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r r- 3Ii . t m ' 1 ": " -"fcaBW-'-r ;':-'- (t "' gjgjgjijjjjiBBSjjBBBjBBjBiaBSjBBJB HISTORICAL: ; BINQS AND THEIR HISTORY. ? 1 : It is still an 'obscure point in the phrsi ! olotrv of the toilette, to know whether wo- I men did not commence .by ornamenting before dressing themselves, j in nearly au nascent communities the women had, and r hav&sliU,MO other dress than rings on the ' iV (wrists, ancles, in the nose, in the ears. and Te iQ tHe cheek. These are of fea- little colored stones and metal. - From the general uniformity of this custom, from the iccmmeuceuienv qi ail civilization, uie ring may be said to take rank as the primitive vestments '"- "' ' ', Cuiver, who at s'gut ot a single jaw ' bone, Wild reconstruct extinct races, could ' dOUUuess, wiiu mure uvrutiui., icwusuuti f tKn the mere examinatiou of a ring, an ' 1 1 .11-. 111. . 4 . nn-J. . antideluTiao woman ; ( , 1 ItisdiflBcult to fix tne epocn or the country which first introduced the use of rings. . oouro aiiriuuie h to x rumctucuo, ;iuo, iariug reiuscu w wiwuwjiauuuiii,- the first inottal womxn. presenteVl her with ny, on the other BdJ olimA Ut bAre ' the eige'of Troy, ring-; were unknown,' 'giving as a reason that Homer, who nam ' lai the jewels of th? Trojan dames, does not mtfntioj), them, in tlieulu, lestamcnt, ,' menlionjis made of rings in , Egypt in the ima of Jose th. more than & hundred rears '.before the Trojan war, . A ' J ' ,.,!!-.! . ' . tlie i. ring! as an oinament, letjus say(a word non its different airnincations. I V . w . .Inncient times, rings, bore a symbolic . niguificance, spiritual or mysterious ; the tsacred profane, magical -marks of honor or of igriominy and tbeir material even served to distinguish ranks and conditions. Such were the rings of the ancient priests . of the ancient law, worn on the hems of: trqn is now Unknown. ' The high Sliest of Jupiter, the Flamen- dialis, wore a ring larger thhn his caciti , eiis, signifying that he, was beyond con trol in "any of his functions. : 1 The pastoral ring of our bishops, is a , mark ot tneir agnuy, ana gage oi ineir -The nuptial ring fs the mutual 'sign of fi ; delity, Which the priest bhssing, puts up on the. finger of the wife, saying : "Accept the t ng of matrimonial taitn. This ring is givea to Nuns who take the church for their spouse, dec. TrL '.l: i.- : .f-' : iniigs unve ueeu aiso ui.mks oi tocuui- . ic attainments, tuthority, benevolence, ft : -delity, 'nobility and chivalry. The Rbbi, Solomon Jarci, cites, as an article of patri ih'a lar, wlupJi in tho and dignity. The royal ring or cygnet, gave something of'.powcr and dignity to those entru?ted with it. Pharaph, drawing the ring from liis finger, and giving it to Joseph, estab lished him over all his kingdom. Gen xii 42. Alexander on his deathbed, giving j his to -Perdictas, signified that he was his successor. Mercianus, under Vespasian, .. bore his master's ring and by viituo there of, conduqteJ the, atlairs of slate, even with- v out consulung the Empjror himself, if we may 'believe Ziphilen.j K Amons; the Turks ud Saracans, inves titure, f office was made with a ring. So; jtinder the earlier kings of France, princes aud sovereign lords, investing their vassals ' with befs, placea a ring upon try;ir nnger, which bore the arms granted to . them. - Such rings served as the signet or seal, which took the place of the signature. A t t1A onniuiM'gtinn ami f.nrrnnatinn nf king?, the ring is blessed which is put on . the finger. . r " j : ' In . Savoy, the ring of St Maurice is the ;. 1 mark of investiture of the dukes, ever since . 'Ireter of Savoy obtained it from the abbey Venice wedded the sea yearly, on Ascen sion day, throwing a ring into the sea, as if to oblige it io be evbr faithful to them. by express fmrilege of pope Alexander in. A manuscript ceremonial states that the dukes received their investment by the eor nnet ofibe ring waquises by. a ruby up ' on the middle finger, counts by a diamond yiscounts by a golden rod, and barons and -j baronets by a banner. The kings pf Persia, in sign! of kindness, and friendship, presented a ring, and those only could wear it that received it from , their hand. ' The Incas of Peru, placed rings. of go d in the ears of thoso whom tbey wished to honor: i '''' Iri Rome senators and knights on! v could wear cold riwra; The common people ' were them of iron, significant of the mode rayon expeetea from tnem m their habits . apd manners. , Rings were tfot only signs of honor , iuug uiaqj peopie me ring was an em- ble"m of servitude, among others a mark of corrupt inorais. ai n,ome ior a long pe riod, to wear two rings was considered a . mark of infamy. Women j ajone could wear two without being subject to censure. . Rings have also been signs of magic pow er. In olifVarv "talft rwl ivaimn. J wiiwivijg I V mances they played an important part endowing their poasossors with err ft f rtrivi. leges. ;' That of the famous Gjges was the most boWI ot ABanaanio rings. Its hUtory coy- ers an aauutblo practical lesson., A learn ed eastern scholar tells us concerning lit as follows:: r i" - f v-,- " The Philosopher Gylippus mentions this ring." It was talismanic, but reasona bly so, and thus came to Gygos hands.-. Gyge lived in Pelwpea, about cightcen tnries before Christ He was young, rich, handsome, gifted and ambiious. lie conv suited Gyllippus at his home near Ephesus as to how he could best use his time and talents. , ! . aRcad this every day at the rising of the sun,' answered the philosopher, handing m tf leaden ring, whose escutcheon form ed a plain surface of an inch in diameter, upon which was engraved nine hundred and ninety-nine letters, in almost imper ceptible characters.. f On his- return to Pelopia, Gyges read the inscription, which was as follows : . f ! LOST HOUltS. "Let us suppose ' two individual, one rises at half past nine in the morning apd the other at 6 o'clock. Of these two per sons each lives 50 years the latter will count sixty three thousand eight hundred and seventh-five hours, or what is the same thing, two thousand six hundred and sixt y one more days, of active existance than the finrt - - v (; 'Tlie inscription proceeds to estimate in figures, the v.-duo of the time thus saved, and tho advance in social positiou of an active population of a million risi ng at six instead of half past nine. Gyges seized upon the sense of this cu rious calculation by Gylippus. i lie rose ma'ny hours before his fellow citizens ; his, labor, his talents, his industry opened to him a career of distinction; he became an officer, a favorite ofCandaule, King of Ly dia and reigned after him. ; , Such was te Ring of Gyges truly a tal isman, as we see, but one which may be so to all the world. - j Afte'r.yrings as signs and simbols, we Have to consider them as ornaments, and how worn. Tlaced most commonly upon the fingers, they were first worn indifferent on either hand,. Later, the left was more used, as ibeing less exposed to action, and consequent loss, than the right. . And of the fingers, the one next the least, from the fanciful idea, of a special- nerve running thence to the heart . Later still they were worn on allthe fin gers except the middle one, which allome was deemed infamous. Then came the style of wearing them on the index, or right fore finger, .and finally .they were worn in full phalanx, three on each finger. This abuse was restricted by order of the Senate, and none wore rings-who did not enjoy a certain fixed income. From the hand?, rings descended to the feet and ans cles, and are still so i worn by the eastern nations, and they "mounted to the ears,- where they hold their owu w'jth civilized barbarians as well as savages. From the accounts of travellers, w hear of regresses with ear rings six inches in di ameter among the Morgols a foot in length .while the Malibar women wear them of four-ounces weight, with a hole in large enough to pass the' hand through. Peruvian womtn wore a ring in the nose. proportioned in size to their husbands rank. The ancient Mexicans, Brazilians and oth er nations wore rings, stones, bones, &c.in the lower lip.; The use and abuse of rings furnish soire curious particulars. Nonjus, a Roman Senator, is said to be the first to wear a ring set with precious Htoues. He wore' one worth twenty thou sand crowns, ane was punished by the Senate for his extravagant vanity. The Emperor, Ileliogabclus never wore the same ring twice, whatever its value. The ladies followed the lead, and, says Ses ueca, often bore the price of two or three patrimonies on their fingers. Cleopatria's famous act of extravagant luxury, is exceeded by Pliny's account of Tollia, the wife of Culigula. T have seen her, says he, arrayed for simple visits, hav ing her fingers, armsncck and ears, load ed with jewelry to the value of a million dollars. ' ' In latter days, if a.oung lady is unen gaged but would like to be, she wears a ring upon the right forefinger; if engaged or married, on the left. SmouLAR Phkxomexox .-The neighbor hood.of Canal street was in a terrible state xf excitement yesterday morning, oweinr io a report mat tne Artosian WelL' now: being bored on the neutral ground had ta ken fire. Various were the speculations on this singular phenomenon.' By some of geologists who hastened to the spot, after the occurrence., it.was asserted that the au gur had ponetrated into a volcanic strata and that an eruption would in all probabil ity soon follow; others equally learned suggested that, the augur had struck a coal bed and the friction causes it to iguite. . While the philosophees were deliberating on the question of whether or not ,we should soon have a Vesuvius in midst a by atander made the practical suggestion of sending for Young America, tne steam fire engine, and trying what effect the big squirt would have on it The suggestion was promptly carried into effect, and in a short time the great ,Artesian bore with all irs volcanic adjuncts, :were completely washed out, and the timid fears of all who supposed that the Crescent city warn about to blow up, finally settled. New. bs.True Delta. m Be ashamed of yourself I . Too stingy to take a paper and jay fot-it, you depend upon borrowing you neighbor's. Is it gen teel ! is it honorable f is it honest ! LATEST NEWS. : LATER FROM ArriTal of Pacific. Tl)e steamship Pacific arrived at New York Wednesday morning, from Liverpool with European dute to the 1 1th. The Havre steamship Arago had arri ved off Southampton on the eveninjr of the 10th. I Mdlle. Rachel, the distinfftiished tra gedian is,among the passengei by the pa cific. . i: The general aspect of the news from the seat of war is un satisfactory, aud the most important item is that the bom barJnieut of Sebastopol was resumed on the 10th. .j .. J Omar Pacha has been appointed to the command of the Turkish troops in A sia. I The siege of Kars continues, without any definite result ! . MBerdiansk has been again partially bom barded. It is reported in Paris that Revel had been successfully bombarded, but the truth is, that the fleet is assmbling is the Bal tic for the. supposed immediate attack upon Helsingfprs. The French Government publisher an inflated account of a discoyeredj Legitimist conspiracv ' to excite an insurrection in Spain and so further the end of Russia. It is, definitely stnted, but still seems ques tionable, that Spain willj supply 25,000 troops, to be in the pay of the Allies. Portugal it is 6aid, also will supply 10,000. troops. The Italian General Pep3 is 'dead. Advices from Madeira give au unsatisfao tory account of the condition of the islunds The vines are withered, aud there is no o- ther culture on which to rely for means of subsistence. Mei'cbantile letters front Sr. TeteisbuTg state that business goes onlquictly on a re duced scale, and that the exchanges are steady and funds well supported. Nothing can be gained from these letters as to the state of opinion on the war. It is once more stated that the Empress of France is cnciente,and the . fact has been communicated by various diplomatists to their Governments. j An Italian name unknown has been arrested at Biaritz, on suspicion of having followed the Emperor Louis Napoleon with evil intent. A dagger and pistol were found on, his. person, but tlie case is one of suspicion only. ! An English gun boat, ejngaged in can nonading Tagaurog, in tlie sea of A zoff, ran asl ore and was burnt bv the Rus sians. i Prince Gortschakoff, in a despatch dated Sebastopol, the evening of the 2d instant reports that nothing important had occur red. The vigorous fire of the Russians preventedthe enemy's works from ad van -c'uo andthe fire of the Allies a." slacken ing, i Our latest advices from Varna inform Us that short but "infernal" bombardments and sallies made by the Russians upon the trenches of the French, have latterly bes some matters of almost daily occurrence. In a word the, siege continues regularly and the Allies are completing their saps and lodgments, exposed to' a violent fire. The greatest activity is exhibited nex.to the extreme left wing of the Russian line of defence, the works at this point beiuf less at bastion No. 1, than at a convenient landing place on the shore of the great road. It is said that the gun boats of the allies will force a passage near to the forts Alexander and Nicholas, is order to assist iu the assault. The Allies have approach within ; fifty paces of the first line of de fence,but do not intend tor unmask their batteries till the day for aptuul operations shall have arrived. ,; . . Loxdox, Saurday morning, Aug.-11. The Invalide Russe of August 2d publish es the Russian GeneiaJ's report on. events before Kars on the 11th ultimo, not so late by three days as the lettersjaom La Presse which we publkhed yesterday, and two says earlier than the attempted attack upon the town. i Gen. 'Mouravief pretencjs to bo besieg ing the town, but he appears to be look ing about the neighborhood of the city picking up" odd oxen and horses, waiting to learn something to his advantage. Kars is not invested. The Sournal de St. Petersburg states that" on the 14 th of July' a gun boat, carrying the British flag, appeared ; before Otchak off and threw a number of shells intothe Russian batteries. Otchakoff it will be rer membcred,commands together with Kilba um the strait about 2 1-4 'miles wide, by which the Lagoon of Dneiper communi cates with the black Sea, and must be pas sed on the way to Nicholakoff and Kher son. The boat referred to was probably taking soundings. Tie -official Russian papers contain an account of a third bombardment of Genit chi on the 18th, by three gvn boats and two screw steamers. The stores of straw near the shore were' set on fire,and several houses burnt TpE Principalities. The Austrian Ga zette stated, from Bncharest, 28th ult, that the lg, or Chief Police Magistrate of that city, has been dism sed io cou&equenceiof compljunts ottthe rt'of foreigners there and especially cf it Russian Cohsuf' Gen eral. i'. :;;i. i-'.'-. ' ' PoiAkd. The fzaVof Cracow states that preparations (a the new levy in Po land are ' carried c t with great activity, the standard of heij lit is lowered, and ft is very difficult to obt in exemptions. ; This is the fifth levy in t tat country within two years. ' . f ;The sum total ( f jhe .ubcriptions to the French loan is i ow; ascertained. khe Moniteur states thj L it ia 3,65291,058 francs. . ' . Tlie Journal de JtankfoH says that the Austrian Governnjf nt has remonstrated with the King of Naples, and blames him j n ..... ;,. , . for consequences thp may ensue from the error of his ministry- :' The Madrid Espjfna of the 3d says: We suppose that the caderi will be surprised to learn that the oternment has taken a decisive step iff tfie question of the East- The day before-yesterday the Council of Ministers held an extraordinary sitting,and after a long deliberation deciided that Spain should "adheHjfo the offensive audi Ueiemive aumu-e ueieeu rraiice,r.irgnu and Turkey. Yesterday, tV resolution' was communi cated officiay to the representatives of France andjnglandand they immediate ly tianmflted it by telegraph to their courts, an some hours after sent off couri ers with etails. '. 5l The Dpce de la Victoria and the Minis ter for foreign Affairs left "Madrid -at an early hair yesterday morning for the Es curial U communicate the ministerial de cision her Majesty. It is aid that one of the first conseqnen ces'othe alliance will be the despatch of an aimy of 25,000 men to the Crimea'and the engagement on the part of the Wes teia Powers to support the Spanish gov ernment in every way against the enemies who may attempt to overthrew it. As tlie question of alliance comprises others of subsidies and leries of men, it-will be sub mitted to the Cortes. WEEKLY GAZETTE CONCORD, W. C SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1855. V. B. Palmer is our authorized agent in the Northern Citiea. ' ' - J. W. Rainey is oiy authorized agpnt for Meckleiiburg, t receive subscriptions and grant receipts. , ' "it : ' " Alkxanpes .Scott, Rq., is our authorized agent for tlie Western States. His address is Ilillsboro' Montgomery co., Illinois. Cnpt, Jas. II. FtTtGrsoisour nnthor ized agent for Cliestdr District. S. C. j - ..V,... atiif t REDUCED. Wk learn that at a jneeting. of the Board, of Dirt-ctors of the North '-Carolina Railroad the tariff of fare was reduced from 5 to 3 cents per mile : nearly one half. The Fayetteriile Carolinian says : "The Rev. Adam GilchriIWor of the Presby terian Church at Fayeileyille, has received a call to the Professorship of Belles Lettres of Davidson Collage. Salary $ 200 and dwelling furnished," "vTe le"arn the call has been declined. Mining Magazine- The August number of the Mining Mag azine is to hand a valuable number. Ed ited by AYm. J. Teuney, New York 5 per Annum. JT Since the excitement of the elec- lions have passed over and the supply of items gleanable from our Exchanges, upon that fruitful theme has failed, we are at a loss for a subject whereupon to expatiate, so our readers will have to be content with the interesting selections, with which to day's paper abounds. v The War in Europe, too, is a "rorn out theme: The Allies are still before Sebas topol,' where we think tkey are likely to remain for a season. Eveiy Steamer brings the very interesting intelligence of "Sebas topol not yet taken f and "bombardment recommenced by the allies," but what ad j vantages tlie allies are - gaining by lying before Sebastopol, to ballance their daily disastrous lossta by pestilence and Russian bnlletR, we, cannot see. We hope, howev er, they will fight it out soon and give us a speedy peace. , ; The lates uews we have from the Mat of ,var is :by the Pacific , the details ofwbicb may be found in another column. There, now, Mr. Devil, you have a "lea der" (over the left,) vamoose with it, and tease no more A writer in one of the newspapers, in re ply to the question, "will cranberries cure ''Erysipelas," says : A lady visited our family a few days a go, and stated that ber daughter had the Erysipelas very bad. We called to mind the remedy of the New Haven Editor. On returning home in the evening, she found her daughter much worse the disease was spreading rapidly, had assumed -a frightful appearance. She immediately applied a poultice made of cranberries, which seem ed te arrest it at once, and the second ap plication effected a complete cure. The Emperor of Austria has announced an exhibition to be held in Vienna, in the year 18591 THE ELEFQAlT BQ r Th following partienlars of he deatli of mis aiMimu, we clip from tne pairy Caroli nian of Wednesday. It h tlie same ani- mal that was in this place; nj gently, with 1 the Circus company of G F. jSailey & Co. "This elephant was landed it New York in 1846, was 30 or 40 yeanjiold and be longed to G. FBaHey fe Co? )GircuS com pany. For nearly nine year?! Mr. George West has been his keeper, jind had him under good control. ; After leaving Camden,, on Sunday mor ning las't for Columbia, he' shewed' an un ruly temper, as he had occasf anally" done, and it became necessary to ui e some seve rity with him 'te control hira i Upon rea ching a bridge, a few miles p j the road.he broke a plank and refused to-Uross, and up cn being pressed, struck a ij?rse a blow which knocked him off the bi idge, ripped him open and killed hit u tje was led a- ronnd and made to ford the j jieek. After crossing the -creek be started jjp the hill was called by Ins keeper andj -jstopped, but a few minutes after be attem Ued to take'a wrong road at a folk. Thei keeper'seized him by one of bis tusks to tuj p-him as was I . 1. It' . !t '!' its easiom, ana prooamy uu( . uim, wnen he became enraged and striktablow wilh his tusks which broke Mr, Wit' back,i.n stantly killing him. He thp threw Jinn up and caug'it him on his ttka and kept at it until he was com pleteliq mangled - the ai iris, legs, thighs and hopes generally being Ijjoken, the intestines orn out and sc;dp ieeled off. The dogs w.hich usually aided him in controlling hiin!nrere set up on him, but his motions weref io rapid that all was done before any interference could be made. ' 1 lie then started off and seeral ineffect nal attempts were made to secure him. Mr. Bailey, the owner, beinglsatisfied that it would be unsafe to trust again, tfnd that under the most favorablg-circunistan ces theie would be apprehension and dan der from him,' with, proper regard for his duty to the public, determinecto have him put to death. Rifles weis procured, and many of the citizens of Camden gave their aid on the occasion. On Sand ay after uoon and evening, about one hundred and fifty balls were fired into him? without ef fect. His eyes were shot oujfas a matter of safety, as he showed 'a' disposition to do violence. On Monday morning he got in to a pond, where after an immense num ber of shots, nearly two hundred more, he ) ioldex.1 ane died. j j ' The estimated vaiue of th (animal was ten thousand dollars, and thei Joss a heavy one to the owner. His cond; Ct is deserv ing of high, praise, 4 as he didiuot hesitate to make the sacrifice of hi jjrivate. inter esls toihe public safety. W trust " gen erous public will amply iforrj unerate him for a proper spirit shown n e occasion. " i -lit . The first book evef ptiutedl: with a date '. f . appealed in '1455, just four-t ijenturies ago this very year. Nine years f jfter the Ko ran began. to be publicly reaJ at Constan tinople, and at the sam ) timeUhe Bible was sfeut forth on the wings of thf press.. The Cherokee' lesbytery.ljxa S.) have adopted resolutions, recommending to the Churches in its connection, jb insure the lives of their ministers, as thi' most conve nient method of making provision for their families after their decease. J - The last steamer brings int elligence that the rupture, between, the Ppe and rt her Most Catholic Majesty," Qug jn of Spain is most complete, on the Chinch Property bill. The Roman Charge I Andres de mnnded and recei ved his pi issport on the ICth ult., and all diplomat?! intercourse between the two courts is sus ended. -i'rr- At a fashionable Hop at t e Ocean Ho- tel, in Newport on Friday ey'ming, the gas went out in the midst of a gfy measure, leaving tlie whole party holrin the dark. Some of the nmst affectionate of the danv cers mafjifested a gratifying ff signation to the accideu"t. . if THE ELECTIONS TCf COME The following Sections ar yet to take place during the present yeaj for Slate of ficers and representatives to gkifegress : California, Tuesday, SepteBiber 4, State Officers. .jf; Vermont, Tuesday, September 4, State Officers. il t Maine, Monday, Septembei 10, State of ficers. -:,! Georgia, Monday Octoler?-l, State offi cers and eight representative?! , Pennsylvania, Tuesday, October 9, State Officei's. ludianna, Tuesday, Oc'obtyr 9, State Of ficers. . v. Ohio, Tuesday October 9, tate Officers. Louisiana Monday, Novelber 5, Stat Officers and four Representatives. Mississippi, Monday, Noveiber 5, State Officers and 5 Representative. r New Yjrk, Tuesday Noveiiber 6, State Officers. . . ' M Wisconsin, Tuesday Novefpber G, State Officers. ; ' 1 Maryland Wednesday November six representatives. jf ; Massachusetts, Monday, November 12, State Officers. i ' In Tennessee, Alabama, Cjlifornia In dianna, Wjisconiin and Pennfylvinia, the legislatures in each State elect one United States Senator. ODDS AND ENDS 1 s The members, of the California Legisla ,t,ure jget twelre dollars- per day. ; An edition of Bryant's poems hat -been published in Prussia. . Thpolic force of New Orleans num bers 250 nun. t , ' Gov. Winston of Alabama, ws pat un der arrest recently for disturbing the eourt The receipts of the American colooiza- tion Society for the past month were noar $3,000. 1 ' ? .' ". . f : The King of Greece is a Catholic,htlio' most of hia subjects belong to tht Greek Church. r,'r" " ?r. '" :' .The King of Saxony is a Cathoiri tho the, greater partjfjiis subjects -are Prjtes tants. . . . ;j The King of Belgium is rrotestanf,--. and his subjects are mostly Catholics. Tliey have a chain gang in Toledo, in which drunkards and rowdies are-set to work. " Y' ' ; ; in Boston at $6' ber tort. - r4Tlie Locusts, are devourfngeverytbing. green in some part of Georgia ; .' "'. "i' The Collins line. of steamers pay forty dollars per month to their sur eons. 1 Seven slaves, each with a hoi ;e ran away from Tendleton, Va.recentlyta a body. It is thought there will beWood crops made in Europe this year. ' : ' Fresh salmon are .sellin": in 5ew York at the very modest price of 60 cents. per pound. Tho proprietor of a Buffalo eating house sends out an omnibus, free of charge, af ter those who dine with him. v - 1 It is said that Santa Anna is about to retire again from Mexico. The revolution ists are too much for him. i John.B Gough is coming homel He has done much for the cause of temperance in England. - Dr. John C. Calhoun, third son' of the late Hon. John C. .Calhoun, died of con sumption in Winnsboro' recently. A Methodist conference has been orgatf- izen in 'the Sandwich islands, in connection with one of the general Conferences in the United States.. vj Dr. John Mc. MUlan of South Caroliaa, died recently of Cholera, at Sebastopol. He was a surgeon iu the Russian Aimy. Two German girls with an organ and a tamborine, have netted two thousand dol lars in ten months in Australia. ; Df posites of Plater, supposed to be ex tensiye, have leen discovered in Montgom ery cO, Va, at the White Sulpher Springs. - i The merchants of Nurthfield Mass.,have forme4a league and bound themselves iu a bondnot to sell goods on a credit. The grand J ury of the United States cir cuit Court at Cleveland, Ohio, has returns ed indictments against, thirteen persons for manufaclnnng and pinning counterfeii coin A lady 'recently walked lip and down Mount AVasliington pn the Notch side, on a wager of one thousand dollars and won it. '''.' ' '' The American Cohnization Society has resolved to commence a settlement in the inferior of Africa, i Accounts have recently been published showing that gold is quite as abundant in the republic of Honduras as iu Galforsia. The Government has information of an other filibustering expedition, Wganiiing at New Yoik for Peru. A strenuous effort is now making in Louisiana for the suppression of the prac tice of carrying concealed weapons. i. There is said to be in Illinois at least 20 per cent more aeres in wheat, than any previous year. " '.'.'..' Rev. Mr. Fifield a Methodist preacher has gon&off with the wife of a parishioner, leaving his own wife to -Pembroke. ! A convict in the Tennessee Penitetiary, waaso active and efficient in subduing the late fire, that the Governor of the State has gr inted him a pardon. . . " ' - . - ' - ' ' Herr Driesbach, the lion tamer has left the embrace of the Animals, arid settled down quietly on a farm in Wisconsinwith a blooming buck eye girl for a wife. - ; - j' Col Colt of Hartford has forwarded to the Paris exhibition, three large cases of his rovolvirig fire arm, got up at an expense of ten thousand dollars. ' , Four . hundred thousand bushels of grain are stored by one firm in Chicago enough to fill fortjr vessels such as navigte the Lakes: ' , The Canadian Parliament has passed a bill appropriating between four and five million dollars to the aid of the grand Turk Railroad. 4 A tribunal of honor, consisting of five members, is to be chosen at Madrid, eve ry month, to arrange personal disputes be tween gentlemen of the Press in that city ' J. Burns, a very worthy young man,: a-", ged about 20 years, was instantly killed at Pleasant Ilill, in this state, a few days ago, by the accidental dittharge of a pistol, in the ba'nds of a friend. - f - The Belgin Government owing to the a bundant harvestJiad ordered the bakers to reduce the price of bread, . " POETRY. -..--'Thc is a pleasure io poetU pain That none but poets know." 1 THE DEAR 02TES GONE BEFORE.' Thrk when lif;s brief tovage " over, Whea thia narrow U erossd Who the elements recover, j in .i... i.. .1." There Utos dear opes gov before thee ; . 4 Throagh those portals thou talt meet,- ' Softer taios shall hover o'er thee, ' Brighter flov era shall bleu thy feet. - -... - , . -' CCTTOt life U but so' empty babble Floating down, the stream of time, Wl irled abont by ediljing trouble, -. Itealied poa rode shore aad elime. Soon its nibstance (rail is shattered, : And each evsiieaeeAt hue - Uponihe billowy spray la Mattered, Or mingled with the ether bine. That frail bubble, richly freighted, ". j Thus das lied arid broken shall 'arise,' - : And' to otuer apneres translated, Shall paiot the rainbow in the aluea. Its hues on earth, so. evanescent, . ' Shall light the pilgrim Y holiest hrin; Its balreJ circles round tlie ereseeat, Shall with ray of glory ahio. ? T - . ' tr -i ;,- - - ; . . : J. " : ? . . , AINU earthly fleeting parVle, i; iTamereu in inoee resiiua vn uid ; Mid eternal orba ahall darkle v .' In the illimitable tky, Why then eeaseiess should we grovel, .Toi.ing on for pelf or fame. Inmates alike of hall or hovel, Vollowing the ignns fatuus flame. Tlioi through the s)ongls below mislead us. From the path of right and duty,., While evil spirits there shall feed ns. With wjld dreams of wpnon beauty. j .- . ' i Ana when lured tlins far astray, Where lighWsnd trnth are Wh denied as. From above there comes a ray, That alone aright will guide us. Spurning earth let's look abote us, To that over-arching dome.. Wilier those angel stars that love tin. Shall light ua as we.'re going bom. "For in those brilliant orbs that shine. With heavens pure celesal ray, vAre links that bind us to the shrine, - That light up an eternal day. ' ' . I - . . . . When our footsteps then are stealing. From the paths of love and right. Still true to us they, are eevealing. In their bwn pure spirits liglit. ' ' , Those f earth by love nn shrined Are now beaming lights immortal And in that brilliant cluster twit ed Around lleaven'a spotless port i). Those bright orbs now beaming o'er u. In that blue o'er-arehing sky. Are the hved one gone before it, To point us to their homes ou high. , ! ' Horrible Afifair. On last Sunday mornmg, a little Wforo day light, n (lerman named Frwlerick came to tho house of . Perry, Malone resw ding som 21 miles up the Colorado, and asked for milk. 1I was well known to . . ... ti it . . Air. iuaiwu, auu uau uvu bjuk wuio viously employed-ty him and many and his-neighbors. Mr. Malone rose from his bed! and went out to the bouse where it iras i kept to procure- the milk. In the meantime Frederick threw off his shot pouch and set down his gun. He then . unsheathed bis knife, and running up to the bed where Sirs Malone was sleeping aimed a dendly blow at her heart. She jumped from the bed, and uttering a. pierc ing shriek, called out to her.husband that Frederick had stabbed her to the heart. Mr. Malone dropped the milk bowl in liis hands, and running into the house, snatch-j ed his gun. lie akod for the German. His wife, after catching her breath several i -l l- i ti u: i1..t tunes nu aiMxiJ nw vr iw, uiu. .uua he had fled from the house. Malone pursued bijnRginst the remon strances of the family, and reached him at a short distance, halted and fired. .. His gun I snapped. Thb Germnn again flod and endeavored to found the house. Ma lOnei took the oposito direction and head hiraj He fired and the gun again snapped. He then took hold of it by the barrel to strike the murderer. . The German seeing that Malene was not ablei to fire, approached him with his knife drawn. -MslpiM m)Uwi-hm . to come Wlinin a lew ieu, nuu vucu iiuiujj ap--on him with bis upraised gun be brought it dawn npon his head aud cleaved him' to the ground. He lay apparently" dead Malone left him and ran to- his wife. She was dead. The children at this time said that the murderer had oome to life. . He left her, ran towards him, and saw him re viving. He called for an axe. ThehiN Aren would not bridi? it to him. Then ta king a rope he tied the fiends arm , behind his back, left him and returned to the house. MARRIED. Ia this county on the 59th ult. by Simeon Wineeoff, IUq JOHN COPE of Ca barrus to Mrs MARY E. MeREE of Rowan. At Sraithvillc. at IS o'clock, on the nie-ht of the Ilth inst , at the restdenee of Major John Walker, JOHN WEIGHT HOLMS aged 22 years and 8 months. LABORERS WANTED. A "S UMBER of laborers is wanted at the Phoe nix Gold Mines, to cut several thousand eorJ. of wood. Price 60 cents per cord. L-1 A. ". !- - ' - . ' . Appiy ai vne June, at-pd J: