. j .A-r. -- ; .;, , -JZ 1L ! :.' $2 'PER AFUII, : - ' ' A :V i ' j . jiN ADVMCE r 'I si' . CONCORD, N. c!, VOLUME HI. SATURDAY M9RNINQ, APRIL 5 1856. r i" .i the t " '. ', ; . COUCOED WEEKLY GAZETTE.; l POBLimiEU K'EnT.ATUKlAir IIOKMSU j uiEi 3L Henderson,; editor a pirppitiETOi IA.T TWO DOLLARS; Tf-U ANNUM. IF 1'AJID I N" AI)VAN Tvt I )ollnf? nnl fifty refits If n.iil witlun hrjitfttithitnl'ni.liKK l)OI. 1AIIS, i jiyment WJclnyed till the en of ADVKIITISEMEST will l.c iiiv1ol nt .Sne t he vertf. . , ' . S J)ollnr per tiiArts of 11 Virxs, for the firt I rtiou. iul lV!iify-fire rwnt per square 1 tch miliiioqiieiit iiisertiiii. . - . .1 in-. for 51Of AL Notices fliiirifi'l louil those v-Am. M'AKUIA.OMS nu(l.l)i:.'nl,S ini tc.l f1Te. OUR STORYTELLER. Now Hotion'i prove w trrail, wLere'yoijin ronmnre, ' . I.ajw'Mm ga senses ii hor weetrt trnnrr. from lilack wot 1' Magazine.. DITFiCTfLTIES : A HUMOROUS HISTORY. t',' t-ttOM-VtlE GERMAN ! I KHDtNASI UTOM.R. s i v. n I ic f l tlic univfvsifv of Jena, I went t f live "wi.li na tificlr, who, siiice tli dcjitli of mj jiaienfx, hail suj)irii.'il thoir jiImcc jo wis, ill a I'la.-Minjt country house vtliin An i v. isv ili-itanctt of his in.inuf.ic'o'r. Umje 11 rinhoKl" was nitich jt acliPfJ to mo, jiiildj G0ITETSHI3P although he had not oljcteu to iny jiro j ' ,ln,fnr inv univcrMlv life rather lcvorlil ; r jl'.ie usual ag', when I finailr juitlt'd Jeijja he strongly urged me to turn tny ntten'in. It itidii.sfiial jiui-ijit, .hording out to 1p tie 'jira-iJvctotbsotbng4ii pa,rtner, svYnt ijill- liimitulf sole proprfetor of hi protitfcble l hsiness. Arcordinglv, for vipwauU of a year I applicJ. uiyel(4a master-. tUe uiys- te ifs of looms and slwitlles.eorrep()iiden(-e m( accoiiut attt'ong! these -were nujeh V:ss tomy tirothan the" .tranrpul life 1 luW le i at JiJi.a,'studyi.iig little law, but ding deep into pur hoblo (lei man classics, khd utoring my .mind tVoiu t.he works of jtlie .; bst mose wAiteis and poets. IJefore Itjie j bt prose- wVi t e s and poet .ve-xr was hideout" 1 fell deeii'y in lore, t.ut tltis I dared" not jtejl inv uncU; ' MfU-! nio was the sweetest fairy that ever tripjpi' ..over. a lawn without'doubling a daisy ;jher liair wtit of the richest auburn, her yes were of the. deepest blueher mouth wis a " roscl.ud, and with my hands' I 'could span her w.nist, but alas ! that .terrible she lacked one thing which mv uncle iset I i above ail the graces ever combined in a,; MiA Her mother.the widow of a poor ; clerrrvman, lived uion a scanty ijni'!on,1 .u:uf Minnie wadowe. less. So we kcpl j our loves a profound secret, and trust Jd to -time and tbe chapter of accidents, -utlif vVnnr. we cru'd afford to wait, aind ixinf- ' dentin each o.her nfleciion, the p-olfjibi- If y o'f another union never entered: !the vl i .. n ' My vinclo frequently spoke to mc ot pna - trimonv, He advocated my.e nly mairiig" pei haps a little from selfish motivc tor hi of.cn joyously anticipated the'chatlm a young and graceful woman would bng into his dyelling,:uid the delight he should hive in .dandling-a grand-nephew on his liiiec. Warm-hearted und generou he ' ,lyot in eycrythitg was completely thej hiani of bus'nuss, and he looked upon it as a set j tied matter, that, although I had very jittle f I fortuo of my own, my expectation.sj from I '-... h in ahould insure me. a ricii wife. .! !Tlrs i ' aoemed so rooted iu his miud, tat kmA;m. rwasimiod iincnsrnou! rl foresaw some anger aid much opposition vhen tbo day should' come, nnd' eoine" jnuit, that I should confess to him in, v love for sweet peuijilcss Minnie. One morning, in .the usual bunUile Wfr r.ime one which sfenipd to o-W mv iunclo tmusr.al si' afar t on, I supposed it : . : Jo conta.'.ti a huge and profi: able oi .!!!, for o t were the letters ovejr which he; gene rally rubjbed his hands, tivinkle 1 his eyes, i nd gave - other unmistakable maiks or ' ! contentment, To. my surprise, instead of V tojD it oyer to "me, with ah exulting "Juore, roy, toy : ue caieiuuy loiuea - and put it into the b:ea ock of his tjoatr"AU that day be was iu a state of Umtion. At dinner he said imiinu"w.v" - - j - littIetTu.t gometnmg, agreeae cv?uuuy unied Hits rdifld. At last, wbn;t eve- , Ding, he liad establujKed hitmelf iu ;ius ca I A ayihair t-' the 6pen ' wiiriow. LU rneers IV -5' Vchau0i in:nrsrflOtttlria flsk V .f.i.VPi.,!i ithnw. a Tovelf fanascape ana -uuwt before. hm, the mystery -' " v Utor w,.is .flora )y friend, Counsefler FragerwLo ltve,d ot hiH.leasaiitiiomain of Vicpctifhal, abotr n day and a haff's drjve frotn us" ThJ c&unselIor,.whcnn 1'had twiceseen at im unc!es-Bince my rettrrn from college, whf i Wealthj "ividowpr with jhreo marriage kblf daughters-, whom I had not seen. M uiicTe, it appeared-, ;had lately teen fn cof riohdeii'rQ ii h him iespectmjr the" pro'.' ,piety of brhiginir about a union betweefi nie iind mr of the young1 ladies. wlio were n-p.u'ed ' h indsomc ; and that morn irig'.s fttter rontained the counnellor's full acquiescence in the scheme, and an invita lion for me to' pass 'a f-w dtryVat Wiesen tl.al In vaitrdid I raise obstacles! and de cline my conviction that none of the Mio ses l-'rnger would suit me. Uncle fteinhold had the ready reply -I hat I could not tell that until 1 had 'seen them. After! making all possible cI.j;cion., I felt that to Jiersist longer might excite suspicions of a prior, attachment. , And, after all, it was but a week's absence, and no -niijjnsant escape fiom the monotony of the counuri"- houe All that I- was to do was, to go and sic the girls,whoassu!edly woulvl iiot cany me oh and niai ry me by force. Ttit when I tol 1 Minnie of my . approaching dcpartuie, 1 thought she would have broken her h'arf Iler'cojjHdelice in tne was great, lb tit the ciivuinstatu-e.s were certainly tiring. Siie could tKt endure inv lx-iiio; tluis driven in to temptation. She had heard of the conn sellor's daughters as very handsorn and re rv rich. She doubted not mv truth but slie had forelfodings ofi vil, and implored me not to leave br. J had promtsod mv uncle to gp, hbwcvef, aid I i-oukj not re tract my word. It rook a great -innnv vow,' and not a few kivs, to console the littl timid 'loving- gill, and eren then she" was but hidf Conswled. M IVfore .my departure I had another gravo intejvipvy with my uncle -Von ! will not rgrct your journey, iYahk' he J said. 'Tlitf giri.. are' pretty, witM and well J ro d. Htt g"o, u-1 one finds in -our jjvirchberg and other country vi'lnges; You f must nib Ap your learning, I can tell von. nod the chtef thing is, that each pftiiem ! will haVe her thirty thousand dollars. Iking me lioine such a .golden niece as that, nd I'lake you into aitncrihp. A few years more, and I retire altogether, and voir are u made man. My old friend the couoellor warmly desires tno alliance. XoC all wooers find their path so stuoo smooth. I ran myself nearly oft mv legf after mv dear departed. wife. The old people were airainst it, and would not listen to Luck lies before you, my boy ; seize it With both hands.' U 'AH very well' thought T, as T got into the gig and drove off ; but my hands ate bound, and my heart too. What is -mfney compared to Minnie I One lock jof her .. t i it i ii . i . ; i ii lovely nair wou.a maKe an ,ue on, coun- sellor's money bags kick I l.c bea,n 1 And -eyen if she were , not in the way, I hate me7 om, got up by third parties, where everything is for jtlie -purse nd nothing for the . heart. . T6 pleasure rhy une'e, however, I can rery well mm- Ng? to get through a few days ajt-.Wiesen- thai, and see the . counsellors graces on i t ion-hot heiiavior. 1 owe inucu more ' than that to my kind kinsman and second father1.""'! wV;l loiok at the ladies, . but there I uo 'vM of my marrying ore of them. poor dear Minnie ! ) Jut if the Fpgr girls, i are such beauties, besides being fortunes, what on earth is the reason th;t none ot tliri.i have yet got married ? should not wonder it" the glitter of their thirty thousain! ih'Uars had somewhat blinded iny worlhv uncle, It would notsuipnse tne if one of thtin squinted, and another had red! hair. , Hut thorp is no harm in going to see- j it. Thu3 communing with myself, I rolled ' ..u.o.,itv ,,I. iit tb rnn.l in tlio warm autumn sun, through mile after mile iij of dew spangled orchard Tl,o i inr ...v- .... romautic days, Mid nothing yould have pleased m better man to havei met with of . an r-dventuve or two by the way. - These i wm tmed me : but. uoou the other hand - i nn' abundance awaited me at the place i my destination It was Wtween nine and ten in the fore noon when I reached the neigh hot hood of the rich counsellor's fine domain. The morning was so fine : i tiful, that I determined i. a roauf iuc mu, wui u i drive fiom Wiwouth?.1, and to. proceed! thither ou foot. Perhaps, als, if the truth be told, I wa not sorry to stop at the inn to get rid of the dust of the highway, aodl arrange my dres; a little." I had . certain ly no desire to please any cne cf the three Misses Frager, but that was, not a reason for appearing to disadvantage before them. The disorder of my toilet repaiied, I set outon my-walk, and soon came in sight m minsallor'i villa. A Ismail bircli old ' vood lay loefWm tlimugh hich I had 0 pass, and U en I 4iojihJ be; H the jarden which stretched Tup to the house; As 1 proceed) J looted about me" onfall Met, hinkinv I might-by chance descry one of ha g'Hces frtfrri wlrlch ttwar rhy ' tiHcle's1 will; but hot my: ifiteftrlon; that.-1 shonW -w-jcci, aoyiic. i iie- oritf Avoraeti i saw iJ T 1 1 vi'ere twb peasanfsto5hn 'in a was about tbentr the Vood rhet,t tome two bundled" paces fix.ffi rnethe 1 Mender figure of a woman, attired in ft fantastical costume, between a titfing-habit and a hunting coat, and bearfngli dottble-lwiriel-Ijd gun in her hand, stepped otft from ' a mong""the foliage. Leafiitig ttrxin Her weapon, she seemed ehjowing the charm -4 ing landscape. 'If that lie one of Finger's daughter's,' thought I to myself '1'ncle Jleiuhold was not so far wrong. A fine' giih she seenjs.' iot wishing to disturb the graceful .p- narairoii ir lior onttinlatimi of t)im I T j ; t i i . , ' her. -1 had taken but a few s'eps wlken a female Toice,meloilious but povrful, shou td "Halt!" Thai cannot be addressed to me, thought I to myself, aud walked on. Then came a sound like the cocking rf a gn, anxl the next instant a bullet rvhistled, as it' seemed to ine close ovei my head. The hint sufficed, and I halted at once. 'The woman must be crazed,' thought I, as i gazetd at the reckless a'rnazon, walked slowly toward me. 1 Juid leisure to ob serve her, and to admire her remakable beauty. Her graceful figure was set otf to adv.in'jige by the close fitting habit, and her blooming .countenance by a profusion of. fur cutis.. I thought to mjseltj wliat a pity it was that so lovely a form should be that of a mad woman. When she aarived within tyyenty paces of me 'Why did ye not haJtshe asked, 'when ordered you V I really knew not what to'renlv to ! the imperious beauty ; so I varied the sub. ! It I do not mistake, I said, ; heard a bullet whistle lalhor near pie.' 'Are you afraid of bullets ' iWell tliere ipaj, be caso.' 'For shame 1 a inan should never be a frukl, lenstof all ot a .lad v. . You thought I should hurt voti Io you take me for an assassin, or for'fi bad shot V 'Neither upon my woid.' 'There is a fine apple hanging over vour 1 head. Lay it on your palm, .staetch outj . I vour arm. and I will shoot "it off. Will ! vou bet that 1 don't . Iain not fond of such bets.' 'Afraid again V 'Every man has his moments of weak- ness. 'Poltroon !' scornfulfv exclaimed this demon in Peticoats, raised her gun and A; Youn Lidy.Fonr Days in the Snow levelled it at my head. - ' 'For Gods sake !'" I cried but before the j T1,e KanMS UM of 0lh of IAk wo.dswere out of my momh came tl,e contains the following : flash and report. I thought I should have ' This has been a day of intense excite fallen to the o round. To a dad certainty ! nient in our quiettown, caused by a young the mdnster had hit my hat. 'Take off your hat.' said she. I meclian ichally obeyed. Then was a hole closo to the crown. I shuddered from head to foot. 'Where are vou going to ?' s-iid the ter rib! maikswom. j - Not to anger her, I ! replied, a. couite ously as-possible. . 'To Wiescnthal to counsellor Fiager's.' lleware of his daughters,' aid the fe- j male fiend, with a laugh ' that reminded me of the wild huntsman. And she disap peared in the wood It may be supposed that 1 did' not linger long in so danger ous a neighborhood. The lady might take a fancy to load again.t I made the best of my way towards the kou-e, wondering as 1 strode along, whether Wksenthal was Tiiiktsli nrovince. or whether we were back again in the mhldle ages, when peo nl shot at neacab e i.assseners for mire, y- , , - 0-z f t pastime. Miat could this semis assassin I be t Was she a goblin, a wood demon, whose occupation was to, frighten tnenT , or rea. ! fledi and blood ' If the latter of whe.e had she acquired this preternatural doxterUv with the jrnn, and the abomina ble habit of firing at travellers? Hand - some she undoubtedly was. but when the ',l.tri'disfnss lnm.lV ho Am nM , the country so beau-j he ugliest form. And my thoughts rever- led to leave my gtg at! ted to my pretty ge:.tle Minnie a less im' ta quaiter ;of an bom's ' posing beauty, but a far safer compani n than this lunatic William Tell, wJkkc war - ning against the counsellor daughters uh . - . so recurred to my int-hd. TO BK COKllXl'ED. It is stated that Mr. Edward Phalen, the, NTew York barber of the St Nicholas ho tel, gave a party recently, which cost five thousand dollars.' There were several hun- dred.gnests, and in the ochestra were some of the best reformers inthe coun'rv. , ' - ' .Singular Aair A Correspondent pf the Sln-Ibt. Kv. News, wiHing fioirtOjiy-.villa, Shelby county, unr.date of-Uie,7Uj ins relates the fol lojing vrey singular affair .'A , deatLtdiild -.a9 fotjndrptlcealed un der 9e of oftr tirert:hiMitiltuses, snppos- lof liaveTjcen 1 here some tivo Tiionths ; ana no Knowiwigejjoi it naome to iiclit, L until re -ealed to a man in a dream, (!) who states thitt no intimation- fjjbe fact. had I ever' been made to him .in any way, nor by aivy one liut sir, tiirotlglrthis mai velous revelation was this itlforttkate discovery made 1 a. - , The corrpner was snt for ; a jury sum moned' together ; the (jead body placed be fore them. After bcitjg sworn, they pro ceeded to investigate te case Mr. Harrison Stiatt jn sworn : States that on Sunday night lie . dream ed that he jaw. the mc$t beautiful babe-he cv J saw in his life, Jyrnnr dead under the kitchen floor of Mr. lean, and this babe was -white, with a beautiful sitit of' thick, black hair on it head. IIow it came there be could not say. . lLe also gave an ac count of the awful looking people .who were standing aiound to witness the sight, they were of j?very color and shape ; .some had heads. ns huge as bushels, lledieam el the-next night to the. same eliect ; but on the third night, -while in a sweet sleep, he saw persons go and ;et the child from under the kitchen of Mr. Sloan, and put it under the cornet of he store of Sloan' it Neal. - - The next evening after jie came down, he looked under, and saw something in a blanket, and thought he saw its ajm pit tiudinrr f:cmr under its covjring. lie at once went - to Mi, (iuthrie, told him his-dnams and what lie saw, and wish ed him to go witli him and look. Mr. Omhrie himself and others, went and look rd. They saw a blanket, took it out and -Improved, t. ti tet ..l.Mt, ?...tij n .-vliiip re- v male child, with a suit of M-ick hair, but much' disfigured. From the condition of tire cbild,it tvidently had been pt to death W vroWtice. Its face and head was much bruised and mangled. TTie corroner Hsod ovevv (TtToi t to fml ut who had perpetrated so ilo a deed, but no trace or circumstance could be gotten hold of, by which it could be found out, only through the man who dreamed. lie states he saw in his -.dream who was t.'ir ! mother ot the cmiu, out reives io guc a.n revelation on the subject. The verdict of the jury was : 'That it was a white female child, born at maturi ty alive, and murdered bv unknown hands. lady of tins nerglibo; hood being lost in a snow storm. The facts as we learn them, are as follows. Yiss Martha Perkins, 'who reskks five miles fiom. this place, was on a visit to her brothorinlaw, who resides here. On Tues dav last, the loth-instant, the started to valk'home. It was snowing hard at the time she started, nud continued for 2 days. The snow was then 18 inches deep. Her eroad was mostly over big broiling praiiie, the snow beating directly in her face. She pursued her journey 'ritji much difficulty, i until within a mile of home, when she lost j her way and rambled about until near sun ' set, when she took lodgings for the night m in a deep buby ravine, There in the deep snow.be constructed a , verv h.genious little house out of the tall . o t weods that crew bv, and there slie steut the first night of camp life without fool to sns "t-in lite or hr o warm or any other clo thing except her appau-1 to shelter from the storm, the Httle weed house hehad e - j: the storm, . . - i rected Umg t.Ueouiy m.ng s4,e had to keep 1 her from ex pose qre to the bleak winds and '" : howling storm. - i Eiy next morning she started out - 1 pursuit of her home, but went entirely I 1 . ! different course. After travelling all d,.r, 1 f.-o.ntlv throusrh snow foor feet deer.. j Exhausted and fatigued, her fWt frozen, a- j bandoning aU.idea of ever reaching home ! she stopped and again built her aVeod hut i . ... . .. 1 In this little frail tenement, she resigned herself to her fate, and it carue nigh being hor last restinff place upon earth. C7 : She remained in this situation and at this last named place, from Wednesday un til Saturday, about 12 o'clock, when she- was found by a party who were in search for her. She irad been ; out four d.iys : n 1 a naif, and four nights, exposed to the mer ciless storm on the prairies. The weather was intenselv cold during two nights of 7 r lieving that if slie had .one t sleep, she never would wake again. i K It was a most miraculous ' dfempe from death, pd.4liQi-Bit?epiiita Hiqjsearch- ed and found Iter deserve greijl praise. To thirilc tluat a vounj; and delrcale eirl, not over 1 C vearsTef ares coftld: travel th'ro' such a snow storm , A, miles, waging,. often, j waist deep, in a'storm of fcttow jlnd pierc ing blant of the wintry wind fftif days and nights, without food, fire, or veij' a blanket wnd. then Uve, is lrard to lielievc ; but such is the-ifact beyond doubt, as at (fast half of the citizen., w ho were in search iof her,can testify.v Her fet were badly frozen, Uit it is le liefed she will entiiely recover;! with the loss, perhaps, of a few of her toes. , Oh, who does fiot feel thankCit that this fur being was plucked as a yourjg and ten deivflower, from th? very jaws of death, and restored to her almost districted pa rents, r The Duties of a &othjr- Sjik should be fiim. gentle, kijid, always ready to attend to' her child, : Slie should never laugh at hiip it what he 'does that is cunning n'ver allow him to think of his looks, exce'pt to be neat and clean in all his habits . She should, teach him to obW'a look to respect tlio-e older than himself,; she slionld never make a ct mmand withont'eeing that it i peiformf-d in the right majiiner. Never speak of a childVfauijs or foiblest or reiwat his remarks befo-e Irim. Ii is a sure way to spoil a child. ; Never reprove a child whenfiVxi ited, nor let your tone of voice be raiseji when cor- rccting him. Strive to inspire love, not dread respect, not fear. liejtVember you -.. ,..i-V... '"- """""" " u" miYVr -' r.W; 'fi- put away a thing, when doneith it, Hut do not forovt that you were' $ce a child. The griefsof a little ore are to often ne glected, they are great for thert IJear ja tiently with them, and never-;in ai.y way rouse their anger, if it can be-avoided. . 'JV.-icU rt child to be &ucc3sf$l wlicnever opportunity may offer. .The Sandusky Register na'i'tes the fol lowii.g aff-cting story: ' In the Lunatic Asylum' at tohnnbus is a pair of insane lovers. fentfl anxiety of a peculiar character is suppfed to have deranged the intellect of the.-;vouncr man. who was sent to the Asyliiirt some time ago, cured, it was hoped perir;rriently,and sent home. White at home' lie fell deeply in lo.-e with a young girl,: ho returned his devotion, and ; they became '. tenderly attached to each other, Pfttj -unhapp 'lv. the exposure, the theimomer ranging ft om 1 7 to 20 degrees below z$o. j Siie sakl to those who foun her, that j sh never slept dumie the ho4 lime, be I the malady returned upon hllyoung-man; ! women of sense as well as beauty; tor it is he was separated fiom the bject of his - udecd, seldoinj a female is found posses love, and sent back to the; Jsylum. Left sinS both. Td homely women we, there to herself, to muse upon he!bcrcavemeut .ore lift our "lile" in respect; the world and the sad destiny of her lover." the mind of the girl becamo 'also affected, almost as it might seeing from sympathy and i.t was not long, before she, top, pas. immured within the walls which sheltered him. , They are both there nowJJOccasionallv , Times, this pejsonaga in 1847, was a le they seem to have recovered their reason, ' lrtcr for the f. O. Delta, and when he and are permitted to hold-interviews with "' ukJ to enter khe office of Wmand Kau' onc another. In one of ti;se, the oor-doJph, Esq., cle-k of the Court of Louisiana, rill berro-ed her lover to marry l.er, butJie I and ask for permission to copy the calendar I replied with a melancholy, real enough to ! brinr tfars fiom the listened-"You ki:oV that we cannot l e maViiedEllen, we are unfit fur that happinevs--pooT, unfortunate creauuei that we"arel" f 'T AJa.tbjeFnmj U'uimlf. Under this ; liea Xw t1,e 1,iUon ; . f' l " . I I 'i 1..., i1,a l,.l L.n mtf ' nesday last has the following: - j Judge W.l. Jvolrson,oi uic pixiu - i district oun, on .. u.w.uVbri4 ...v jury Tuesday hist, reprimaifed himself for ! having forgotten the day ed by lav for 1 ' .. k. a. t Ll.. Mr.. !, 1. tue preseni i.n. u, j r-;-;-. 1 and for thin overs.gni in.uiuKru iu jmy . . - i . i :: w ... .ll that ho should nne " , , , in brs. ile immeuja.; a! the amount, and handing to the Shenft i . ....... I! ... i !... 1 instructed hxm to cot.rcv i eve it to the Female Orphau Association of Bantou lk)uge, '; " I Such an aci calls to mid the record of j ancient Iiome, when jud"gy.n J legislators i 1 ' . .. .... jjiita 1f'l9rii I 1 .. .... i I 1.1 were so neroicauv - - i laws; as to deal nalues;o the.f ovri, sons and brothers when they transcended the laws, with such fiironess od decision as justly entitled them to claim kindred with the gods. Zoira for Fillmore-k telraphic despatch from Muscatine, Wiscouirc, states that the Fillmore and Donelson nominations have been unanimausly rating by the Iowa American State Coventi4i- . Later from Europe. ' Foston, March 27th. -The steamer .Em eu has arrived", with iverpeol date's of the 12ih instant: ' ' The Peace Oonfvience met daily, but notliing was allowed to tiasjiire-. Adricea fromiW Gi iflbenffttate that ever fifty thousand njen'wefe reviewed at Bals klavia, on the 5th. '. Cold,' was flowing into London, from Pa risAmsterdam land the continent gener ally. - - i An Austrian Courier djas r arrived at Con stantinople, witli propositions relative to the Danubian principalities. A financial crisis, had occurred at Con stantinople, and the Minister of Finance had consulted vjth the merchants to devise a remedy. i - . The navigation of the Danube had been resumed. . A commercial crisis had occurret'in Norway, and aj great mfny houses had failed. : f " . The steamer "Washington had arrived out. j j - Cottoti was qpiet, the sales on Tuesday only aniountingj to 5,000 bales. Flour had advanced one shillijig, and. Wheat 3s. Homely Women i -We hke homfely women. We have al ways liked tberp. We do not carry the peculiarity far enough to include the hid eous or positively ugly, for since, beauty and money iTi Jtl e only capital the world yvill recognize ijn woman, they are more to be pitied thani admired; but we ' have a i chivalnc, enthusiastic regard for plain, women. We. never saw one who was not modest, unassvi-ming and tweet-tempered, and Ji've seldoincame across one who was not villous and had not a good heart. Made aware eaily in life of their want of beauty bv. the; sliae4ljatt(Biiioni oi jtjie takes root in their heaits; atrd mcjtbe hope of supplying attractions which a capricious natuije has denied, they cultivate the graces of (he heart instead of the person, and give to tire mind those .accomplish ments which the world so rarely appreciates in woman, but which are more lastinjr and in the eyes of men of sense more highly piized than -personal beauty. See them in the street, at honie or in the church, and they are always the same; the smile which everJivels upon the face is not forced, there to fascinate, but is the spentonepns sunshine reflected from a kind heart a flower which Hakes root in the' soul and blooms upon . the lips, inspiring respect instead of passon, emotions of admiration instead of feelings of seusual regard. Plain woman make jgood wives,, good mothers cheerful hornesj aud bajTiy husbands, and we thank' heaven that it bask ndly created i . . ... i ""ill extend the same courtesy to beauty Gen- IWilliam Walker- Accoidhig !o the New York Sunday , for tl.tlast bitj of-news about the Oaine, case, neither of them, probably, thought' t of the destiny m store, for them as boon comiauigns nAicaragua. Calijumia was i then an undikcovered federal diamond; 1 fillibusterism was not yet lxm; and Young . Amcrica, aUbiuch then a "fast" institution. t' least tojerably modest. Hut, before . i . . . ten years have gne ty VAaJker Incomes a .General,. "atjd the llandolph clerk has found a friend t th heatl of an amateur government, tp gireUiim a grant of right ! 0f lninsit fronj an atfuoct of the Atlantic i t i il . . a ; to tne nroau nWi , hjive wt,a yyan street i,y uie earsmat ; . . ,,. n; ... t i - .1. . '.-migtity N a.ueet, wn.cuj. u.mock on um Mlllt5l rimnu t..e anu ? ,teveJores who ride saddled or drive gigs . - , f i- . I ( 'among'the ppnc men. . t? j As Core for a Foundered Horse- soon as? you find your horse is (bund i. 1 11 .11 .... ... .1.. . i ... . . t . . . S eceu, oieeu.u.m . m , t0 iU gieaU)ss of the founder. In extreme ; ca.0. vou may bleed him as long as h can j tj;ind up. T;hen draw his head up, as is I cOtmn0u ir. drenching, and with a spoon put on histogua strong salt, until you get Lim to swallow one pint. He careful not to lt him drink too much. Ttun aaoint 1 around the 4ges of hi hoa with spirits of turjentina, and your. 'ojm. will be wf-11 in one hour.1 A founder pervades evei"f4!Cie sysTtfm of a horse. -The fWjW KftJits ft fitm th blood, tliealt ahesVs it from the stomach and tfcwe!, and the spirits of tur-" lentno rfp"fTit fr,nr the feet atd lintb. I onenrode a horee niaetv-nine miles in two 1tV ltMj Uora.i gt 4h- second day, arid hia owner would nor have knon that he had been foundered iM had riot told 'him, atid bis fdnnder was om of the deepest kind . " - I 6nco, in a -travel of seven hundred miles, foundered my horse three time, and' I do not think my journey fas retarded more than one daj by the misfortune, hav ing in all cases observed and practiced the above prescription. I have known a foundered. Wise turned in at night onT green food in the morning he would be well, having been purged by the greerr food. All founders must be attended to immediately-. . W. Farmer. A Man of Bones- Here is' a curious fact for you. The' flesh of a living man once grew into bone It seems hard to believe, "but, I tupose it was so; for, in the Museum; at Dublin, Ireland there i, or was, the iskeletion of one Clerk.a native of the city ofCoik.whom they call the Ossified Man.oneiof the great est, curiosities of nature. It U the carcass; of a man entirely ossified in Ibis Ufe-tiuie-living in that condition for several yearsi Those who knew him before fiwsurprisiDjj alteration affirm that he had. been a mar of great strength and agility. He fclt the first symptoms of this surprising chango some time after a debauch; till, by slow degrees, every part grew int a bony sub stance, except his skin, eyes and inteftrtresj his joints settled in such a, manner that no ligament had its proper operation; he coald not lie down or rise up without as sistance. He had at last no bend in his were joined, antrfforjjd into one entfro bona; therefore a ho'e was broken through them to convey liquid ubataDae for his nourislnnent. The tongue lost its use' and , his sight left him, some time before he ex pired. General Walker having, y his opera tions, suspended the Nicaragua transit route, New York enterprise fs already sug gesting new routes by which San Frahc co, may be reacjied, less expensive and not solongashe fi'icaragiw route' through Honduras, and one by way of Tehtiante pec, which are believed to be available, and which may possibly le resortted to, if the difficulty between Nicaragua and the transit company is not speedily settled.- This would be retaliating -upon Nicaragua with a vengeance, for iu only consequence is derived from its geographical position, and the use which the people of the Unit ed States make ofjts territory, as' apath way to the Pacific. Look, out for utititpied Wilmington Bo. k Hills We understand that" there were sheets of unsigned Bank of Wilming' ton'bills to the amount of If 80.000 in the cars that were destroyed near Weldon;anl that some of the-ni were picked up ami iu circulation. The Wilmington Herald men tions that two $5's were passed in (hat place. The notes were &'s and 10's. It is quite probable that the notes will be" fil'ed up by some counterfeiters. ' .ay. OU. R'iflrt for Kansas Arretted. A Yat7 kee on his way to Kapsa with 100 Sharpe rifles and 2 cannon, boied nd labelll "Cajpentfi'sTooU,"was stopped at Lexing ton, Ken and hie tool taker) from him bv the citizen,who acted firrnlvjbut forbearinV ; to the Yankee, who wae ah agent of the New Englaad Emigrant Aid Society." The discovery was made byf accident. "Hiir, did you ever go to se.f "I guess I did. Last year, instance. I went to see a red headed'galbut I only call ed once." j -Why sof 4 1?ecause her brother had an unpleasant ; habit of throwing boot jacks,and-moothin'r t - 1 'rons al people. 1 j 1 . 1 . -l j Vrcadful-X young man tt Niagara t is saidJiaving been crossed in love- wdlk i ed out to the precipice, took of his clothes j gave one liugering look nUKegtilfbeDeath .and then went lome; his Ixxly was fouud next morning' in bed it was quite warm. Which is the leftside of a pliim- pudding f u ny that wlncir' if. 'not ateV to be sure.- -A r "f 'I' i 3 i. 4-; IU...K fj it t j i i :