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- s . - -J- .1- . r, . -., ;;. c c-i' i-'dH .; H" .y : -. .-h L.- .-:i;-:-i:----i3 f I. 5'-.-:l v;? - 'i.-t-,;:t-::':i;-,i-i itfuT:-:f-J'C:;v!::il.r-;-r; :-:-J-:J! . 1 j, ' -r 1-;- ? PER ANNUM,! 7 5 : Volume L 23, 1857. Number ; ' - '' ' I ': ' ' i ! M. ! Without or withofTence'to friend or foeJ 1: f ,1'"; ' r : j ' ' I YAT "HTr A ' ' i1 1 M . t!."'- v i. M: -i .j; .: ; ; We sketch the world exactlyas it goes." m i , . LIN AD YA'ft ( JP, ' ", A I ' . ! - i s. I ; . i ...... . r : -v, . , . .. f ; t r 1 i , j f ! r ' . THE , C3!?3LHILL QA23TTK. W iCBUUdCi EVERT 4ATUEOAT MORXIXO - ' ' :-' BY - - -i ' JA31ES M. HENDERSON,- EDITOR dc PROPRIETOR. Viust Iihvh rfjid thfrir iEorninjj papr Wa it porMlile tLey cared so little about him m to hare fursfottoD alrea lj i that he ' wa no more. He- entered the printing office todny that he w" deud. M - Why heriff,exclaimed the facetious d AT TWO DOLLARS PER AXXUM, IHVA- I thought: you were defunct.' E1ABLY IS ADVANCE. ADV'riTISEilBXTS jrill be lnrte.1 at one , . !. w psc 4.tari of 14 lines, fur the first in : rt: , li-ctthk. .. i-rtia.-V will Ihi reiiqird to settle ' :a ;r -v r ; t- int airertUement( mnet i . ;l,t, ji.for in' trine" " j :'" t: a. anl Twentj-five cent per sjuArefor h Tweueiittnaertforju . V Defunct, exclaimed! the sheriff. . What put that idea into voar hew. i-i uy you ydurself said Xlycall. Did jou uui ten jne -j Oh, all, yes, sheriff. Well there's I see! stammered out the your money. And .OUR STORY TELLER. tip jeotitritJJwt i'Ue re'jol' ia: the Dci't pa. per, if you please. ff ; ' ' ' " ' That' not nerarr friend Bar1er o w' i of the whole canyon deem the the charge contained in the indictment proven, it is your;dufy to your country and vourGod to eav so. y at seven o' directed after d the JudffeY The jury retired precise cloct. i, All eyes; were them) as ther defiled behin cliarr on their way to the jury room. I ' ' A twenty five minutes to 8' o'clock the I theBritish kinjr's jt'huid:! pfo-lara:ioh j gave ijtio ban... What man gre if jand iy what authoritr ? apd when 1 . Who son, a yoyth of fourteen rushed to the spot at jthe'man who had shot Lim was prepar ing to plunder it. . Rega-dless of bV op. pohent's stiengtb.the intrepid youth snatch ed his father's sword' pliinged.it the breast . of the 'soldierarid aid him dead at. his feet. , fJ:Vyt --'fl ; tue British uoW. Tti jhe commence ment of tne Atnericflac.voluti4)n, Wn t It E L I G I 0 US. ' Coa:if life bv; virtue theaa will last. "WhPii life's iHme-footed nca it e'en ' And the wh-n earthly joyi are pant, pn.ni cneer up on a bngater shoie." , . The Sabbath is from Odd- TneieJv .1 buz went round that the iurv had Hereed ; ' , .. . ' ; : j.t'. i, . . - . And were . -nterin . the coort..-- raafl8 Us appen.-ance.pue cr was men- Some men speak an if the Sabbath a human instittuioti - -as if held in a very for the kaivatiod . -. a hater man -Mow rrTi ve tit whre yoonr romancf, I the old joker "it was only printed in vour Uh U (lad ariMM m Iter wc9at trance V L 4 i . , J f ' Dickey andSuiey- I- Dickey was poor, Snsey had a rich mo ther ; Dickey kred fcusey, and rice versa; Dickey wanted to marry Susey, and Su.ey didn't care if he did but Suey's mother was "down on that measure. Dickey was forbid the premises, notes were exchanged through a knot-hole in the h'Vh board fence that inclosed the yaidJ; the old wo man went out ."calling, one - day," and D.ck copy. The good sheriff lived many years after this "sein and to theday of his real death always took care to pay the printer. ' j The Acquittal of Mrs Cunningham ke lease of .Eckel. ; The acquittal of Mrs.Cunningham-.char- ged with the rau-der of Dr. Hurdell, and i the it'IeaseofEi-kfl.on hii own jreronizaiici. in the soin of 5.000. hs beeiiuientioi)ci key was duly infj.med of t e fact ;- by. teesTHT I The efforf of her .-oaniel callt-d on Su-ey, remained ,a little too log was" forcible and el.i,,,ient.; Mi. IIhII, the TM jury entered and took their .seats, in the f V-? , H 'l: f: Hx. All eyw were tumed toward them J JU'? LrlV - ' . . t - . - . - II 3 - - m - -w r - 1 - " -TWT II - M ' ghout the cort. The Clerk (Mr Vander- voot) took di" position on the witness' chair to call over the names of the jurors and to put the usual; formal, quest ions to them. Mr. Vandervoot Gentlemen of the jury i - . y have jou agreed to your verdict! " v The Furmau We have. .' old lad ws close at hand, no cbacce to escape wihout detection. '-At the instance of Susey.Dikej popped into the closet,old lady saw that Susey looked confused -guessed Dickey bad been about, but sup posed, of cou se, that he' had made good his escape ; thought the young couple Lad made ao agreement to elope together ; determined to be too smart, for them, 'and accordingly shut Susey op in the same closet wheie Dickey was concealed, throw ing her a pillow and a pair of quilts, and lacking her up for the . night. Didn't see anything if Dickey about the premises du ring the nigbt for the purpose of eloping ; iit-xt morniog went to tne closet to Jetbu sey out J " :'."; 'A! scream 'O,- Lord V "couldn't get i-iatn (r m. nxoutect-; fiwiJJf- - - A ptw ! L ky, is that yo ? Yes, - maain.' " I ' 4 A Lulu ! wall Dickey ' 'Siisey.dear, go and see about the break fast? ' " prosecuting attojney followed for ihe pros ecuion,and revieweil the whole testirnony in a close and critical manner aud declar ing the pripner guilty of the murder. We quote the following point of his argu ment. , " ; . There is nobo. y who knows where he ppeui iuai Digni,ana u was out lair to tue houorable gentleinan wlio bore the burden' of the tleAruoe, aj wtll as to the prosecu tibn to beb'everlm w!itie:ilLits were no t known. Eckel's clock jwa up theiqwas it going? perhaps "not. Sjfie w.-i the elect;, shelold Uannalithe cojktog to bdlts it was neaY 10 o'crock; she tolJ Snedrass .the hour; she to!d the daught'eis the hoiy ' ces": Marion's adokkss to ius soldiers she told thrt loy$ the hour, and the infer - Mii Vandervoot Jurors look upon the prisoner; prisoner look upon the jurors. How say 3-0u.gehtIemen.d0 you fitidErnma Angiis'a Cunningham, otherwise called Dutdell. guilty not guilty. . . 'I " j I The Foiernan- Not guilty. i . Wt$-. Car.ninglwm was o agi'sted that khe hiraie-i h"t Cue w iuls tlifit the foreman utteieJ, a:id did n-i kao wliat the vidir.t was till her' conn -iel whip."fed i to her; then she sank bick ovenwweredr by her feelings. , J ' ! i Mrs Cunningham, and her daughters wire then conducted out of of Court into one of the Judge's chambers, "and there for some time received the congratulations of their friends on the happy termination of the, prosecution. We understand that they returned'to the fatal bouse in Bond Street. . . , ':; ' :; . ;,'" The verdict seemed to afford vety gen. eral satisfaction. " . ' Aneccotes of the Revolution. are you, greal terrified at; the ;roari tig; of ftle; 13 mshf iion. N t at jail, sirl for I have learned from natural lustory. that a jWast roars loudest -when" he is motfrijhL eued! Meeting of the State Educational Association- 1 To all the friends of Education in North Carolina. ie good rat-n : that gave a hooii so were tn great lio theL fellows ; ad why lias history lout1 their aniei i -x I fit rotrfd hi preyed j that 'man made himself, then .wobld there be some. likelihotdjOf his having also made for the Sabbath, and much else besides 2 there is abundant corroborative evide woildand niHnfsiabbath. : ! When we are told. that in the ence is that she caused that clock tc le sft to ime Skmii- earlier that nrrrht.' Tl -J.o- U!lf Diikey.V . Well ma am. AI:u Dickey vcumust stay to break- nia'aui. :t. iAji v.jil. mu-t. . i ktfy onelude to stay.' i . . ; U;i.kf.Wt . Uble ild lady 'Dickey I - ii5.e Weu thinking of you a great deal Utelyj ; . - : . So' I suppose, ma'am very lately. " Vou aie . industrious aud honest, 'I hear.'; t ; I never trag. ma'am. , J ; 4 Well, now, npon th whole, Dickey, I think 'you and Susey had better get mar . lied.! '- - ; . : Beading One' Own Obituary- The tent re cf the Major Generalship of M wu hu-etts, like that of a good many " her otB. e in that ancient Omm nwelth i r..r i;f- e.r during cood behavior. The . .... . .- - 0 Boston Transcript says that one of the for mer laved so long that a wicked wag at hw tejiortcf death, gave, as a sentiment at ' a p'u: jic dinner: . The memory of onr late Major General may be oe eternally rs warded in heaven Ifor his eset-ltistxRg , ser rices on earth. Judge of the surprise of the author of this toast,' on learaing," the next day, that the report was false.and the yet eran officer still alive ' This reminds tia' 1of an occurrence that took place in the same Bute some years 1 - L " mm m ago. In the days of old MycaU tue puo !ih.r bf the Newbaryport Herald, (a jour nal still alive and flourishing,) the sheriff 01 oM s-x, rhdip.'BTjfley, had been as i "i A -..t i.i..v no his ai rears .of tuusci.piiou. -At Inst he oneway told My call that he would certainly "hand over,1 he lived. If you don't get your money to-morrow, you may be sure I am dead, said he. . The morrow came and passed, but no money. Judge of the sheriff's feelings when, on the morning of the day after, he opened his Hera!d,aod saw announced the lamented decease of Philip Bagley, Esq hizh sheriff of thecouncy of Essex;with an obitusiy notice attached, giving the decea sed credit for a good many exoellent traits of character, but adding that he had one fault Very ranch to be -deplpredjhe was not punctual in paying the printen J. -Bagleywithut waitiag for his breakfast surted for the Herald office. Ou the wly. it struck him as singular that none of the many friends and acquaintances he met emd to be surprised lo tee hip. They 1 i .n ' : ... : .L .i 1 i lot gutriiiy faii.-w in aooui. icu ovih:i;hii were in bed; E;kel to hit room Sii'lgras to his, the little boys, tue little girl then' in bet1; all were Cut of the way .'when the victim came in. He took off his shoes and folded his shawl ;md put down his cap. None then, but this woman could have come in without exciting letnark; or jwr-hip- she opened the djr, w'lich he jer haps had uot carefully locked, and throw the handkerchief 'over the Ad4nw. 'apple, dragged him baC with the right!,1 hand, while the stab was inflic ted' with the left; and the strong man would have the pur chase of his arm,but it was theweak hand of woman there, and ho ran to the door, followed by the Qend. He saw those eyes glaring on him,.' and the carving knife plunged in his neck; she was!as;tall as Judge Dean, who' was. as tall as Dr. Bur. Jr-li: and even a shorter woman than she is -it ' ' could lave inflicted this; blow.! He ('.he District Attorney) when he first saw it said it was a left handed blow: Dr. Francis first thought so, Dr Woodward 6aid!s6,and, Dr.' Uhl did not commit himself", but spice of all physicians have said,'there was the sis nation of the door, and the jet of blood on the wall to be looked to, and turning like a stag at bay, the left-handed j b'cV was struck in the side. ' U '. .' ' ' ' '. will state, gendeman thatjyou must loos: at, this ,ca&s with reference to the prisoner at the bar, whether, the .hypoth esis is sustained so as to exclude the idea that this death could have been caused by any other person.. In reference to this rule of evidence, I wil quote an old and well known authority: i The case must be such as to exclude to After the destruction of the Ameiicin L u-uij UjCund4!ivJLk)L. Marion, with his ! 1 1 tue baud of .volunteer troops," being in the immediate neighborhood, were immi nent danger. . When he heard the diead ful tidings of defeat, ht tetrea'ed nto the 'woods, ordering his company to halt and iform, he addressed them as fol lows: Gen timierj. yon are aware of our. situation so widely different frm what it once was.t pnee )we weTe a happy refrJe! Lilerty -slione kipon our Lmd,bright as the sun that ffilds voti fiolds; and we and our fathers re joicing in iu lxaros, as gay as the birds hat enliven our forestt.. L I ; ! Butjalas! thoe golden davs have fled; akd the cloudi of war hanjj dark and low ering above our heads. Our once peaceful land is filled with uproar and der.th. For eign njflitns invade our very firesides and altars, uind leave'.1 us no alternative, but sla very ot death. Two gallant armies have marched to-our assistance but both are lost. That under Gen. Lincoln, duped and butchered at Savannah;and that uoder Gen. Gates, imprudently overmarched,. is now cut up at Camden. Thus all our hopes from the north" are at. an end, and poor Carolirta is left to fight for herself, j A sad aIterna,tiveTndeed, when her owq children are majdly uniting with the enemy, and -not one in a thottsad will rise to take r be part, j My pountrymen ! I wish to kco your minds on this momentous subject, . A for myself, I consider my life as but a moment and to fill that moment wilh dutv is mv I ' :' - -'14 T. '' . To guard this country frtn the levils of slavery8, seems my greatest duty and I am therefore 'determinedJ that :while r I f live she shall, never be enslaved. 1 She may come to that wretched state;b'ui these eyes shall never behold it "She shall never clank k a '. . t " . 1 -' ; a. 11 At tne Criii(vitt ri 11 nven!ini iieia 1 Sitliburv in Cs !! ;Ia conistini of .at bout one hundred and thirty ''delegate ,nd representing some tiiirty coun ies, the foN wing ti!so!u;ioa were unanm usly jp is- sed. to wit : .:'! i ;' j" -.1 .-,'' Resolved, That this Convention form it self into; a pennanent Society for tbe ad vancement of general Education, and that it be called the "Educational Association of North Carolina. Resolved That the officers of this As sociation, for the present, consist of an Ex ecutive Committee of five, who shall hold their office until the adoption of a Connti- tut ion and Rv laws. j ' Resolved, ''That tin's association - shall .meet annually at such time and place; 83 shall be designated by the Executive Com tuittee. . .'"..';".'" 'J ''.'.."' . Resolved, That a : Committee of seven be appointed by the Chairman! of ;.tiis Asso.' elation to dr.ift a .Constitution and Bvs Law's for the government of Una Asocjar , tion, and report the same at the next an n"twtritneettngr;'or ihfr''LK4-"'-.: Resolved, - That all officers f and teach ers in Schools, and all persons interested in Ihe cause of general Educajion, be ihvi- ce. " 1 r . that He who made man also made man's -'.Vi:"- begmDiDg. God rested On the ; even'h dav, and bless ed itj'itud set it; apart, and when t we dhd traces of it jri the o!deS hist(A ickl records of the wo-d, down "to the giving of- ihe ijaw on 0111a ; w iin we can trace it rrom I at day .nj to tiiis; when we find voices from the woiks, j answering to voices from The Father and hit Daughter. xunaga senes 01 religious mfsiings. the school bouse of a small village, girl became, much intereed tiori of her soul. Hf father lof holiness, who lived next door to was 'the place of meeting, findingihis little daughter was much interested in the meeting and had, been forward to be pray" esl for, strictly foabide hr enter! n the "bouse of prayer." J The poor little "ehl J vas much oppressed, and knew not what so ao, cut ooeyea net latnsr oui usdui meetingj was nearly half through,j then slipping out without-his knowledge, and getting througfi a hoie' in tbe fence, shfr hastily Tn to the meeting. - It was! some then the Word of Go to the facts bf ottri .and all corresponding )very day ex'pet ience ; and wljen, in- the faee-'of alLthis evidence, we are met by nothing but vague assertions and rambling statements, we cannot resist .1. i! . I : . .t . .1 O 1 I .1- ! r me couciusiou iiat ttie - oaoriain: is uom I The Sabbath ,wi made for man, as Sabbath ; not asjaday of labor, but asl a So;,so.n as it ceases to fe 1 1. k ... a moral ccitaiuir cici y vwc uvuuujcais l 1 i 3 - - JrVk . Pber chains in my eves, and pointing to the !... I, ... nfll,. mill r( (a nn- ....aArt f i ' " Incases of -doubt, it is safer to acquit than to condemn. Gentleman, I have now dis charged tbe duty which the Javv imposts upon me in ih most pijifu! and exciting trial.. I think that you will bear me wit ness that 1 1 are exhibited no other motive than-to elictthe truth, and to aid in pla cing before youany facts which could av ail you in solving this great crime. My duty is now ended, and you have to retire to your room, calmly to deliberate and de cide on the jfate of this unhappy woman atthebai. IMeet your whole duty like men, feeling your deep responsibilities and the solemnities of your oaths; To your decision I now commit the fate of this un fortunate woman ana the future of herself and family. While you deal justly by her it is your privilege also to deal mercifully for as I have before remarked if you have any reasonable doubt of her guilt, that doubt is to be cast into the scale in her favor,and entitles her to your verdict of ac quittal. If, oa (he contrary, 00 areriew .hommous badge exclaim. Jt was youi 1 .1 .1 . x i 11 x : , cc waruice mat orousroz ine to ims, ...-if 1. I One and all, they anvs ored.we will con quer for our country, 01 die with you. I Then, my brave friends, said he, draw vour swords. Now foi a circle, emblem- t -. - 1.1 - alical of our eternal Union; and pointing ybur blades to Heaven, the brightthrone of Him. who made us free, swear you. will never be the slave of Britain! It wasde voutly done. ' i 1 The reader will be pleased to hear that this brave man rose to a high rank in the army, and lived to enjoy the peace and prosperity of the country, he so ably de fended. His wife survived him; I and as long, as she was able to ride, the poorpeo pie of Carolina used to press ; around her carriage and bless her,as they exclaimed: T at is! the widow of our glorious old Ma rion. ' : ;'.;'. ' i'. ' - ' -I 'GaLtasTRT- of a young bot. -When C-iptain Falls,' at the battle of Ram30ur,'s Millj recei red a raortai vroua-aod kXiU ted to attend as delegates at tbe next an nual meet of this Educational Associa tion, i . . .. , 'i j'.;-. : ' -'.'. .jf-. ! The undersigned were sppointed; tinder the second Resolu tion, jw Executive C'-m mil tee with power to diiei'niiiie' the time and place t)f the liext im-etiiig of iM.-- '' As sociation ; and ih '! ..': fir d'k ij-ej ;t ii,r x Tuesday evening the 30;h day -''of' Jung next, and selected Warrenton as the j ai e- l1ie,timo, it is hoped,' will be generally convenient to Professors' in-Colleges and to .teachers ; and the place is : one of the most pleasant and beiHihy towns in the , Stale,! and accessible to all sections. 1 i - The citizens of Wanenton, through' the undersigned tender the free hopitah' ties of the place to; all who attend this meeting ; and the' various .Railroad of the Stale will pass all delegate at half their Uaual rates of fare, j ', ('; .''! ' l A officers of schools, of 1J e.soripticns all teachers aud all Trieuds ofthe'-, t-ause of educa'tiou will be consideied as ue!egtes, and to all such an earnest invitation is here , by given to attend. The tonventiou oi last tail was a great success, inaugurating a new era in the educational history. -of N. Carolina if the movement then : so hapily begun be properly 'followed up, it aonot but redound to the interest of 'the State, and to the profit of teachers. The first meeting, was not only ptontable, but please ant to all who participated in its proceed ing'; and from the cheering .indications all over ihe S:a:.e, we hope to sue a still larg er gathering in WSrrenion; feeling sure ai-1 so that all will leave it as tbe defecates! left Salisbury,wih an anxious desirejto be pre sent On the next occasion of the' kind. ;! A Constitution and By Laws for 1 the government of the Associatiop will have to be adopted at the meeting . in June ; a good deal of other, important. business is to be transacted, while lectures addresses and discussions on various topics will add to ifhe interest f the occasion;' j We hope that no one will wait for a special invita tion, and that atl the friends of the great cause at 6take will endeavor to attend and aid in the good work by their pres ence and counsel. -a 1 j 1 i . , - - . ! ' ; ' . i r " t C. H. WlLKT, W. N. H.SMtTH, J. F.Foote, E W.Ogbuen, J. T. Whitk, ' JE3T The newspapers of the State i will confer a special favor by publishing the ac bove address. writren ion the two day of jiest. .Sabbarh it eeawss to lie. Turned to anyio-. ther p..rpe ihain that He that made j it designed, it is n6 'longer-made by him ibr Ttfan ; it is no longer fit for roaifnor god for man. ' Th law tables 6f Ntohe is':alo written in our nartije 10 tue -Keepincr Jt, as individuals, and so as -families, and jias ' a nation, there is a great rewaid. pod not oirly blesses theim that hallow it. jjLeteach ' us therefore, as he would see God in p4aoe; keep holy 4.'i BaibaUa. .diiji 'according to! the com ma udraeut. ;Thlis we cannot do' in no as sumbly other than the cougregatjon. jli is' not by! going In -crowds- to hear sounds ana see eio;ufa tuat we can uatiow -me Sabbath day. It is not thus we can wr ship the God of nature' and r brlnjj him time before , her father . missed her ; he found her gone- he went immediately to the meeting, where she was on her kcees, with others whom the people of God were praying for. , So enrsged was he,that he went jdirecily. forward, and took hier in his arms, to carry her from tbe place. As he raised-her fiom her knees she looked up in her father's face with a heavenly smile and said : : - .. . . ' .if'., " : . ' j . ''It is too late now, pa.' i This was too much or the hardened sin ner, he too sank on his knee while he was prayed for .; and very soon .lie found that Saviour he had iu vain attempted to shut out from Ins daughter's heart. The Fireside. It is within the bosoms bf their own fauiiies" hat men appear la-hat they real. ly are. T,he mask must drop from the fireside. Thereajl formalit'y is thrown a. way, and ill .studied attitude is forgotten, as too curnbrious.and oppressive for such a scene, S convinced was that shrewd and sagactprs 'observer, John Newton, of this that when he heard a friend on" one oc- highea I And when God get.s no grory.man !.. Our inie trood aud Gojl gioi v art-one, I ' . ' j Ret:, T. Alexander. The Prspiriiy oi Cain sVsettlerqent.-after the curse se upr on him py the Lord.was'in 4lhe land of Nod : t i - : - i - -.. east of Eden;' If Eden 'iepreserits the whole district between the InduVand tte Cain Nile,then this must have been in the wijd mountaniourreioris of Norihero India ati'ii Weiterti.Tartary, The-exact Country our geograpljy cannot "dehne. Two pecu liatnies have characterized the inhabitants of that legion in every; age. - It has beehla ' land of Nod,' that is. wandering, unset tied as to a jlarge share of its popolatioD ; and et it ha.i l4;eii. Strang? to suvL a laujd eiu.iika le for th.e inagnirtide, grandeur, wealth, manufactures, learning and coim ' . i :.. . t ' ? merce or itlcitieh ust astthe-eaiiy.cuiii- vation oi the fi is b v the dekr L-rj.lanta of'Caiai .1-. might siiggest. (Nowhere ese iu ihje'worJ' has been seeu the- minglirig of such con-! trarietiea and! of such extremes casion, praising- the character of anorher very tighlV, and appealing to him for his assent, be replied : 'I should like to see the man aphis Own fireside And even at your Jown firai Je j our Conduct proves to a , great drgiee Uie reflection and the confit -'mation of jrourjcouusels. Who can calcu late the amount of 9 beneficient moral in. tiuernce that, you may b priviledsred to -- a Mr r - shed aiouod yoQ.Far lietterthis quiet sun shine, this droJing of the gentle I'ew- of a holy hie, in winch every new day is just a new lesson inj goodness, (ban exciting dramatic scenes got up in a ho uphold-as if to carry iho individual's conversation by '".: jn, Liook at that Come'ius," and be 5 hold the rewaid and the fruit of his piety ' . 1 -1 '! 1 1 "' 'i1 -. . in 'tne aevout soia.er mat waited on nun continuallyi' Aud we ourselves have res ceived the testimony of servants in this very city,, that thejSabbath evening in struction ofja toaster first impressed their minds with ihe supreme importance of re- ligiou, and that pi earnestness of a mas ter's family prayers' illqstrated by his holy conversation coupled with fear.' won them over' effectually and forever from the world Great Britain's Eoyal fbiiire For'th efatifiation n a corrpondnt we puJilish tV names nl of the chil dren of Quejn Victoria: . ' 1. Viofoni Aoliid fs"y Tn!i rria. cess Royal, bain November 21. 1840.' 2: Albert! Fiw?ird.Prinre of Wales borrj November Q. 1841. ' I' ' ' f I - - ' ' c 3.' Alice Maud Mary, born April 23 18 fi3.V,.j;3.; :i'!j '': i' Alfred Err.tit A'hert. born. August 6 5. TTtenf An?"!"' Victoria, born May 25. 1 848.. j '.! "! C. Iuisa Qarplina AlbcHa.bolrn Nlsrch 18. 1848. 'iir.,,!; i --j! 1. AHhn William Fatri Albert,' bora May: 1.1850. : . -' ; . 8. fLeopoil George Duncart Albert,lorn April 185-3.-;! . f J . j; . 9" A Prirjcess born Aprij 14, 1857. '. ; Her Majelv,Qinr A'exndria Victo ria, is nearlylhirty ehfht rears of ag, har- iny been' born oh the 24th day . May 1819 Bhe was married February kFinnris Allert Autrnstti. Charles Emsntiel Prince of Saxe Oobnrg and born Augus( 20, 1819. " 10. 1840, to Soth who was sinks of pollution; disgricajng them-elfcs an d fa m i 1 ies; Th e in i'reae olvri ra e a nrong ns i chiefly !irawaed bv thedf'sie jhon- est labor: too many rathe- s'fnl tlian work. If we would jjoreswrve the oom'ng genera tion from those ins SndicTos wliich r'e- ... V j,-. 1 . ' . grade the pripseni' tiroes, learn them good trades ard hiring them up ta Jndurioiis habits, 4,IdIn la'e honrsj a disregard for t"he f?abbath.dn'nklrjg snd the penml of. obscure snd unprincipled sheets ruin of millions, aro causing the The report of the B'iriwh postrnnster General has Wen. published fr 1 858 The number of letters delivered in the.Dni- ted Kingdom during the yaf was 478,000, POOyngiriricrease over 1 855 of nearly 82.000,000: atvl iu cirtropYrd ;wtn 1839,' the year previous to the introduction of tho penny-posfagejin inereaseomifing fraDkrt , of 402,000,000, or more thin six fold.. to god. Dr. A. Thompson. Search ill: '! for Happiness. A-wealthy epicu e'ajiplied to an Arabi an doctor for a prescription that would re store his body to health, and give him happiness to his mind. The physician ad- vised. to exchange tm shirts : with a man And to this day. it is a wonder. The vvi.o was per.ecuy conientea witn nisiot,. vvnereupou uie patient set out on a jour ney in pursuit of 6ucha person. - After many months!, spent without accomplish ing bi3objeche was to'd of a certain cob. f Ex. Cora. Some men are wise and some are oth' traveller wHh peril penetrates to the cen;. tres of these wild and grand landscspes.J wbere en.;!Na(ture collects the jiighest mountains9 and deepest chasms in the woi ijd the-most . savage sterility and eardens dfi the very-primeval Piridisaic fryitsj But when he does so,'. be is amazed by fortifica tions, the palaces, the libraiiies, thejtoundj nea. the bazar the temples. He meets there with .men Who seeem ihe geouine off-, spang of Caihf ; prodigies of learning, that wander Over the continent- like vagabonds; speaking many languages ; poets, philoso phers, yet murderers and thieves, claiming decept from Israel or from iAIexander tho Great, yer, lying, abject," kijavisb beggars; peddling in the same hour diamonds, pibf manuscripts, Jgahnents, peai Is, kc.J which they have carried immense distances but with distrust of every one, they keep cont cealed till jopportunity for theirf dispoj- sal presents risen ; tne ttcuiest, oasesr, un happiest of mankind. . l;he temper, and rhe bone of the first murdorer's . family re main with'them. 1 after alt the changes of six thousand years, till this;day. J - r ; . Oriental. An advocate,; the other day, said he had two witnesses in court in f tupporfc of the; cause of his cliefit, and they would be sure to speak; the; troth, for he had no oportu nity of commnunjeating; with tberaj - bier of whom .every one had spoken as a model of contentment aud happiness. Pur suing the direbtrpn given,thb 'traveller was at length ' rewarded with the sight, of the cobbler enjoying a comfortable nap on., board. . Withoitt ceremony he" was a(M oused from his slumbers, and the import ant interrogator whether he was content ed with his lot 4aV-answered in the affir Li!' ; mative. -. ! ' ; " .' . ' ; Then, said the seekei after happinepj I have one smnll boon to ask at your iiand It is that you exchange shirts with me,t hat by this nieans-1 -also may become conteut A Curk mn tovK. A vounr molaffo. 1 ' in Danhury, Conn, paid his devoir to a white girl.wbo favored his styt whereupon, some young men took the fellow into a la no, and basted thedusky and ambition Romeo until his tender passion was qui' a subdued The Rejected Treaty Washkgto, May 1 1. The ofScHa'J despatches from London upon the Ci-btral American sion.oavo been received and insured at bv the nres- ident ; the tone and nature bf the docu ment of the treaty, although it is - Iitnte! that one or two sJighntiodi filiations would render it evety way acceptable! These mo difications,! wevef, though slight in tho estimation of the. British Cabbet, aro, riot consideierf so by the President or the ma jority. of his advssers, and hence tbe treaty Way be regarded as dead andj burled, ' Ai effo:t has already been made by the Britsb Minisler tol re-open japgoliations upon a new basis, jl tit th'iH far wi'bout sue ces, and 'ppenrances intlica'o that all future effoitslof the kind will meet a like result. ; Tbe Government has evidently got its back up, and! shall be very much misfsk-- en if Lord Paimerston; does not s on find t that the present .American admiriistratron is one that can neither be Coaxed, bought' or bullied ; in jotber words, i't has cut it eye teeth." . .! . " ' '." : Hon. Rbbt.lJ. Wajlker will leare he-o to- ! dav for Kansai, where be ' will remain six - 1 - i . ' -- i r . months. It is understood that he will ; then succeed Mr. Dallas, as Minister to England ed aid happy. It! J-fv : Most gl dly would I accede to tby re' quest replied the cobbler, but .- Nay refuse me not jnterruptnd tbe man of wealth: anyi sum that you may name shall be thine r wealth said tbe cobbler, I seek not thy but, but But what? i But the troth is "I have no shirt." 1 ! Gerald Massey, the ristug poet of Eng land, is the son i 6f a caqal boatman, now earning the wages of ten shillings per day. ; I,.;' ' I . .!!' '...) '- -., - .. . ,-' . f Realiv. 4 The rose of Florida, the mostf j beautiful ovf flowers, emits no fragrance, '-.J- the bird of Paradise.ithe'raost beautiful of ,'. birds gives no--ngs; the cypress of Greece, j the finest of trees, yields no fruit'; dacdita , 1 th -shiniest oj men, have no sense ; aod :, ball roum bellies, thi loytliest of 'created tf , creature are very often ditto and a little ' ' . ' 1 . i . '. 1 - 1 ' suvig sv, . ' . fc Nayr C0KTRACT8. The heavy con trcl for clothing for the United States S'svyi have just, been; awarded by the bureau of provisions and clothing to six different man ufacturers in Massachusetts and one in ew York. The cost of the articlvs to the gov ertuaeolis about $400,000. ' Tb poatxasta i eiJ-
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