-. Oct. 20 .i-Snirits Turnentine 3U cents. Market quiet and steady. Rosin, Strain. ed at & bO. Crude turpentine. &3 00 for Yellow lip, $2 40 for Miruin and Si2 for hanl. Market quiet' and steady. Tar $2 25. Cotton at 134. Oct. 30. Spirits turpentine 364 cents;- market quiet. Rosin, Strained at $2 69: market steady, Crude turpeutine, $3 00 for Yellw.Dip, $2 40 for Airgin and $2 00 for Haiti; market steady. Tar $2 25; market steady. Cotton at 13 cents. Oct. 31. Spirits turpentine 3 cents; market duiet. Rosin. Strained at 82 f0i mai-Vot miiet. Crude turpentine, $3 00 for Yellor Dip, $2 40 for Virgin and $2 for Hard; market quiet. Tar . $2 25 per kbl; market quiet and' steady. Cotton at 13J cents per Mi, Market quiet. V - Home Circle. SAVED. "Miss Violet, will you give this letter to Mrs. Maltliy I had my Lands full of drawing mater ials, lut I received tlie letter and continu ed on my way to Mrs. Maltby's drawing room. The drawings were little studies I Lad made wliile down at tlie sea-side, wLere I Lad ppent my vacation made by -Mrs. Maltby, to whom I Lad been a companion for a year and Mrs. Maltby Lad been in terested in tli em, saying : "Touch them up a bit, Violet, and I will get a portfolio for them and keep them." 1 usually sat with her in her dressing-room through the morn ings, and thither 1 repaired to touch up the "drawings, while she sat with her "slippered feet on tlie fender, embroidering with pur ple and crimson wools. I gave her the letter, and went to a low seat in the deep bay-window. I sharpened a pencil, and then happened to glance to wards my- companion. 1 1 er face was ashy white. Her proiile was turned towards me. In its irregularity and pallor it looked like a face cut in stone. But I had never seen it look so 'sharp and deathly. Tire letter was clenched in her hand. 1 had brought her bad news. 1 was shocked, but silent. I tried to remember what I knew of her family re lations. Bhe was a liahdsoine, black-hailed woman of fifty, who had been early widow ed, and returned to her father's house. Her parents were dead. llcr. mother had died n her infancy, and she had been the mis treps of Redburn ever since. It was nut long, however, since her father's decease She never had a child: She had no broth ers or sisters whom I had heard of. I could not surmise what had happened. T 11 .IT., 1 1 saw ner mini tlie letter, ana sue rose and left the room. Jfclerwurds I guessed whom that com munication was from. , A w eek passed. They were quiet and ciiiiiioiianic out miner monoiomms weens at Kedhurn. But, though vounr I was less restless than most girls. I was not unhapnv with Mrs-. Maltbv. Only .some times 1 wished for a little change. It came a most startling episode "We had company to dine Mrs. Maltby's lawyer and personal in end ironi Isew lork 1 was dressing her hair, as I sometimes did, for she liked my arrangements, pro nounemg them artistic, buudeiily, without knock or warning, tlie door was llnng open and a young man walked m. I felt Mrs. Maltbv start under rav hands. I myself, was frightened, the intruder look ed so bold and reckless. He was very handsoinc, but he looked to me to have been traveling long, or to have come out of some revel. His linen was soil ed; his long, clustering hair unbrushe eves bloodshot: yet ins appearance was sinirularlv attractive. I had never before seen so high-bred and graceful a man. Mrs. Maltby did not speak to him. He seated himself before and not far from her, however. -, "Go on -.Violet' she said. "Certainly'.-- Let the young lady pro ceed with' her task," he said, quickiy. "What 1 have to say need not interfere with her employment. I understand that s- hci is your companion and confidante, though I have not had the pleasure ot meeting her before." ' : The last sentence ap)eared to have been T1'!0! mechanically spoken, for he h:ul fix- ef his eyes nerceiv upon jirs. jtaiioy s aee, and seemed to see onl y her. I went 011 pinning up the braids of her hair as I uld been bid, but mv hands trembled. 1 could not tee her face, but I think she met that look steadily. "You refuse me," he said, in a far difler- it tone from, that 111 which he had first SpOlvCli IOW-U11U L'UiifiMiiiaicu. "C ertainly, " s!k? answered. , "Do you want my blood upon your head?"' he exclaimed. "I washed inv hands clear of you long ac-o." she answered composedly. "Lono- ago, Jie repeated, and a wave ot emotion that was inexplicable to roe went over his face. Then he was silent. I don't know why, but from that moment I pitied him. He got up and commenced walking the floor. ' "I tell vou,1 "Winifred, I must have this money," he said. "I. must have it to-night, to-night" he repeated. Mrs. Maltbv was silent, l caught glimpse of her. face, r lint was not harder. "Let me have it, vv inured, ne said, pausing before her, "and I premise you it shall be the last time." She made no reply. " "The last time: 1 mean it, Winifred." , His voice faltered. She did not speak "Will you?" "No," she replied, with no emotion w hat ever. His face had been working with some strong, deep feeling. But that monosyl lable seemed to strike him like a blow, lie stood looking at her, his face still and de SDerate. "I did not think God could make such a woman as youare," said Le, at last. I felt her shrink beneath tho-actual hor mr with v nch he seemed to recant ner. But she spoke with her unalterable com posure. "I told you more than a year ago that I should pay no more debts of yours, con tmr.tWI At faro, or in anv other wav." she said. "I meant it: you know ,1 meant it T have sriven vou fair warning; I shall not -Of chance." He did ,not speak; his head was dropped upon his breast: he was deathly pale. "I have done my duty by you, Guy; you know that I have," she added.' . "Yes, you have been jnst; but you have never been merciful," lie replied, "Oh God!" He flung np Ids arms with a bitter cry that wruno- my heart. I looked at her. She did not relent or go to him. He had flung -himself into a chair, and with his head drooped and bis arms folded upon his back, was the most hopeless figure I had ever seen. She rose, for I had finished her hair, and took a seat nearer to the fire. Her lips w ere gray as if she were cold, but her face was still as invincible as a flint." tailed up sud denly. ; I am goino- ":ie said- "I" lie met her eve, and asked : "Whv did vou not kill me? I was altogether in your hands once. You killed her. you will remember." A flush stained her cheek. ', ! "You would have made her happv, I suppose,-if she had. lived," she siid sarcast ically. But the; sting did not sec in- to reach him. . , "If she had lived ! Oh, heaven, if she hiid lived ! Winifred Sedley, may God deal by you as you have dealt by me." - "I am willing," she-answered. ' He remained I not a moment longer. Wrapping his cloak about him, he gave her one look of reproach, and left the room. I looked wistfully at her; she did not speak to me, and I, too, went away. Shewas ill the next day,but on the (lay follow in- she appeared much tis usual. Of all I thought and felt, I, of course, said nothing. The matter was no affair of mine. I had not understood 'it, Mrs. Malt by would make me feel it.. I understood that the two were brother and sister, that the young man was named Guv Sedlev; that he was dissolute and in disgrace; that Jirs. Maltby had taken care of him in boy hood, but now ignored the relationship. I was in no wav allowed to learn any more. But on the second night I was awaken ed by a light shining into my chamber. It was something unusual, for the little does, on the mantle was chiming twelve. After si moment I slipped out of bed and glided towards the door. rhc long e,m broidered folds of my night-gown tripped me, but I made no noise with mv bare teet upon the deep velvet of the carpet. 1 don't- know whm I expected to . see; certainly not Guy. Sedley, kneeling before a sandal wood ciiest, with 'papers strewn aroundjiim on the floor. A taper, burning in a silver sconce upon the wall, showed his face per fect iv cool as he went on searching tor something. ' : He must have come through my raoni to reach this apartment, for it had no opening but into mv t'na:;i!ber. 1 was aware that the papers in the chest were valuable that there '-was money placed there. 1 saw th:;t he was robbing his sister. I saw, too, his side. 1 dirk-knife on the floor clos. I looked t him an instant even then I rt-ineml red to pi; v him then glided 1V.U M-OT-I CM-lt-flL-.! tllf kt)lf e and 1 b eapeu back to the door. I was mistress 'of the situation. f loi- l na T t c me from behind him done all as in ; :lash of lightning; and as he rose to hi eet stood with mv baeK to the closed door. with a calmness that showed that it mv intention to immediately arouse the house W Uh a presence ot mind equal to my n. he put the roll of bills he had been searching ior into tne 100 01 ;ns waist-eoat md with a' glittering eye regarded me speculatively, is was peine, aim 1 uau not screamed. I know how that he was not much afraid. of me, although he "appeared to be. . 1 . 'on have been robbing Vvour sister," I said, "but if you will put the money back, 1 w ill let vou go His intense attention of me changed to a look of wonder. "You, child, are; not afraid of me?" he isked. ' I ! "No," I answered truthfully. "But 1 .watched you in your sleep" a mo ment ago, debating whether it were neces sary to kill von or not. "You must have been glad to find that it was: not necessary, - 1 answered. Hedooked more astonished than before, but I. -did not stop to think ol that. "rt the money back," I said. "No," Ke said flrmly. "I will murder vou first." !'".. "Do not do that," said I. "I am your -1 r p . 1 1 1 l mend. 1 was sorry ior you mat day. He did not sneak, but a troubled look disturbed the pale) fixedness of his face. "How much mO nev have vou there," asked. - "One .hundred dollars." "And you need it very much?' "Very mu elf," h e repl i ed , with a bitter smile. "Please put it liack," I said. "She has been mst to you. I I would like to be mer ciful. I will give vou tho monev.': "You f. "I have it vc-s! here in mv room; let me show you." I flung open the door next to my writ ing-desk and came back. . "These I will give vou freely," I said, opening the roll, j "You said to your sister it should be the last time, and 1 hope lie had taken the bills into his hand, look- in c at them in a kind, nnbebevmg way "You may hope that you have saved me," he said, m a low tone. We were silent for a moment "1 ou know now' that 1 was very sorry for you," I said with tears in 'my eyes. "Yes." he said travel v. "And I love 7 o you for it." I He put Mrs. Maltby's money back, and rearranged the chest. I began to listen nervously for voices about the house, but all w as verv still. I He, locked the chest and gave me- the key. "You know where it is kept V ' "Yes, in a drawer in her 'dressing-room. I wondered how he had obtained it. "Hurrv and get away."" "There is no danger: I paved the way carefully. Ture. brave little girl, how fearless" vou are for yourself." He looked at me earnestly, as if he wish ed to carry away a clear memory of my eatures, then wrapped ms cloak about him. flung up the sash, and leaped soundlessly out into the darkness. I extinguished the taper and crept back to bed. I did not hear a sound of anv ind about the house until day break, j When I arose I saw the dirk-knife glit tering in the sunshine near my writing desk, where I had laid it. Then I shuddered. At eight o'clock the watchman, who was kept on the ground, was found gagged and bound just inside Redburn's entrance. Yes, Ouy -bedley had paved his way coolly and surelv. A year later I was mistress of Redburh; the beautiful house, the spacious grounds were ail mine. Mrs. Maltby had died and bequeathed them to me. On her dying bed she had said : "Violet, you are my heiress. There is only one living being who has my blood in his veins; him I disown." She paused, and then went on: "You have seen mv brother; I loved him, I was ambitious for him, but his natural bent was evil. We had a cousin Flora a love child, who was brought up with him. They were en gaged to be married, but I forbade it. I revealed to her his dissipation; I told her of his debts and deeds ot dannsr. She loved him; she trusted him; but she was delicate, and died, lie said 1 killed her." She grew pale even past her dying pallor, but sue went on : "When I last saw him the officers of justice were after hiin; ho was a defaulter; he had stolen money to pay his gambling debts. ,lle is probably m lail now: but I X af J .. '11 1 ' P 1 ' 1 . vwti nave none 01 mm. aim 1 win tifivw forgive him." So 'she died hard as a flint to the last. And I was mistress of Redburn. I was young; I was fond of gavety; had now the means at my disposal. Every summer my home was filled with guests. In tin winter, I was in Xewr broad.JAnd yet I lived only on the interest of tlu money bestowed upon me 1 hrce years passed. 1 had never heard a v, oru 01 uuy reuiey: when one day the Bromleys, of New York, who were coining to visit me, asked leave to bring a friend. I extended the solicited invitation, and Guy Sedley came. It was a shock, but he gave no token of the past. Reclaimed from his errors he was so refined and manly that he was the most distincuishod of mv guests. I loved him, but I thought : "He must hate me the usurper of his rights. He is cause I have his patrimom. I poor be- 1 have no ngnt to itcdhuru and I will not, keep it 1 will give it back to him again." An opportunity came. He was sitting on the ten-aee one bright eveniug. 1 went and took a seat near him. "How lovely this view is !" he exclaim ed, pointing towards the distant hills. Yes, ana eon shall wish for your richt no longer, Mr. Sedley. Itedbum is yours lie did not speak, and I went on, saving "Your sister was just, and she would have made you theheir had she lived to see what you are to-day." "But it was your mercy, and not your justice, Miss Violet, that saved me. Violet, I love you, and I will take Redburn with your hand, not else." I put my hand in his, trusting him, loy- T . ' 1 1 -t 1 ing mm utterly, and proud, verv proud, to iiake him master of Redburn. THE TAXIC IX HISTORY. The rise progress and fall of the panic Js thus. feelingly , portrayed, in the belief that it will be of interest to future histori ans: . '- 1. Now it came to pass in the fifth year of tlie reign of Ulysses, son of Jesse, that many ot tlie money-changers were' gather ed together in the temple of Mammon, in the city of Gotham, w here they were wont to gather, and' rob each man his neighbor, of the birthright which he had. 2. For these were the sons of Belial, who prayed not unto the Lord, but preyed each upon his fellow. And if a stranger passed by they took him in. 3. 1 or their days were spent in getting many shekels, and their nights in riotous living. 4. And lo! these men talked not in the language of-the. people, but. used strana words, that were as a shibboleth unto the people ot the land. And they tralhcked m puts and calls and stocks and many ab- ominaole things. , 5. And they worshipped even a graven 6. Now this graven image was a strange god and a mighty one, , wherefore certain of the scoffers among the scribes called him the Almighty. And his name was Doll- ar. ;. 7. And behold these sons of Belial had builded a temple over against the street called Broad, near the street that leadeth to the temple of the Lord, even unto the river that flowcth past the city of Goth am. 8- Now it came to pass that their god Dollar was wroth with them, and he smote his high priest called Jay, w ho cooked the sacrifices in his temple. 9.. And a great fear fell upon all those who worshipped the -god Dollar, and they said, lo, we be all lame ducks. ' 10. And tliev called on the King Ulys ses, to come into Gotham, and to offer sac rifices unto their god. For Ulysses wor shipped the god Dollar even as all the people did, in secret, but he swrore. by the ljord wnen ne stoou in mgu places, ana was annointed King. - 11. And Ul vsses came into Gotham with certain of his privy counsellors, and tarried at an Inn. And Ulysses was heavy with wine. 12. And the sons of Belial gathered themselyes together" at the inn, and cried with on( voice unto tuc rung, 13. Saying, Let the King hearken unto ; the voice of his servants, for lo! tribulation hath belallen them, and sore discomfort. 14. or their cod JJollar hath withholct- en from thy servants his presence', and there is much sorrow among thv servants. 15. And certain of the people whom the sons of Belial had taken in, stood near by, about a stone's throw, and scoffed at; the sclns of Belial, and spitefully entreated them. ; I 16. And they cried, Aha! Aha! Those who have robbed the people have come unto grief, and the darkness of light falleth upon them. i 17. And lo! they stood on their heads and did many unseemly things at the dis comnture of the money changers. 1 18. And Jav, the son 01 Gould, an hea then man and a sinner, scoffed with the people, for lo ! he had robbed the money changers of many talents, and he had lock ed up his treasures. But he, too, worshipp ped the god Dollar. J 19. But Ulysses, the son of Jesse, was sore disgusted, for he said within himself: 20. Lo, now the money changers are-the friends of the King, and have borne unto me many gifts of corn, and wdne, and shekels, and frankincense, and bull pups and myrrh. 1 21. Behold, I will help these sons of Belial, for that they may in the days to come brine more presents. i 22. And he cried with a loud voice, so that all the people of the land heard his words: . J 23. And he said, Lo, now I will take the shekels that are in the King's treasury, and give them unto the people. j 24. But Ulysses was a cunning man and a sly, and he took from each man to whom he gave the shekels, the parchment on which was written the sum that the King owed to each man. 25. And the temple of Mammon, where the sons of Belial gathered together and worshipped the god Dollar, was shut for many days. j 26. And Lo, these things are written by l).avid, the son of Sitruc, a scribe from thf East. And shall not the history of the days that followed after be written in like fashion ! The Tools of Great Mejt. It is not tools that make the workman, but the train ed skill and perseverance of the man him self. Indeed, it is proverbial that the bad workman never yet had good tools. Some one asked Opie by what wonderful, process he mixed colors. "I mix them with my brains, sir," was the reply. It is the same with every w-orkman who would excel. Ferguson made marvelors things, such as his wooden clock, that accurately , measur ed the hour by means of a pen knife a tool in everybody's hands, but then every body is not a Ferguson. A pan, of water and two thermometers were the tools by which Dr. Black discovered latent heat, and a prism, a lens,' and a sheet of; paste board enabled Newton to unfold the com position of light and the origin of color. An eminent foreign savant once called up- wn Dr. YY ollaston and requested to be J liown over his laboratories in which science lad been enriched by so many important liscoveries, when the doctor took him in us little study, ami pointing to an old tea- trav oil the table containing a few' watch glasses, and test papers, said "There is all the laboratory I have." I Stothard learned the art of combiuing colors by closely studying butterflies' wings. He would olten say that no one knew what le owed to those tiny insects. A burnt stick and a barn door served Wilkie in lieu of a pencil and canvass. Bewick' first practiced drawing on the cottage walls, of his native village, which he covered Avith his sketches in chalk; and Benjamin est made his first brushes out of the cat s tail. Ferguson lay down in the field at night in a blanket, and made a map of the heaven ly bodies by means of a thread with small beads on it, stretched between his e3re and the stars. Franklin first robbed the thunder cloud of its lightning by means of a kite with two cross sticks and a silk handker chief. Watts made his model of the con densing steam-engine out of an old anatom ist's syringe, used to inject the arteries pre vious to dissection. CJlmord worked his first problem in mathematics when a cob bler's apprentice, upon small scraps of leather, which he beat smooth for the pur pose; while Rittenhouse, the astronomer, first calculated eclipses on his plow WOMEN IN CITIES. t The New York correspondent . of the Troy Times writes : , "One ot the powerful features inseparable from metropolitan life is the degradation of woman. I do not refer here to anything of a vicious nature, but simply to the result of poverty. Woman here suffers from dire want much more than man, because his strength and general resources are superior. lou see tue most pitiaoie women nere, De; cause tne sex is iorced to uniemmine em ployment. Some might be amused by the facile exercise of the crass-hook or sickle with which this class cut fodder for their cows and goats, since they do it with great rapidity. I have seen this in the vacant up-town lots, where if labor was worth anything, the stock of weeds thus gathered ought tovbe wrth SI 00 a ton. Coming down town lately 1 saw a woman carrying coal from the sidewalk upstairs in pails. She had leen lucky enough to get a. load of this article, and was thus storing it in her room in the tenement house. 1 ou see women carrying baskets ; of poaches, or drawing hund-carts, and in other wa vs. en gaged in very severe toiL It is, of course; letter than idleness or crime, but at the same time it is not a pleasant sight. As a contrast with this wretched degradation, I may mention a statement made to me by a dealer m fashions, thaf "there are five hun dred women in this city each of whom spends $25,000 a year in dress, and'tha; there are also ten times that number who spend $10,000 a year in the same manner. It is verv dimcult to imagine the feelings of one of this fashion worshipping elique, and perhaps still more difficult to "enter in to the experience of the poorer class. -Let us look for a moment upon the woman whose entire capital is invested in a basket of peaches.; These must be carried to the place favorable for their sale. They must be counted in order to know the cost and to fix the price which w ill give a reason able profit, and then they are sorted in heaps and labled so as to attract the pur chasef. If you will place yourself m posi tion for a moment, and then watch, the eye of each passer-by in order to observe how he notices your stock and terms, ym may have an idea of the life followed by thous ands. Many of them make a miserable Hying,' while others try it and are driven off by the severe competition which prevails even in the lowest branches of trade. Taking it in its general view, the city is certainly unfavorable to women. Among the rich, the idle luxury of liigh life wastes its victims into effete helplessness; while among the poor, the sex suffers a dispro portionate degree of hardship. One of the results is that female countenance develop ed among the last mentioned class is fear fully ugly. You can find the most repul sive looking creatures here that can be im agined. Some of these creatures may be a part of the poverty of the Old World, while others have descended Irom respect able and even noted families, which have fallen into poverty by such revulsions as eveu now are in progress. TEE OLD FASHIONED MOTIIER. Thank God! some of us have an old-fash ioned mother. Not a woman of the period, enameled and painted, with her great chig non, her curls and bustle, whose white jew eled hands have never felt the clasp of ba by fingers; but a dear, old-fashioned, sweet voiced mother, with eyes in whose clear depths the love-light shone, and brown hair, threaded with silver, lying smooth up on her faded cheek. Those dear hands, worn with toil, gently guided our tottering steps in childhood, and smoothed our pillow in sickness, even reaching out to us in year ning tenderness when her sweet spirit was baptized in the pearly spirit of the river. Blessed is the memory of an old-fashioned mother! It floats to us now7, like the beautiful perfume of some woodland blos soms. The music of other voices may be lost, but the entrancing memory of hers will echo in our souls forever. Other faces will fade away and be forgotten, but her s will shine on until the light from heaven's portals shall glorify our own. When, iu the fitful pauses of busy life, our feet wan der back to the old homestead, and, cross ing the well-worn threshold, stand once more in the low, qruiint, room, so hallowed y her presence, now the feeling ol child ish innocence and dependence conies over us, afid we kneel down m the molten sun shine iust where, long years ago, we knelt by our mothers side, lisping "Our lather. low many tunes, when the tempter lured us on, has the memory of those sacred hours, that. mother's words, her faith and prayers, saved us from plunging into the deep ab yss of sin! Years have filled great drifts between her and us, 'but they have not hid den from our sight the glory of her pure. unselfish love A STRANGE HISTORY. A curious case, says the Pall Mall Gaz ctter was lately brought before oile of the 1 rench tribunals. Eighteen years ago young man named Eripe was condemned in contumaciam to ten years penal servitude r forgorv and embezzlement committed in Fans. He had misappropriated some four thousand francs, but ho voluntarily confessed his guilt a few days afterwards, making restitution, at the same time, of the sum which still remained in his hanos. I he manager of the ofliee in which he was era ployed, who entertained an excellent opin ion of hip, was anxious to hush the matter up, but the police insisted upon his prosecu tion. Eripe avoided arrest, and enlisted in a cavalry regiment under the name of Le- maitre, a former school-fellow. He served for three years, and bore the best of char acters, but being ottered a clerkship in the Aisne, he deserted. The real Ix'maitre was arrested on this charge, but he had no difficulty in proving his innocence, an Lnpe was again condemned in contumaciam to ten years' hard labor for usurping a name which did not belong to him. He, m the meanwhile, had been gaining the esteem of his employer, at whoso instance he con tracted a marriage under the name of Lem aitre, by which he was still known. His wife died soon after their marriage, but her parents were so much attached to him tha they bequeathed him some property, and obtained for him a more valuable appoint ment in a manufactory at Fismes. Here he made a second marriage, w hich also proved a happy one, and ho seemed on the high road to fortune. One day, while he was talking with the station-master on the platform, a train arrived, the engine-driver of which happened to bo the real ljeniaitre who recognized Eripo and denounced him to the ponce. He was at once arrested and At is needless to say that the matter created immense excitement in the district He was arraigned upon the charge of for gery, but he did not attempt to deny his identity, and he very wisely based his de fense on the ground that he had lived hon estly since the commission of his first fault eighteen years ago, asserting what was the literal truth that he could not have discon tinned the use of the name under which he had enLsted without betraving himself. He moreover begged the Court to remem ber that in two years' time he would have been able to plead the statute of limitations: and his case was strengthened by the pres ence of his second . vifo and her family, who entreated the Court to take a lenient view of lps conduct. A Petition was signed by more than 1,200 inhabitants of ?Fismes, who bore testimony to( his" excellent char acter, and the jury returned a verdict of acquittal, which was received w ith loud and unchecked applause. j . - - - 1 Growing Old rsr Oxe Night. Tho sexton of St. Joseph's Cathedral, Vienna, being a, man of extraordinary nerve and boldness, was accustomed to stand on the pinnacle of the tower whenever tho emper or made a grand entry to the city, and wave a flag as the pageant passed by. When, however, Leopold, who had just been chosen emperor at Frankfort, was about to enter the city, the loyal, scxtonj still anxious to be true to the old custom, but finding that years had told against his- nerve, de clared that any one who would take his place successfully should win his daughter Gabriel l'etersheim, who was disliked by the sexton, but loved his daughter, at onco accepted the offer, to the disgust of the sex ton, who then arranged with two villains to close the trap-door of the upper stairway, while Gabriel was above, thinking that as the emperor was to enter toward evening, no ono need be the wiser, and the lad must certainly fall before morning. The two ac complices did their foul work, and their in tended victim, finding his way down again barred, was confronted 'with the alternative of clinging to the spire through a cold, wintry, night, with his feet restiug on a sur face hardly ten inches in circumference; or of percipitating himself to the pavement at once, and thus ending the matter. Gabriel', was a youth of firm will and hardy con stitution; ho clung to the cold column till morning. tBut the story goes that his, re scuers were amazed to observe that his curl ing locks were white as snow; his wonted rosy cheeks were yellow'and wrinkled; and his eyes, before so bright, were now sunk-' en and dim. One night of horror had plac ed him forty years nearer his crave.1 forty years nearer his grave.1 General Pillsbtjky's Nerve.- In a1 sketch of the life of the late General Amos Pillsbury, the Albany Express relates tho folloAving interesting incident : : - "About that time (1826) his father was appointed Superintendent of tho Connect iciit State Prison, his son being the deputy; ut m 1830, his father having resigned, Amos Pillsbury was tendered the position, although but twenty-five years of age. It was in this institution, and almost a quarter of a century ago, tliat a desperate fellow tamed bcott was confined for fifteen j'ears. He was determined,, not to work, 'nor to submit to any of the rules, and Shortly' af ter entering the institution he nearly cut off ; his left hand to avoid doing any labor. But ns wound was immediately attended to, and in less than one hour afterward ho was engaged in turning a crank with one hand. For this he threatened to murder the war den on the first opportunity, and in some way getting hold of a razor, he sharpened it for the dread purpose. Hearing of this mv. Pillsbury sent for him and commanded dm to shave him. He eyed the man stead ily, seated himself in the chair, and the " operation began, the prisoner's hand trem bling the while. When the shaving was finished, the Superintendent said,: . , " 'I have been told you meant to murder me, bat I thought I might trust voti.' " '(rod -bless you, sir, vou may ! ; replied the regenerated man, completely ) broken down. "From that moment ho became one of the best behaved criminals in the prison. was treated well, and remained on his good behavior until Mr. Pillsbury left in 1832. But when the new warden 'was: appointed, hoott tried to escape, and murdered the. keeper. rFor this crime he was hanged tho year following, in Hartford." ; A Correspondence. Messrs. Editors.'- The following I have selected from the StrIjti5s (Mo.) Preshytcrian, and I have no doubt that you and your readers will agree with rao that it is very touching, and, as tho Presbyteri an says, wo know many an eye will moist en as the story is told and retold through out the country." Says the editor: f We heard a story told the other day that made our eyes moisten. We have determined to tell it just as we heard it: A company of poor children, who had been gathered out of the alleys and garrets of tho city, were preparing for their departure to new and distant homes in' the West. Just before the time for the starting of the cars one of thfl bovs was nntinri nsnln frnni thf ntlnvra nuu aooi.iciiiiv very uuev Willi u .cast oil garment. ." The superintendent stepped iu mm, anu iotiiui tnai. ne was cuupig g n -small piece out of the patched lining. lit -proved to be his old jacket, which having ! been replaced by a new one, had beer. thrown away. There was no time to boN lost. 'Come, John, come said the super intendent, 'what are you going to do with that old piece of calieor 'Please sir said John, 'I am cutting it to take with me. My dear, dear mother put the lining' into this old jacket for me. This was a piece of her dress, and it is all f I shall have to remember her by f And as the poor boy thought of that dear mother? love and of the sail death-bed scene in the old garret where she died, he covered his face with his hands and sobbed as if his heart would break. But tho train was about leaving, and John thrust his little piece of 'calico into his bosom, 'to remember his mother, by,' hurried into a car, and was soon far away from the place where be hl seen" & much trouble and bottow" -; ? !'f1 " ' I, have given i$ jast'as TsaiV.in ' the Presbyterian, and ; Pdonbt W any thing eould bo more feeling. There is no man, either Paint or sinner, who docs not feel de- ' sirous of lifting np a; prayer in - behalf of this poor boy. Ceescext.
North Carolina Gazette (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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