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I I 1 - am jun iwiiiw limn; it n dcm nr male! will be twelve milea from tira !. I o'clock, and 20 fdJ by night,',kao do Cut ton row ij io long ilut dey can't plow but on.; eid , of a row a day, and so dcy, take de coru wid t em t feed at ludder side ob do rows to night, , and dm dey plow todder side ob de row np z : here by to morrow night.1 " . ! ' , " ' ( Wymiir, nigger," tfaM Trioij ipee yon hah flr rimr here, plenty whiskey, and tipple, j jack to wcl 'em whi-tU wij, ch7 ' j ". git out, nigger," quoth Cuff, whiskey j and applejack may do for da laboring pusaohs od color in do old I short grass States, bt io le.w fuggiu .lies d plantation hands gits . s Lonnon Dock bmndj, and we g'ret house wait i wans down's drink any thing , but Chanipane ' lob coarse, cept'u coffee, tea and chocklate." Fearing that my expression of face might in dict some Utile doubt about ibe entue truth fTrira'a narrative I left bun at this .point '. f ' ' RuUitjh Register. "TV w m,L to ,xmU u, to teek , to W. 7Vm utMutihlt brothers, tht Pen a,t the i7eM . 7.2. KINGSBURY, Editor. ' F. K. STROTHER, Proprietor. OXFORD, THURSDAY, NOV? 4, SZ8 ' ft. U. Hi'dxall Is our anthemed igTnt ufrT. .M .,bcrlPtJons irons tbbse who may desire to take Tkt Hour. . v ' . CLUBS. . i ; At wi arc very anxions to makt our paper fr roUm. Urf,r at the expiration' of the Erst u .,,, w. hare concluded to bffcr the follow, log Inducements to Club f ' - copica oi ma Uenur. Hour for one J " " . u l - m year, $8j " 16 J 23 fcir Our readers will find an " le hero oi which is no 1m a peonage than Juhlon &Mjr, E8q.f tb athor of "Simon Suygs," ana of any nnmbe f xcellenl fugitive pieces, teeming w!ik r... a no less iber pieces, teeming with " fun ad frolic. i is a native of nur ,.r.i ?'te' "n:! Jones, (Qousin Sallv .mara;nn,mrerrcd some honor upon her q-..p ana.q4,,dd,t,ea". xushing from intJi oter r0nn;n w;lh humor j,caJ the interesting account of another native of our irood old State, who figured, on a different theatre and brought repn.acb upon the home of his nativity. -The article u taken from the icmocrattc hrctcw andis no doubt M an true tale. o er Wit mtm niulii. I .1 ! . "annentfr.end"Clnrlesn. Lewis, Esq., for , ....v. wibi uwiigaiions to our cnoicesi prcsenU that has ever fallen . looariou tie sent os to day (Saturday the loapinmpmender wild turkru. which wUeaUdwold haveappetized an anchorite: aTf ffneaed the envy of Friar Tuck him ' . . . . -T,... uasana manks triend Ch:irles. and ay Ta never have worse provender " in this woU than jost such luscioua turkey as the w kInJ! e w. By the way, oar M qoiw a Mmrod, for he killed aix wild uraeyunu morning. How many does Ihid ( wane lor the Tall ? Twenty five? .., i i a V i ne intnbomirih Timet is to be con siderably enlarged the first of Ja-mary next. me commencement of its 4th volume it will be made an eight page paper and U to be 51 luNtraled. The Timet has some good contribu tornj the Editors seem to be enterprising and energetic. Tlnir efforts to establiAji-ood paper at the South, deserve the patroiwe of our people. Address, Cole tD Albright, Editors, (Jreeasborongh, N. C. Price- $2 in advance; fi copies 310; 10 copies $U ; 50 copies ?30. " , , , , , . t ry-W notice among those who secured premium a our recent State Fair, the follow. ig from Granville county, viz: - Mrs. & P. WiUon. for largest variety of IluseholJ Fabrics., ll. p. Taylor, for best SVnwh Backs, Ewes and Lambs j Mrs. It. P. TaryNw, for be.st pair Silk hose. Hardy Itarris, inWaatou; for best Bnggy Ilarness TThe-srs announce that the celebrated traveller Bayard Tj!orr boa. his return io the trniUrd Sutes. The hnyry Bayard, k-ft lipme f. m touf through the XWtq poniona of Europe, more than a year and a half ago. He has performed hi journey, and of course we may soon expect another i.n-talmit of lis &ne ta-to and talent in the shspo oC " Travels in Uumia, ecu" lie was married about a year ago at Goths In Germany,, an j. he brings back to hia native land a Cerman wife and an infant, daughter. . ; . ' ;2 blo history in his own native Erencb, bnt no fqal, translation into English has been made indeed, we believe no trsnsfation has Uan mad at all. iVe Harpers. will soon publulj a CUnoral IlUlory 'of France",. by Parke G li. Tait writer U able and com Pet't, but we dialiWto-thiak that we shall be wndar obligations for aa Uiatorical work to so rabid and fanatical a person. Godmia is the author of sundry aboliiion articles which, ap iu 7Vmm' XoHVJft aaJ which we aoe gU4toa-Usuccce.Ud iu breaking down U toBctea, M e may expect a capital work,' for AwpJla Godria.'s impljcable hostility to. th Sonth. wo must accoid him ability of a hilk !r. ' . ) . ,, ' ! '; . 1 TT. C. Richards, formerly jof Charleston, K. C , ka published a pocm-eoikled "Electron, or the Pranks of die Modern Puok, a Telegra phic Kj,ic fur the Twoes." It ts well spoken of by me of ihe Northern critics.;'. It is palliihed by the Appletons. . t J" Some F.-iitoi u'u preinrelfor L'.is n n in ter hare Leeo crowded ot." ., It is really a ?rrnt jJensore to lis to be able to'stat, t,h4t ;h revival of religion iu this place ,i,roKJn5 most encouraging manner, u p io inc. time ot wnun, tbefe have been nm's lorty nva anxious enquirers, a'nd about twenty eight emersion. We ardently trust that this refreshing awakening wilt continue- for : weeks yet to come. The Kev. IlobU O. Burton, han performejl & prodipous amoont of labor. For nine confccutive day. he preached twice a day (one dayjexcepted, when he pwa.hei but onpe) to. very large and extremely attentive consre-ra tions-mdeed to larger congregattons than we have TcJ seen atteud upon any, man's ininistra- lions inJUU pUco. nU eflorls have. Lfecn ex; ewdingl: fine, and have been greatly blessed, Ve certainly have never heard from any person so many.pntellectual effort, delivered t.K to the same pongregation, that were so distinguish- ed for power, evangelical truth, and practical sagacityind wjsdom. Uis sermon on Sunday morn.ng.jast, was quite equal in logical force, conclusi to reasoning and apposite illustration to any effort to which we remember to have ever listed, and it has been J our fortune "to hear many, of the very foremost divines in America: some of those who belong eloqucnljjand some who are classed with the purely !og,U school. The meetings have been held I in tbe Presbyterian Church, it having bew i.nuerea io the AlethodLsU, and because It ta lari'pr thnn ttia .V . 1- ' t .i . .. . minatioi. 1 here has been preaching however III lb lfcttio1tt f!Knrr.WC.. !.- .-- ' lu" OI, ie lauer ,deno- lhoma; U. aucctt, of the Presbyterian and Hev. J. JV. Flnrtt nAl T f iv:t:- 1 .. .ua Bervams. lie v, .uetnoii st Lhurch, have been Very zealous and j -.j- ii wit, oi tne .V"" "C,u nve aon Pood service in advancing me glorious cause. AV e trust we shall be able UrJ; exi issue to chronicle still further i i ' . uuu "wis,, s. . " Gotham." ' The people of New York Citr. Umrc is the grand centre of attraction and "7 "; liotnam" is mad, dQwn riht . ,u me nyaropnobia symptoms are on ue increasewhich maybe tested any time by me reapiness with which its oeonle uk hr and reieot color .t' ' . i ,. lueH m id and all about a littlo black BT,,- ,k" ? ;;:-Joagh " ' ,1 -"'"y aouars for choice scats have Wen mM. f i . . t. i( , panics ,oont do them ajnr crwwt TI.A. sJ ' . ' . abandd ,ed to the wickedness and fo; Z o . '"'i o wcurriTiD i..whn 1 n .1 ' , J "c world. ! But onr Tinmnaa 5 11j:14. .u , . J , r . ... Uu...s 10 me last red.cufcus ccapade of the Xew York nen. lnbit3-of that modern uom e.ng uken as true representatives of ' American people. , Unfortunately ( for our fu.tat.on abroad, U.is large city hks more the rem Commercial III tornnn ma arit. .i. .. 1 ' ' i. . " ' cut nas more ,i r,. " puroi-e man per-1 Euroi than j Eiglisjj papers th! i- T: vi.ica iureiuer. and hom 1 TT& iTV lh8t New York - tjjal c.iy of American aewtimeot,! charac ctucr, ana nence noneutiiil niv r,f 4 ter, paeons and feehngs-U an index of our ' J BciririrrenL. CMtrnv. purity and honesty, and- mtelUgeuce allwnW fui. fV;Jt U. . ... J r ibiijvcui-e. in s 19 I 11-.. I t - - r-r - -"vii aiuiiua, ior I ni3T:vei are as murh RnTwnn ir. rv..x.i -i.-S . ... r - - vuarac- n. ,1.1 v v v " ... . S": nea,1euvene8s. ' hean . i v T. V " v-1"1 . .vcua, inen wenny L,md. a Dure theu -T, n wman, i men louis Kossuth. he im h'j (as : a f ; v - :mn.....t . . i ' I Horn .-.w.... 0,c, anu now 1'ickle Calls htr) comes, and the entire "ui via uuuriiHi i . - ire greatly exercised, much to the ' frnitifiMi;- i. ' - w vwuuauuLTkifV I i.f ikJ! ii .- j. W.tnejj Operatic maunger. Some one of our tontemporaries suggest- thai; a Cuinh be ma to the Cite ILtl At.- l.-' X . :. . T ji . jf."-' - , v"" "winesi arcmtectural , , ui. 4fle occasion of the late Cable DVrotJchnieal t;cr1o. T.. - 1 1'.- . . I , . jii uuuiuon to the nj"' -uoinamv has bad another canse n .. - . i i . "enieni. 1 he - hitters" are now W Vf ".-uoii. juormey is a hero, and weenan who got sadly " licked,' U a hero too, ,. ui ueroiue&o as matters now s , ii fUi aociciy, - upper- have .h M- ' ..,. - . ' . WM WJV tjjccijeenanues inclusive, t - . .j,su, poi.o, anu we await further developments, feeling assured that not many weeks , will elapse before a new feature win lurn up, aud Jolly will put on iaereh.fe.r..0 1 oooialj and madness hernm Vfimn..r 1. I j - -"r'te i .1 , TT T. ; clopadxa of Wit and Humor. i r l ' . - -.if v . .-'.. I ,Uy -musing ana nigniy gitted come- nas recently nublishmt : an .i:i.. t neaisth.a article and is from the superior publishing house of the A npletons. It is fineW illaaated with hundredsof eDgravinrs,and pre-1 senta a wondronsly invitincr bvl.l. Af . 1 t is In twd large volumes, and as a book of r- ,i . o r v. vviiiciiiai I fereice or to pick up at odd hours, we scarce'y knew a work that is its superior, j England, Scotland, Ireland and our own country; are fully.represented, and we an? not certain that --r-o""" k'vtvm.,", ;un ia - quarter Uace in Stocky rew Cob JowsT Fight," from the felicitous pen - of' our own I Kam Jones, the M Cousin Sally Dilliard-" of ovt boyhood. The volumes are really valuablerand uncommonly entertaining. An I - that' story afeout Col. Jonea? i indeed funny nothing as good i the almost inimitable " Georgia Scenes;' - V oar County Court '-:' Id DOW iu Session. Th nnmU.'nf .2u be pvil Docket U 219 Appearance Docket 125 i 'and State about 20. A" goodly number Of lawyers are in attptnlnnr. . J A Melaacholy Accident 5fr. James Newton of this con'nf v'wasl lied on Wednesday of Jaat weet, by the accidental discharge of his gun. He was higJily respect ed ay h..M- who knew hini -One ofhis firm fienu, naa cone justice to his memory in a fe eljng obituary, in which ako the. particulara oflifs death ate given. ;. rlii Z$-.l7? '; ." "'-' " " A ; t'JT Our friend wtthear trom ns: "ni oorj as we can find timer tcxaaiine the tnai ascripL. '. -"'. ' ' " '-: i iw,- r t i- T- re rrxrv -0a.-Tvul inej have ever5recovered from ,Prove Rna "rtihze the laud, another the Cable attack.- Piccolomuii, an Italian and of God'8 providence and love, and in a niec of a live Cardinal1 of the !nm;aK i2 sprinjr. will enable ib ;t r i The Autumn" Wood "..How beautiful! look the wdods' j bo golden, how rnsset, bow chauseaWs do lhcv pear. -; Suniuier is paesanii Autumn with its , . - j -r many elories are anon .uk- Thwo ii in the Very nir, that is lovely. Every tbin looks ; cli ud. composed aud 'sober. The fields sein fieree and the landseaD kfeb; out before ToWamiean verr ,Ui r4 J. : Man, go out opon the hilUtops" and as ? view nature clad in her serious habiliments, behold the trees which but a liulo while 'we 'were covered with zarments k now are mintled with brown, ;coniEempIate the ene and give thanks to thy Maker, that he has so endowed thee that thou canst rejoice in the loveliness of the -picture, and has riVen thee . to appreciate 'these autumnal ."w:M. As an American writer has well said, Ihess loft7 trs, in all their dign if v, and robed tu all splendor, adorned witli" the richest dves eW be giving a royal audience of honor in lhi3 l halt, to their distin-uWhed vkltn, .' golden October. And the same writer thu3 remarks; "how soft and dreamy this "tnmn haze. - It lies in quiet and peace, like benedlctioin in the ireen vailey's. on the old hills The ereatWn aonrf tV,.,U a all his mellow light, his sweetest and parti n , o the .late but perfect s'ummer-hU orite and child." Go to &: beautiful stream as it murmurs and -nriirwlao! .t.vi bottom, and behold as its water- ripnJes on ta the uatural outlet, bow varigated iti color it now reflects the pine tree yet ereen it nrnt- ly meanders by an ash or an elm, and it mirrors the golden hue. But soan all -this will nass away, and all will look bleak and bare and de. 80late, The trees will h strinno r !.: gorgeous apparel, and they will stand v.i l I sollwrJ warders shivering in the winters breeze I utu cnarrea ana Wigh.ed monarch of the torest will be melancholy and painful sights. But then the leaves wycli fall from their bou-hs Will soon serve a fforwi nurrviQa-!... ta:it ? o f"-- iuct win im. instance the com- Slv to man lovely wi'd flowers and luscious ,mt8 furnUhed by bountiful nature luai 1118 nt-art may be clad. M : China I i m.- ' . . . aijjaw maeea a progressive world. The iron fettor., nf., -..i u . .. ,na man conscion, of htUtruJ P"", is rising np and demanding it .';. . , ewi oi ignorance aud tyranny are h. I . . J . "c i kiuu n? ia in.iur nn.in. i. .. soRenm. I,.:.:0 " 1 o "'""a ui vunsusn UUth. Atom I -H.: it. . . . "Uln- -pn, tne Droaa earth, wcarine in his Wnn the ima of M. MV- V, u,g ? 3 fmn that no portion of this fair hcrkge otZZ made to be closed np" w?th locllsy the wards of which can not be cHscovered nor the keys found The divi prmciple of liberty is spreading " ""5 prmcipie ot liberty is J5ni; T i . . . r. ""perecpuoiy, nut yet it w spreading jffteoat imperceptibly, but yet it w spreading u u'"m ana principalities and fcln1,w Tlje "P'e se by our Confederacy of States" U b,mg jelt, and that deeply.: The enJ !' la ucuiir ipil. ann ih.i rri . . . . Aoencea of a prozreasW,. 'kJS " " me ;-Denign in-. IVCIICU in IhA nrin : . m J .-..-.. . J . marcn ot those iq. which liberty is foond to a greater tAVAn( ., ."ws au wnere ine lierht rr tht, r:i 19 'ook eternal m their boariness and in the wt" Karments of emerald I vt .eraiq. green. Uhina and Japan so Ions imDenetral.U t .K .-n ... . . " ..ciiCTinm "'uer auas ; so long shut out fromthe World oi u Lr Lf i ii I v ill n o rf r - . - i v ' - i iaic - i:i i ii i iiwrmn or "-v iiutivuuiaK twin fi vii i-zort mM I, last onened tUir . , ' - 6-.o, .uu uu e cao enter. To da7 our vessels laideV with the produce of our own States. .v. : -J purw or use i. wo countries, uur tobacco,, and cotton .aatmA WlieaW Can DR nntv cant "em and in exchange we can get their wares .I.":,. . : r i i . .' . waresi I. . : " . r '"c,r ana an else that x Octant countries. After the lapse of so man v centuries in which th mnt. ........ ,rom remainder of the World, h" la' reiltv cheering indication, i hopeful sign, to find that me aemands of civilization have been eranted -cess may ne had to those people. ho,v .... - rll""W"i unenvitin? in thfmf.lv , t ceumry or ours, ana jn the year of our ij0rJ 1358, the land of Confueins ,he engizing and efficacious influences of Chnsiian people. G commerr-ial nml 1 -"Mi tot tiauy unu important. arengious character, may well be anticipated The ; stolid looking Chin Wi. TSi ' Bhm ,nt stupid features, will be improved and , , c : f um oaurun develnna.1 n,i miMl,.... '' . 3 vuri-uiamzea Detore nrt r!. ?n ma. t.. 00 f the great nations of the earth, other than nnmerical slrentL i'lndeed.- wkt Bishop Heber, r:- " - " Westward th nm w course of empire takes its way.' ' Peterson's Counterfeit Selector and JSanh Jote Lut," is corrected by Drexel & Co.", the wdljinown Bankera and Brokers, and is the beat lMcctor of Coanterfeit or Altered Notes, published io thisvounrry". -The Novem ber number, just issued, fully describes Eighty six 'New Coutderfcip', aiidontains a fac simile" engraving of a bogus Bank Note that is being altered ta tariooa Banks oyer the" country, and which is beiug put into exlensiye.circB'la'tion. It alao contains several pages of other valuable information of every; thihg appertaining to Bank Notes. We have bo hesiutioo- in"pro uouncing it the tnot complete, reliable and best publication of the kind irt the 1 United Stalt' ,1 slieold be in the h.-nds of every stortbeepe jn-the whele eoiinU-y.and we would M1 vise all auch te-send One Dollar in a le ter N"f BuuscripHoB, t Um publisher; and lhas'subscribe tor it at oeC lit w published by T. B. Petersoo & Broibers, NoVSOfrChest nut atreet, ! Philadelphi i ; : ?i-rf - On the 20th of September,: Sam uel Brown,, a Scotch writer. ? great i promise, J died at tlte age of .thirryinW i He wa t.hil.1 osopher, hibtociiin,;, theologian. ; essayist "and poet. "And in each of these iiepaxtments of let ters he has left such memorials, as aerve to nnmistakably indicate, that in hiarieaih as ta Jhaiof t e. lamented . and unfortonateHuh t Miller, the world tost a man of rare genius acd power. Uis" works have- recently been pub-" lit,6f CEdinbnrg in two large octavovolumesi Whatjwe have saidJs merely to ! jntrduceJ id niost of onr readers, aj name with, which thej fe not fkn.iliar,nrid( to give them a little poem vnaiEausnes ns that he was a true stngerak wougn he never claimed to wear the bavs.- ft U sWted that Brown purposed to have writ- teQ aKeneB f Sonnets in which be would trace out thehfetorical de velopement of each of the sciences, and gire a description ; of. the different nations or. men who bad wrought it out. ;His death prevented, anil liie following vue ooiy one oi tire stnes that he completed ; - ' . KfePLEB. "Teutonic Kepler, spurning due control, ' Pythagorean wild, harmonious soull j' To W'tatt Kfrnnirb'ttAnnli !.V. .1 . .. J 'I ear,- ..,..!. -. ; . .. And catch the music of the solar sphere? Or,; was the sphere itself that mystic shell ' Brougfct hither from the ocean shore divine5 btiy crooning o'er its seem like a spell, . ' , To other ears a hum aong to thioe ? liapt iu harmonic ratios, laws and rhymes 1 - , uuvu uiuu tuuu appiy thine i uoujco.i!(ist not watch the turns, nor keep the Of Ule prosaic, ano1 therefbre ithon wert poor , I hy bread uncenaia, thine ambrosia surei J his fow-lived worlJ might lift her head arain Oouldtthebut rear a race of such poor men!' JS We learn from the Spirit of the- Age" that the Board of Director; of the Raleigh and Gas ton, Railroad held a meeting on Saturday- and c.ci-teu ajor u. tl. Wilder of Wake, Presi dent of the Company. H "r . . - ' r. ' . -. -i.-... . . I or the" Leisure Hr.r ; ium a cruique upon the poems of Fitz Greene Ilalleek, one of a series of papers en- uweo, --me Literati," wriifen by Edgar A. Poe, I extract the following. . -' ' : The " Lines on he death of Joseph Rodman Drake is as a whole, oiie of the besf poems Qt its author. Its Simplicity and. delicacy of c.Vuiieni wm reeommed It to all reader. It i-, however, carelessly written, and the first quotation, -. " ' Grt-en be the tnrf above thee, I ! Friend of my hettcr davs I JN one knew thee but to love titec, ' i j JS'or named thee Ikt to praise,' '-"; although beautiful, bears too close a resemblatice to the still more beautiful lines of Wordsworth, Jtirir -- :.! ' - - , ... 'r,5,he.wejl Rn'C"-? the ORtrodden ways i. j . Beside the springs of Dore, - J A maid wham there tcere tione to praise ; f And tery few io lover . ' ; Qoere! Were it not fully as ch-jritable to conclude that Wordsworth's lines were sugges ted, by the following! In Gnrnev's translation of the Cupid and Payche " of Apuleius with which the bard of Mount Rjd.d, was doubtless iammar1 read as follows : . - v l ' Bat Psyche owns no lord She walks a jroddes from above A.H saw, all praised her, all ador, ' i Bul no one ever dared to love," j If Halleck plagiarized the- venerable L:.kLst mayjwe not as ju,sty accuse the latter of teal- mgirom Apiilciui; ... " " : For the Leisure nour. ' Eocks. The Geological Cabinet of Oxford F.mal yuiiege contains about six hundred specimena rucas, mineraJs and fossils, from almost ev 7 Ptof the wofW- U includea specimens of common metals, and many of the rarer species, fcuch as Litaninm, Molybdenum, Cerium Ura nium, &.c, &c A large portion of the collec tion consist- of crystalized rocks and minerals useo, as gems and for work! Among these are iscryi, Chrysoberyl, Lousmaline. Rubellite. Kv- "",,ei "Pa', Whrysoprose, Chalcedony, Agate, Jasper, &e. In addition to the above about two hundred duplicate specimens are Kepi ior exchange with Geologists and with -uu mhu -Birange-and curious rocks n very nin in lrt& Carolina conUins geolon. V'aFuens, oi interest and value. Fersons finding such may have them examined free tit charge and obtain their full vklue by sending The Cabinet is opened to visitors every Sat- u,uaJV -1 J. 1L MILLS. i V-H:-?T; t NEWS r - -v m,a.-:- . IXSUBORDIXATIOX AT COLLEGES The past eAAlv V a. uwuSS vw notice no less than four cases of insubordinate behavior in students of colleges 1.1 1 tr . - . ..uuerst, iiassthe Sophomores undertook the asual discipline of the Freshmen, with a syr inge, when the President stopped the sport by pOsaessing himself of the instrument. At Brown, R. I., the whole Sophomore class have been sn.! pCnded as the result of a similar attemptto keep UF uirepurauie custom. At AntiOch, . Ohio, several students wK . . , . " - cA.eiiea ior ais- forder. n.nd ilia! nOV... . .... . j. - - "jui uui m tneir- rooms Dy tne faculty,! have prosecufed the PresBt ana others for trespass. t At Chapel Hill. N. C. r- uc wpuiij was recenviy burnt in effigy, others assaulted, benches burned, a r,rivt. r- sidence attacked, dx. . Verily, an . epidemic of t - ... r rowuyism Beems tothave,broken out. v 0 1; w St. Lotris ,fOcW 26, Santa Fe dates of til M. A . BV V' ! - - noave been received. The second battle of tne troops with the Navajees is confirmed. Th Indian Aeent has forma.llvanaru.ni t.:... with them:, They own ,250,000 sheep and CO.00O torses. which, if . destroyed, will dri them desperate, asd occasion a second Florida War. .... : ' . ., .....V ! p... ' . .v ,. . - WasHiirbTOX, Oct. 26 The steamer Can da and America, lately plying on Lake Onlario, ro oee enariereo oy the Uovernment for six months', service in the Paraguay Expedition. t the rate of 54,000 per month. LhpWtille; Kr-oX2TTBe"feirrir (rom-'Knsaa of the late election for members: of the LegSilatere are received, with the e'xeen. tiott of one, disalelk'l' The -LmrUUtni et.Vj. POuse--pemocrafe Republicans' 40. . Rehl ate Democrats 2tBesbIi'rak't Cariyle's much talked of bocS &e Rha of ?r!deric conhpgeafed iLtoa- t ' :'k ; Within the present century great changes improvements have been made in the teresting science pfhnman destruction." Not in- only nave Miome Muskets, and Enneld" Riflel and Colt's Repeaterar been added to the eon'm ment of the man who' fights on land, but the size and weight of the modern ships of war are very diiTerent from what they were in the last century : Although there are certain rulea. 'fbr W of ipv and: these ax nominally the same, yet in reality they form no . test, the number nt rrnno nnlw .t count, and not their weight of .meta). We see fe M1J uc11jS mua laseninto ac that a sloop of-war, the Laacasterr was launch ed this week at PhHadelphla; wbici is actually larger than some of Uie old iJiips of the lioej She is 236 feet ; lousf between v-TrUn;,.? and 271 feet overall, with 46- feet breadth of beam, j She is rated as a 22 gun ship, but theseH guns are y and ll ,nch Dahlgren guns, carry4 ...g U' v io ii pounds.. The old ar utusea w consist of32 pounders and short carronades. A fleet of ships'of the' prel sent day is a very different tiling from the fleeti that Nelson and the other old heroes used to command, and thrr mauceuyres il actual coJ flict are yet to be tested, the only -general war ""J great consequence, since the introdutioh of steam and .heavy shell guns having beU that between Russia and the Western powers during.whfch the Russian'ships did not veu- 4 nwT nki .-a 11 " TT7--T -r ' i . - S .ui c uur v an. yu. Journal :. s A a amrioE.-. it Hartford, - Conn., on the win insi., rf; Warren NewcombJ Jr.. ' rrreat e.aUUuir oi uen. Joseph Warren., was marrieB io Olary a ,-youngest danghter of the late Df. -v5o ouujiier, ana great granddaughter .cf uen Israel Jf atnam: ; I. , ASTuoxoMicALrhe followihg- scientific calculation appears in an Eastern! paper witi regard to the comet : Its tail is at least 9 00f 000 miles in length. - To grease that tail,- it ja estimated, would nse up a basin ' of fat as large as Lake Erie, ahd give constant ploy men t to 50,000" daubers' for ten em- yeari Straxge Fixaxcial Fact. Country hank notes in New. York are aetaailt llrorth -moi than 8iHH;ie. aud snfti tintn .J while is paftfoui A: persqn has $1,000 rages to pay on Saturday, j Instead of paying in country bank notes, he buys ,000 in silver for: $SC5 bank money, and iavea ' tii.1' same time paying specie to his, meiK 'Such a state of the money market never occurred be fore.-r-2?wfon Traveller. i ' - f" . 3 . L ' 1 I "W- - The death of Brevet Lieut. Col! Frank Ti. lor, Major of the 1st Artillery U.j 8. Army, at orownsvnie lexas, oa the lllh insUint, is an nounced. He acquired much ddinction in fh Mexican war, especially at the battle of Churu busco. of which Gen. Pcrsifer F. Smith made special mention in his despatches. ; 'Vi 9 aee it Stated that J ---v rufMOk. LUUltUCS in Nejr York city have offered Spurgeon, the greit star poacher, $10,000 and jhls expenses if he will consent to make a six months' tour Iil .this country: He is getting a little out of fash ion m Lngland, and majcome. " . ; MORPHT AKD HaBBWITZ. TEBMIStAtlOS OF the Match" The match ha-. 4sX been settled, and Mr. Morphy declared the winner, ,11 bets being paid. They were to j have' flayed untU one ot- the other had won seven glroes ; but when they stood Morphy five andllarrwilz two, the latter gave it up, laying the (blame' of his defeatj upon his ill health ? but the. fact s, Morphy is by far the; best player, j , When the termination of the match was a'njionnced at the Cafe de la Regence, the rendezvous' of the chess players here, the Americans assembled there were quite uproarious in their exultation, while the Germans and the Prussians who had bet upon Harrwitz, im mediately suffered a terrihle elongation of countenance., Still they continue to have hope, for another person has been ant for to try his h ind at playing wih the . formid-1 able Youn? American. rfrt Uh - countryman of theirs.!' Paris .! drnsHttut lSosto Transcript. t: A ; j :. The St. Lonis Conference of "the Meihodisj Episcopal Church, South, en the .12th inst ai bolished, by a large majority, the! rule herein- fore prohibiting the minister o f that ehnvh from buying and selling slaves, j j - RETITAL IS eLARXSVILLE. VTJ-A relir.n. awakening such as rarely ' hs occurred! in Clarksviile, has been progressing in the Presby terian church in that place for rhore than two weeks. ! " ; The regular pastor! Ret. F. J v Whalet, assisted at different tiliea bv Rev. W Whebry, of Prince Edward county, and Rev Mr. ATK1SSOH, of Raleik. N, C,. have ermdn. ted the meetings. ; ; i f 'i: , - The War Department received to-dav a A patcbi confirming ;lbe newspaper accounts of es- J i ' " H engagement. wUh ' the ram. anches. Fifty-six warriors and two! wen killed in the conflict Secretary Flovrl rHt take measures- immediately Uj' increase the forces in Texas. ; It y not ikbahle that five or six hundred troops noV at Governor's Island From .Washington. K ' Wasdisgtos, Oct,3l The War n.n. ment has recelved offittal aceoUta nf t.-r...' battles i'a ; Washington.. TerrTto. Llarke presumes the auccesa narrated thereia, is a surety of peace with the' Indian. - ' tered cm tue Spokan plains, the red men hav ing been soundly btatenand Borne frif ui i.ieuw .. Ajiers letter. . f- . . 7, says the pollicy of the United StatP. - .i. to acquire Central Ameritsal. t. '"ffliis routef and hare iheta free to all the worid... MeanwV;?- ..- u ?. wr U e'aim that th . . our people hall be enforced 4 ' " - ; W onl7 bas Costi Rica made , amrile arVok "-Government, but received Gen. Lai mer wita great cordiahl, .He will attend the ConvejjUonor federation therofUl ; 7 y" ;w W Tiewto effect the" con i Ans ItBABObT lK&nTfJTE W sre inform . m . i ..... trpon the best authority, and - wet take' great pleasure in making it public,' thatj George Pea. body, Esq., has most generbnslyi. added 200, 000 to the "Peabody Institute Fund, for the erection otthe noble edifice! now! going np iir this city. - This, with the", previous endowment on the part of Mr. P make's more than half a million of dollars. 1 - I" 1 --V-. We also learn from the same authority, that this distinguished ahd liberal minded gentle marvhas hot only passed 'through, unscathed, the tremendous financial crisis that so deeply affected the old and new world, but that he is at this time in possession of ' a! larger fortune man ai any previous period ofhis life, and fhat this additional sum ot $200,000 will not at all interfere with his ability and willingness oeh on to' do good" while he lives; and thus to a gws extent oe his own - executor Bait. 1 J h Letter From Henry Clay. 1 - The following letter from the sage of Ash land has never before; been published. It ap, peared recently, and for the first time, in a W b ..nisvuie, and i copied thence thy .uuuiBiiue, journal: r - ' ; Ashlaxp, July 7th, 1843. L Bear Little J&mesakti-Yovr parents have done me the honor to give ; my" name to you. On that acconat, and at the request of your good mother, I address you 'this note, which she wishes to preserve for your perusal, when, by the lapse of time. you shall have attai ned an age that will enable yon o comprehend and appreciate its friendly purport. V ? ' Your parents entertain fond, topes of yoii and you ought to strive not ta disappoint them! They wish you to be good, respected eminent! You can realize all (heir most sanguine hopes, if you firmly resolve-to do so, hjudicious em ployment ot your time and your faculties. Shnn bad company, and all dissipation, its inevitable consequence. . Study diligently and oersever- ingly. You win bej surprised at the ease with j "."owci uiaucues oi Knowledge, which, on a first view, wiU rrightenyou. -irake hontu-; prohity, truth and principle vonr ineaei. able gtfides. Be! obedient, and 'always affec tionately respect ful to your parents. Assiduou- a.j cu.uvaie virtue and rel r on. tbp nB WW. ra.iieeoi HappmeSSl both hpr l,OMft jo your intercourse with yemr f ellow bAJno-4 v. ' OQl le same frnfe. bland. emrrr and obliging. Recognize at all" times the para- m.Su,, i jour country to your mo at de voted services, whether she treat von ill ,'L.n and never let selfish; views' or interests predomi reguiaung yoarself according- Ir, ib rules, you may become respected jand great, "K " "ament to your country and a ble?sin to your parents.? That such may he your des tmy is the sincere wish of their and your friend r IT " ' ' - - J . ' a. . ther filibustering' expeditlou will soon start for Nicaragua. The following circular will ffive . ...... ii is reponea that inn. the particulars: i , ! . ; - MoBfLE. October 1 0. 1 sta bia: lou are advised that on the 1 0th day of - -t - w emoer next a vessel wiU leave this port for San J nan del NorteJ - She will 'take any p. sengersandrrioo- ,uu or any persons in your neighborhood de sire to emigrate to Central America,' please ad vise me of it as soon as possible,1 in order 4hat passage may be secared for you and your com pan.ons. It will belwell for yoja to arrive here three or four days previous toJtl ArJi Your obedient servant, jWil. IWALKElC " -"w.tuwsare printed in a neat form. v,c i'per, ana aaie been sent to General H alker,s special friends all- over, the country. Horrid Attempf at Massacre. I r. New Yore- ft.t ji . ! ; - " "vinu jinempi at mas- ( 5 uijUe in n est 3Uth street last nihC a. young man named Goulding, whose father is a lumber merchant, attacked iiis father ith an axe, broking hU( skull and inflicUnff a mor- tal wound. His mo:bert:ame to th- W!tA.- of her husband, and was badly" wSunded. Two oroiners, three and thirteen years old next attacked.; The Widest W w.wti.. . uea. ' Hu. mamit.:..-i i.i . - - ier, wiia a babe in inentttacked, but not serious- l lninmH T ! ' i . . . I 1 J " eryani girls Were horribly wounded, and the recovery, of both is doubt--fuL . The prepetratbr of the horrid act is : only nineteen years old.! jlle was clerk in a store but was very dissipated; After ending . His dreadful work h lnV 1: i? : - . ji ""-v jjiuioeu in nis room ana oiew out his - brains, drunkenness, j- ' ; j t K;t He was delirius from An ApoUgy from; Martinei-Ifon-Inter- Jr . Ierence of France.- V TT" 6ctt 3L-Yesterday Jer?zde hvered toifr.Cass a letter from President .Ma rtinez, of icaragaayappiosizin. for offensive allegations in the late manifesto of the latter ,0b the subject of Mens.: Belly scheme. If Count Srtiges yesterday had "an interview with Mr. Cass, and assured himof the non-iti: rJerence ot Jr ran.ce in our Central .relations. -.1 . ..-' b j -.!- , , ArneHcan CllABGtf OF MuBDtBISG A WiTEl! ePrnf,' remus ha, submitted an analysU of the body of Dc r.-r--u, ion is supposed to hate been poisoned by her husband, ii, York, over a year ago. .An abandance of arse nie was found, and Stephens has accordinffly been ft.ll. 7-""- V- ? - Va 6:ai bark, the fT?nd the latter forty cimeU an'" ff Pass, and have been orated to .Galvaston. Thesi .camel, tmrted-by ihe . General Govern. aladydoing so wdl at Camp Verde above oaa Antonio, Texas, -'j; ' - . t fiorci? R esPLTisa rsoy rie PnizF; VwL 'l0Oa Albany" at.O.eTiCamn was subbed by martmanedIhrrner.f:ni5 Wolin1. P'-f -? 1 Death of as Abht Officer The W.r partrnent has received informaUon of the death ofBrevet CoU F. Taylor, Major of the Igt uiery, oi yellow fever, at Brownsville. Tei. V .y . 7 ! . A,or eryed with! dis: , J vJUuaNiain Aiexican war, and was honor ably mentioned in the despatches- of General P. F. Smith, after the battle of Cherubuseo Wash. States - . ' Ijipbisokjikx for Debt ii Ekglakd Dur- ing the year 1856 upwards of eleven thousand males and aix handred females were imprisoned - . A few Weeks since, two men, who had been occupants -of debtors prf. eons-for eleven and six years, ware discharged from cuetody The former wasfil years of age. Officers for the i J: " Metacomet " and 7 . ' . " America." V . " Washix(3tox, JS'ov. 1 The officers in ' the Paraguay Expedition, steamer Xttacoinet are Lieutenant Commanding Macomb, and Lieuts. Moore, Fairfax "and -Ciiley.. Officers for the "rica"rComWnder J ' T? Greenland Lieuts. Cuyler, Belknap, if. P. Jones, dams and Greer. - -"-. - . ,.- oeizure of a Supposed Slayer. . New Yokk,.Nov. 1. The Khooucr Madison was seized off Greenwich and brought to the city to-day, as a'suspected sIaver.--SheThas no clearance, but has a paper purporting io be a bill of sale from George D.'wi of be. Purvey, to Joseph Gardner, and W. M.Eddy, . UdmboWs Genuine Reparation, r.mhnbols. Genuine Preparation. ' ' JMmbold'r Genuine IVeparatioH. , ; MelmboLIs Genuine Preparation. Is prepared according to Phanuact - and1 Che,W !fae.K ."facy and . cs -T man Ige devoted to their eombina- tion." of S -' PratioH for diseases of the Bladder, Kidneys, Gravel nd Dropsey. reaPhDf ,?D 1 READ '-"W .fBetad" 2rt vi ,OW,-Mff ceriifile of cure ot over ill years' standing; " - . If T TTr LewOST0 PaTjan. 28, 1858. , uMB0LI-i,'ar 5r- I have been troubled with ao. affliction of the Bladder and Kidneys for ever twenty 'years.- I have tried physicians in vain, and at last concluded to TC rtV uin,Pre'tion a trir, aa I had heard it highly spoken of! It afforded mekH mediate relief 1 have used three bottles, and I h-ive ohtained more" relief trom its effects and feel much better than I have for twenty years previous. I fiaye the greatest faith in'iu vir tues and cirralrve pbwtrs, and shall do all in my power to make it known to tho afHicted. Uoping this may prove advautageous to yOU in assrstiug you to introduce the uiedlciue. I am tru'y vocrs, " ' . . ; - ; " "m. Mccormick.' Should any donbt Mr.'-McCrrmlcka state ment, he refers ,to the following j Hon, Wm. Eiler,ex Governor. TCnrl..:. " Thomas B. Florence PhiUal;. it J- C.. Knox, Judge, Tioga county,. Pa, J. S- Black," J udge, Pbiadelphi. a u u " U . i - u u ton, D, f:..14--1 orter. Cv. iennsvlrania. v.. -. . . - . i l , 1 "j "ior,i rijiaUelphu. John Liglcr, ex Governor of California.. t. ! ks, Auditor General, AVaah'm C, and many others, if necesaary. . See advertisement he ded. " in another column. ilWiai UCMUIHC J lYIHlj-llfifn - J .--. iZ-CnU . . To Ctjns umptiTes. . . . The advertiser haViug been restored to health in a few weeks, by avery simple remedy, after offered several ye -rs with a severe JU Affection, aad that dread disea. . On-.,,-,.! tion. is anxious to make known i t; sufferers the means of care. To all whod it he will send a copy rfthe rresc.iption used free of charge). -with d;.t;.,c r...1 .... . . ll TT III!-; and lismg ibe same, which they will find sure L ure for Consumption Alh,a, IlfoHcLli, Ac. Ihe only object of the advertiser in aelidiuj: the prescription is to benefit it,- -ffl:...i . . ""-v nuiKicu. anu iie npe- everv nfrni ;u . v- . - .: wi . uisreineoy, as it nil cost theru nothing, ad may prove' a b!eV sing.' .- Parties rbhin the orr8eriniAi "mill r.t ase address 4 j -... R EV.; EDWARD A. WILSON. f . . ..,'illiamsburgh Long Island. October, 18o8. ; ; . 3 A 3m. NORFOLK MARKET.-: : . kktoittbd fob Ti"ir"iora " av IcPdEETEUS & GHESEL1N Grocers and Commission Merchants. FicB-V e quote Superfit $Ca6J ; Extra" 5JVHEjtTr-R. "M-W 3.15; -White $1 0a CoTTOT The StV J s . salwi are readily made, Navac Stores Pn lurpentine 47c. r Tar 12." . Flaxseed 4t.ro- - : t Bekswax 30c; 4 : - .;....-....;.: -; j -BCTTER AKD Chtchp P,tl r- 1 . 1 t.i- ! 2528o j Cheee .lOal le, VT" U'WW ! ,tut 3 4 ? Groaa $21a3! ; half "i barrel N. C, Family Roe ?4i5.. ' j t i nomns'on 95eSl;-W C. Sllalf Salt LverpoollSal.Mi G.A.90ca?r Gcaso Peruvian $5SaC0. ; v . j -GaOCERlE Rio r!nfl niia.! "i.!'.' iQiio. t , , . " - AjTiiraT Ii5il3: Java 17al8e? N O --a u t o.- MAn. 5 - u..aioiasse . McPHEETERS jb GHISELIX. c PEJERSBpLQ MARKET. v - ; . KEiORTErj roa .Ttix LErsnsa hock w t ' .BROVrNLEY, GREEN S trroe'err ami Commission Merchants. - . - . PETERSBURG, VA.' . ' HEAT Sirlcilv nrima AVl.ifo ! r. W (oas prime White 80ca83c - Tobacco Lars $4i61- do sTs.30. . ur t13 8 Fcr I : Labd 13t,i . , , - : - r 5SJaS L.irgeU hiwer. 1 . . : aiej l aciT Peache-i 0, u,.4 bah.; Apples IIJ50mlJ5 vW? , . iiUUWLEY. GREEN 4 CO. i At the fe.idn f . - r ., J Tn.j , . - - unuea laiaer. on Wednesday evening 27ih n r, " 1 V? Harris Mr. WillianTb. MarrVMli Mar? : f : ' ) . .
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