The Greensborough patriot [March 27, 1852]

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VOL. XIII. GREEXSBOROUG1I, N. C, MARCH 27, 1852. NO. C71.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY SWUM AND SHERWOOD.
Price *%. •'• O.a year I
g» THUS. DOLUH, IF HOT MIU vmillM ONE MOUTH
trrfi Till DAT* or Tilt SUBSCRIPTION.
ADVERTISING RATES.
One dollar per square (fifteen linen) for the ht.t
week, and twenty-live cent, for every week there-nfter
Deduction, made in favor ol .landing adver-isements
a. follows:
Thru monlhi
One square, M-JJ
Two squares, 7.00
Three " (I col.) 10.00
Half column, 18.00
SIT month*. One year
S5.50 MOO
10.00 14 00
15.00 20.00
25.00 35.00
(Bjcrtctol Jntclligcutt.
Specie.
Mr. Hunter of Va., Chairman of the Com-mittee
of Finance in the Senate, has presented
a very elahorale Report on the relative values ol
■old and silver, concluding with a hill to debase
silver coins of half a dollar and nnder, hy redu-cing
the silver in them about 0-81 per cent., and
to make silver a legal lender only for sums ol
•Sand less. The effect will of course be 10
keep silver in the country, and in common cir-culation,
under tho known law of currency, that
that which is intrinsically less valuable will cir-culate
in preference lo that which is more so.
The bill provides that from and after the 1st
of June 1852, the weight of the half dollar is lo
he 192 grains; nnd the quarter dollars, dimes
and half dimes in proportion.
The new silver coin is lo be receivable in pay-ment
of public dues, and to avoid ihe change thai
a large demand for the new coinage might give
lo the injury of the general currency of the coun-ty
Mr. STSKLT is prep"ting a bill, as Ihe
public journals slate, 10 restore lo ihe Stales the
fourth and last instalment due to ihero from the
Ueneral Government by virtue of the distribution
1830. The last instalment,
Fight in Congress.
In the House of Reprtsenintives, on the 12th.
Messrs. Brown and VYilccs, of Mississippi, bad
a fight. The N. Y. Commercial gives ihe bil-lowing
sketch of the debile which led to it:
Mr. Brown (Miss.) made a party speech, la-king
a retrospect of the ris*. progress, &c, of the
Southern Kigbts movement, which wenl down
f-nm the time the first Union Convention was
held in Mississippi. If be was called upon lo
write the epitaph, it would he " requieteat in
otrce.1' He would not make merry over the
tomb olan old friend. He believed thai the
movement was made in a patriotic spirit, and
was calculated to preserve the rights of ihe slates;
thai, in ihe language of a fjcclious friend, like
Peter Pringle's pig,
" When it lived it lived in clover.
And when it died iidiod all over.1 [Laughter.
He then possed on to speak of Mississippi.
jry. tbebdf provide. US., Ihe new coin shall no, t^JM^**JT^«OT
be .trues upon ,bn,demand ofuepo.lor., bn,M. | « J h OI.I Line D.mocr... a, irv-der
in. liireelton o I be Sec relayofthe Ire.su- l< Democratic p.rty.
ry who can bus always I .mil the »"«»»«■ | fl" were never out of the parly ; but Mr. Wil-
I he bill also provide, lor the coinage of $3 , J^ ^mmmm pul lh'eni/e|ve8 m,1,„|e IB,
""" .... . _- t » I pale of Ihe Democracy by joining ihe Union par-
MIC in the aggregate to over four hundred
fifty thousand dollars annually, to tho transport-ation
ol free negroes within Hie Slate to Liberia,
or lo the education of the Lihenan colonists.
The principal is never lo be touched wiiboui lur- |
Iher congressional legislaiiun. and ihe cer.il.ca.c. , ■ «
are not to be issued to any State until the iegisla
live authorities thereof consent to receive llll
n„,i : crease ol properly in iiw wunu im mui <"i" : • •* . j*- . i_ ., _~ " pace wi-l.li, '.tIhe'■increase. olr~prec;io„.u.s. .m..«e.t-a,ilDs ,p.-r.o.,u!i.i.- I1B1M existed in .a chim_era, . an. d ili.,ii ll.ierc .was no
Ll both by Ibis deha.emc.,1 a„d bv their discov- P*f nl secession I had ,bong , bat tie gen-erv
in .be bowel, of the earth. The prndue.ion Jj- !""' ",0 U"< •«f»ri '"' lr",h ,0 'nakc "
from the mine, of America, from UW to 1825. •*■"*• ,o .old ol truth [^""''o'0
.MWd ai MAOO.000.0001 and the whole Mr llrown-l dej..re tn ... my colleague,
i.v then in „i,ir„re and sine added from **• >><• ■»«" » '»>' ' **• *** PW& *J
alli ot,.he•r source, tin l,o 1,B802,5, I;,..,e„s..,ii„lia.,l„c„lil a.„l B>,9«." .d.!—.li.e inlt-r.nce may be lift I.I the in..ids
..v. au.." - --- .. . . O.K .UUU,UOU. TI hliee annruamal aaobfn.i.si.ooiii su.e1 wwansstiet ( «-> •""" g-- 'n"*men. . , .,, .
name, upon ihe rontfilione above specified. Il , £™a«ed f|U.000.00O. The annual pro- - *»'• W.lr.»i-1 havespoken boldy | my Ian-there
should he. In any State, no free negroes for ^ $I5<000<000. Sll guy.rannol he misunderstood on thai po.nl.
trannnort..km «o l,.l™r.a,lhen t l.e.u.eres, momy ; J ^.^ ^ ^ >|oefc n|. Mr. ))r„w„_)„ y« mrar. lo «y that u ha.
i. lo be appropriated in e.U.bl..h.o(( peUooU and ? ^^ .^ ^^ j ,,,„. Blall.u l8 blot J (Looking sternly al h.a
^ii - ....!.» imnrnvina- the imirul, aori.il and
, l... „ * ' „ , . „.,__.. lenllfuna.l
Homestead Exemption.
The laic act of our Lrgiilaiure. exempting tl|B
houieaiead from execution for debt, coimiituiea
one of those great landmarks wlmh indirale and
render memorable, a real progress in vorial im-provement.
The bill influence of the idea of a
home upon the human heart, could only be very
partially realized while this inestimable posses-sion
was always in jeopardy from the casualties
and misfortunes lo which all men art- exposed.
The mere possibility that their home might be
wrested from them, and that loo, without acy
crime on their'pari, would tend to restrain some
men from effective exertinni to fectlft a domicil
which they would truly call their own, and thus
preclude those aflcclions and associations which
grow up with, and cluster like honeysuckle and
ivy, around the idea ol a permanent home.
To weaken, or, what is perhaps equivalent,
not to atrenglhen the desire and its exertions, to
secure a home, is lo annihilate o le ul the most
powerful of all motives lo a steady, aflWlinuate,
nnd sterling citizenship. Such a policy would
convert life inlo a literal pilgrimage—a nomadic
warfare, with no prospect of acquiring any spot
of earth which man could call hia own, or beau-tify
and enrich for hunaelf, exeept, possibly, the
little plot where his loved ones are buried and
where he hopes to lie when his course on earth
is finished.
All honor then, to him who devised, and lo the
many noble spirits whose humanity and enlight-ened
forecast perfected this law, for we believe
that it will exert an important moral influence,
and by giving full scope, and power to the love of
Home, produce all its genial and beautiful fruits.
S. ('. Repub.
Death of Or. Duncan, of Ohio.—Hon. Alex-ander
Duncan, foi many years a meiubei of Con-gress
from H;,Million rouniy Ohio, was accident-ally
drowned on the 2d insl. He was in pur-suit
nf game at taw Red Banks, on ihe Litile Mi-ami,
about eight miles from Cincinnati. He
fired ami killed a dipper duck in the centre of
Ihe stream. Being without adog, he divested
himself of his clothing, and plunged ii* the stream.
After reaching the dunk, he made an effort lo
reach the shore, hut failed, and was drowned.
His bodv has not yel been recove.
Emigrant* in Liberia:jren Virginia.'—The \
Winchester KepuMican sajs thai lellera have]
been received this week from several of ihe col-ored
persons who in October last went to Liberia
from that vicinity. They are all delighted witb
the country. Harrison Murray. Zaeh Miller,
and Daniel F. Tigrell, in their letters, enjoin up-on
their old companions to emigrate without de-lay.
Tigrett saya he will return in the fall for
hia f;iinil\ ,4inil hopea his friends in Virginia will
be prepared to accompany him bark. The
steam-mill taken out by them waa safely landed.
colleges, and in improving moral, social religions condition of the citizens of the Libenan
Republic
g .hail
hall of one per mil. IIi>i
latiou, Mr. Hunter s;i)s, I
mori- r;ipid rate.
Mr. Hunter contends thai i
property and popu-t
increased at a l.ir
colleague.)
Mr. VVileox—If you mean to say there is no-j
bodv in Mississippi in favor of secession il is .
„ , , HuutfT that (here i* no dinner I"."d"s;e■. , , , , , >
Another SMf* Lump.- Dr. J^ven.hropc ^ „|50 „„„„„„ „, Ihe las. word ..., scarcely n.lcred before
showed ussno.her- golden specimen' la., week. ■ ,..,|if ja ,,, ,'.,„, ifw| „,j„r , „„, »,„,,. Brown drew ..IT and pi.Med a blow in Wilnu.
which he had just found al hi. .nines near ih.s rf f • ,.„•,,, wn„.|, ri;r,:li„|v has lace. W.lrox reiurned it.and boll, clinched. I
• i ■ ■ . _. ,-L . .....' .11,1. •""•' • • . .™... a .,... .. ..null i>n, I Hull II i
been seriously ■ppreheuded.—irnj. Ub*.
A Rare Spceoh.
A letter from Washing!. ibe
In a ...oiiiei.l Ihe Uooieead K-dlerieS'were thruwn
' inlo .be wildest ■refill and contusion. Ibo.e in
the gslier.ee slrelehinffovef lo see the ligbi, while
' the members jumped iro.n ihhir desks and flew
' to the scene ol cnnltu-1. Several moinenis clip-
Southern ^ ltvllll>. Ilu. heMlferelia WensnMMIed. Brown
I, is .be second large piece ibe Dr. has Siandard, noiicing Ihe debate in the House on vnl, <|.l|ii-ul.v was reiunved &U lee. Iniin bis an-fuund
ibis winter, and ihe fourth thai has been ln,|e-gH. gi.es the following description ol a lagoalafa W.lcoi juu.pid upon his desk, crying
found in ihe same regiun within les, lh»n two eec|, b.. 01ie ,,f ,1,,. member, from Csl.lornia : •• I can whip him—lei him go," bra.idi.l.iug In.
venrs past. One found bv Mr,. Geer weighed ' ' arms ... the air.
00 pem,vweigl.u,. one by Mr. Bradley 30. we Mr Marshall of (•,,....„„.. made a r.re Cl,(.8 „, ..„,„.„,,
bel.eve, and .he formerone found by Dr. I... 38. speech, lie MM Iron, .he lime Lal.lo.n.a .... .. fi , fil(Ml„g ,-
'place. It weigh. 27 penny weigh!,, and u.tl
the exception ol a few .mall piece, of quarts
mingled in il, i. remarkably clean and pure. W e
rejoice al the rVs good loriune, for though many
may be more needy, no one is more deserving—
unle.s necessity be made the leal of desert
There musi be a
lei
eoiiii :" MB yel.
pile" ol it somenhere there. .plieu IO ibi, government for admission into the
If our people will Slav al home n.lifomia .nay ; Duion. down 10 ihe preen, period, ahe had been
me .0 Ihera yei.-Iiutherford Jlanner. neglected and ..in.ed bv II. lie -aid lh.,, .eel-trigs
of reseiiiiiienl »t-rc llresdv aroused, and
ibey would gne \eui lo ihini in no mild mare.
The mines about Lake .Superior yielded v» hen three ounces of gold were found in Geor.
of iron and „,., „,„| \„rl|, Carolina, mini
ud
Ihe serjeant-at-arms !"
has Wilcox got a knife !"
ten
When three ounces i
nearly one million dollars' wor.h _B al|j ^„flt, Oarolll|a, minis «.ro al o.iee
copper, last season. A genile.nan writes from kilt; but California, producing one hundred
■ha. region :—•• As lo the iron region, ibere i, rnmiona of gold alinnally, could no. even gel a
nothing lo compare wilh it in ihe known world, H,e».Sin|ih shop—ibey did not waul anything
either as regards ihe richness af quality or quaji- teller. 'I'l.cy would like a cabin orslianly. and
lily of the ore. There is iron ore enough ol .he jni, |h«jr gojd, a Congress would gist the...
best description in the vicinity ol Carp Kner, a,|,|lorlly. He said his mileage, although il ••
and wilhin a hundred miles nf Haul Ble. Marie, ,,,„„„,,.,| .,, $13,000, was nol Uo much—thai it
to supply the world for age, ; and Water power lvnll|,| 1|nl reiuibur,.- b.m for
enough al ihe Saul Ste. Marie, which can be .. WMtBing Ins seal." He had lo ride a mill
made available at the most Irilling cost, lo inaiiii- m,., ,u„ulluwa and through valleys; thai the
faelure all ihe iron and copper thai will be want- r,.,.,jini, ,.,„, fiftj cfll|» a pound; and thai ihe ex-ed
either for our own use in for export." Il is pense of ihe mule was, inerefure, nol lest t'lan
an old Spanish proverb, •• Gold minim HeBer
makes a man rich; silver mining, telJom I and
copper mining, uluityi."
Expedition to Central Jtjrira.—The friends
of ibis expedition will be glad lo li-arn thai sup-plies
have been sent out lo enable the travelers lo
undertake the impori.i.t part of their journey
from Borneo to the shores of ibe Indian Ocean.
Lord Calmerston had liberally grained a further
sum of 800/. for the mission, after having rcceiv.
ed Ihe interesting accounts of Dr. Birth t jour-ney
lo Adan.owa, and of Dr.Overwrg's explora-tion
of Lake Tsad and the It.ddii.na Island,. In-
$5 per day
side, lh. I, I.
and, said he, "Mr. 8pesker.be.
. me it-It you ihsl Wt have lo p
M, U
->Htt!M
A humlti'd * oices joined in the confusion, call-iM
for lh* sergeant-atarm*. the ofliccrs. *fec.
Several of the pagei »ere linoektd otef in the
cxeiiemeiii. '1'he greatebt alinn prevailch.
Finallv. order was restored, both gentlemen a*
ijo.ng.ged to ihe HotlN and " arranged iheir dit-iculiv
in a uiTiniHT highly crerfiiahlc lo both par-ties."
Ami thus lllej matter ended.
The TrenlUA Gatette, in remarking i;pon llii»
■nd similar OUlnupNHia affairs, wellsajs, thai
•* ihe rapidly increasing number of luihuleul and
dtaorderl) men in CongraHttDd the brulal scenes
his expense in frrquei|,|\ oceuning there, have impaired greatly
the usefulness ol the (e^islulive department. Ii
seems lo 1».- haaltatng lOO rapidly towards ihe
same end wliirh lalel) belel the IVencli Asscni-
!>!;. , and lo ihieaieu in ihis way the destruction
of" ibe Kepublic. We wish that memltcr* of
OoOgrtM co'ilil be louehed wilh such a sulicitud
twenty-live eeota a rlrink for our liqu.-r. and the for Ja |t4krJ>e|,.a(y t,( Mir government us would
boys use it, in oar parts, very
eleciion limes!" Il was a rare spW
a brother of the II T. P. Marsha
lueky. who figured litre some years
Ireelv dun
li. 11*- is
I. u( Ken-go.
restrain them lioiii such niiscoiiduci.
Small Ti/jies.—The injury sustained by the
eyi s in Qonoequence of printing books and news-papers
in small I) pes, is far greater, we believe,
than people imagine. Tor some ten or fillcen
veare past, this use of the smaller kinds of types
has been W» general, in consequence of that
spirit of competition which tempted the buyer
By RrjrriM.C.J. In Carter M. Williams, in with a large amouul ol reading matter for a small
alrarlt'onehave been forwarded, loo, by ibe For- Equity, (ion Uuckinghain, directing ibadcertfflo '";», "f money. The saving of money has, we
eign Ollice, to Capt. llomcrton, the British agent be re.ersed. *»'< ■«" mow than counterbalanced ... the con
in Zanzibar, lo supply all the wants ol the tra- Also, in Moore va. Ivey, in
A Question of Boundary.
From the Van Buren (Ark ) Ii.telligpncerof Feb. 25.
Il is understood thai Mr. Ross, the Principal
Chief of the Cherokee nation, has obtained evi-dence
suflicienl to establish beyond a doubt the
fact lh ii, through a fraudulent survey of the wes-tern
boundary line of Aikansas the Chociaws
and Clierokces have been deprived of a large
portion ol territory. It ia also understood thai
Mr. Koss, on the part nl Ihe Chernkees, will lay
the mailer before the Cieneral Government thia
spring, and demand that tie line he run over, and
that the Cherokee nation be put in |H>asession ol
tho territory which it has been so long deprived
.it.
The strip of country that il is alleged will tall
into the Indian lerntorv runs almi;' the whole
breadth ol the Sute, from the Missouri line lo
Ked river, varying from nine In nineteen miles in
width, cutting oil'portions of Ueuinn, Washing-ton
Crawford, riebasliau. Scott, Folk, and Se-vier
counties. Fort Smith will (all into ihe Choc-law
nation ; Van l.uren.Kvansvilltr, Boonsboru*,
and Sylvia will tall into the v'herokee nation.
The tract of country that il is contended will
fall into Ihe Indian territory has a population of
more than 0,000 souls; whose improvements
would be estimated at a fair valuation over a
million of dollars.
The extent of the claim cannot impair its jus-lice.
Il will rest upon the facts ; and if the line
has been run fraudulently and the territory claim-ed
belongs lo the Cherokee* and Chociaws, their
claim cannot be gainsaid upon account of Iff ex-lent.
The Government will hecompelled lo pur-chase
the relinqi.ishme.it ol the territory from the
Cherokee* and Choetaws, whieh we have no
doubt can be done al much less cost than Ihe a-mount
of spoliation that the citizens of Arkansas
would have MtlMl the United Slates were they
lo be rompi-l It-il to abandon their settlements and
improvement*.
The Basket Hi/low.—The annual importa-tion
of ihis variety nf wiltiow inlo the United
States, is aaid to he (5,000,000, and this does
nnl satisfy the increasing demand. This supply
is brought principally from Germany and France,
and rosls from 9100 to *150 per Ion. This
willow has been grown for several years in New
Jersey, and we do not see why it may nol be
successfully cultivated in ihe two Carolines and
Georgia*. Many an n'd field might he made to
yield paying crops of the basket willow. Let
some one Irv it.
fHisnllang.
I Love to Sing.
from Ueo- "*. Del hunt's Lays oj Love fy Faith.
1 love to sing when I am glad ; .
Bong is the echo ol my gladness;
I love to sing when 1 am sad,
Till long makes *w ret rny very sadness.
Tis pleasant when voices chime.
To some sweet rhyme in concert only;
Ami song to me is company—
Good company, when I am lonely.
Whene'er I greet the morning light,
Mv song goes forth in thankful numbers,
And 'mid the shni.ows of ihe night,
I sing me to my welcome slumbers,
Mv heart is stirred by each glad bird
"Whose note U heard in Summer bowers:
Ami song gives birth to Iriemlly mirth
Around ihe hearth, in wintry hours.
Man first learned song in Paradise,
From the bright angels o'er him singing,
And in our home above the skies,
Glad anthems are forever ringing.
God lends his ear, well pleased to hear
The BOItga that cheer His children's sorrow ;
Till day shall break, and we shall wake
Where love will make unfading morrow.
Then let me sing while yet I may,
Like him Cod loved the svveeMongu'd Ptalmisl,
Who loiiml, in hart) and holy lay,
Theehuru. that keeps the sniril calmest.
For -ndly hero we need the cheer
While sinful iear wilh pleasure blendoth;
Oh ! how I long to join (he throng
Who sing the song that never undeth.
Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court adjourned Oil Monday
last. The following additional opinions were
delivered :
Equity, from sequent deled of vis which has, or will in
leleraasaoon os ibey shall make their appear- Northampton, declaring the plaintil! entitled to lime, t.m surely liecomcapparei.l.
auce on the coasl. redeem. Kspee.dly ought eh.ldrcn 10 be kept from the
Also, in Woolen M. Breton, in Equilv, from OW of books OT papers defectively pruned, or
wilh small types, for the strain no their eyes
Loss o/ the Clay Medal.—The splendid gold
medal which was recently presented to the Hon.
Henry Clay, by a number of citizens of N. York,
in testimony ol their admiration for his great pub-lic
services, appears 10 have been losl while in
the care of Mr. Charles Builer, who, in a letter
to Mr. I l.ii,.ni, to whom he uus comeying it,
details the circumsiances of the loss, expresses
his regret at il, and oiler* lo replace il at his own
cost.
A reward of five hundred dollars has been of-fered
for ihe rero\ cry ol the medal. It was of
solid gold, enclosed in a .missive silver case, and
cosi, w« believe, about $2,500. The Coiinnrr-rial
.idcertiscr says us description has been so
widely published that it would be impossible for
any one to dispose of it without dcieciion. The
danger is thai it may he inched into iofOlt.
The medal was entrusted to the care of Mis.-.
Lynelt, but al Mr. Butler's instance and persua-sion
was placed in hi* carpet-bag, which was abs-tracted
while in the care of a back driver.
Divide the number of days by six, and multi- {nm jonnftoll| direetWI a reference,
ply the dollars by Ihe dividend, the result is the Als0i in u,,,,^ w, |.t.,., ,,, gquily,
interest in decimals ; cut olTlhe right-hand tig* Wavne, directing decree lor plaintiff.
ure, and you have it in dollars and cents. I bus:
what is the interest onflOO forlwe.ity-oue day s!
21 divided by 6 is 3!; 100 multiplied by 3j is
350. or 35 cenls. Again: what is the interest
on $378 for nineiy-thrce days! 03—0—l.V ;
378 x 151—5,850. or *5.85 0-10. Let book-keepers
try this rule, and ibey will find that it is
no humbug."
permanently destroyed the eyes of children.—
from Parents' and instrueiors should look to ihis mat-ter—
it is one of no light importance.—Arthur's
Also, in Green vs. Durand, iu Kijuily, from Home tiazttte.
Craven, declaring that ibe negroes P. II. and F.
are lo be accounted for by Ihe defendants, and
the trusls for their benefit are not valid.
Also, in Craig's Kx'rs Mb Howard, in Kquily,
from Orange, directing B relcienee.
Also, in Grimly vs. Bailey, lioin Fasquolank,
direciing a venire ,/f nova.
Also, in McDonald r*. I yson.in Equity, from tjno|wr- \y. D. Outlaw, and J. A. TiHnuti.
Origin oj the Liquor Law.—Il is staled that | Moore, on exceptions io the Master's report. -yhv Uonamennenienl °',,,t" RiehmoDd Medi-
Uiis bill passed ihe Irtiwer House of ihe Maine; Also, in Katun M. Katon, in KqtiUy, from Mj College ls»k place on Moudav last. An ap*
J.egislaiure with the confident expectation thai [ (Jraiiville. prvpriatC address was made by Dr. Gihson. and
it would be defeated in the Senate. As the j Bv NASH, J. In Sparkman CM. Patlghlry,'
members of ihe Senate did not like ihe idea olfrroai Bertie I notion in arresi overruled and
assuming the responsibility of deleatiug the bill, judgment allirmed.
Mrtlicul.—At the Commencement of the
Medical Department ol the University of .New
Yorki which look place on Wednesday week
hist, ihe following North Carolina gentlemen
, were authorized to act as Doctors of Medicine :
J. Chapman, W. A. Dick, F. M. Garrel, R
Hi
they passed it for the Governor lo vetu. When
il was brought lo Gov. Hubbard, he expres-cd
his indignation at their folly in passing auch a
bill, and saying. '• if they want 'he hill, let them
have it." hs put his official signature lo it, and it
became the famed Maine Law —l>,t*r*hur.; /„.
ttltigtncer.
Whenever you hear a man ridiculing his
neighbor, mark him as a dangerous person, and
have nothing to do with him.
Also, in Slate vs. Weaver; uinlioi. for ciriio-ran,
M-IIIMII.
B\ PfARSOIf.J. In TriceV*. Tunentine, lioiu
Orange. reversi:ig ihe judgment.
Also, in Move vs. Slav, in Kquily, from Put.
dismissing the bill with coals.
The CoueV Mireeoli not Mirefleree* has been
appointed Captain General of Cuba. He was
linn. Concha's predecessor, nnd uul very poptt*
itl in Cuba. •
fgreee ci.nlerml by the President ol Hamp-deii
Sydney College, Dr. Green, in some excel-lent
remarks. Diplomas were granted in twenty*'
(.mr geullessen. and among ihem Gynl G.
Wyebe. ol (-i.mv die, in this State. Trie gold
medal for the prize essav on '• ihe relations of
the atmosphere :<• animal lile." was conferred on
Dr. Beverly Or.gg, ol Greensborotigh, Alabama.
Marru- BfWHSi Ee0,f Li I candidate lo repre-sent
the Senatorial Diairicl compoaed of the
Counties nl" I'eirdersou. Kuiicomht-, Madison,
and Vmev, in the next General Assembly.
The following item, which forms pail of the
proceedings of the House of Representatives of
CAI.H'OKMA on the 10th ultimo, will probably
explain ihe object of the recent emigration to
that counlrv of several parties of slaves, accom-panied
by their owners, from the Southern
States :
" Mr Peachy prevented a most extraordinary
memorial in ihe House this morning—a memo-rial
of Iwelvc hundred and eighteen citizens of
South Carolina and Florida, asking the Legisla-ture
of California lo grant them, as an essential
benefit to thiet Slate, the privilege of becoming
citizens, of identify ing themselves permanently
wilh our interests, and of emigrating to our rural
districts with a vulnahle and governul/le popula-tion,
in the relation of property, by w hose pecu-liar
labor alone our valuable soils may be render-ed
productive, and our wilderness may he made
■ io blossom like ihe r:»se.' They ask permis-sion
to colonize a rural district wilh a population
of not less than two thousand slaves."
Alier some discussion the petition was refered
lo ihe Committee on Federal Relations.
llloomrrisin.—Fourteen ladies of New York,
fsAoet of then married.) have published a protest
against ihe manner iu which Ibey are treated in
the street-, lor appearing puldiely in the Bloooier
dress ; and assert their ti^hl lo assume such
eoetuma as they nay ronaioer moot conducive io
their health and sgri cable to themselves. They
coinpl tin of being biased and insulted by n mob
eherever they have made their appearance.
Epitaphn.—The Railroad Style.
Iu li.rmcr limes, when a human heingwascut
of! by disease or acridenl. ihe cause of his death
was slated in bis epitaph ; and thus ev 'ry grave-yard
became a volume of necrologic y'alitlics, of
which (omb-rinnc* were the ponderous leaves.
The proportion of fatal casualties to the mortali-ty
from ordinary causes was in those days al-most
iiliniiesimal. Steam had not progressed
beyond the lea-keltle stage, and lhal s'*ed from
the alahlc of Moloch, the iron horse, had nol
been added to the racing calendar. Iu that day,
dreadful accidents were so rare, that they weie
usually registered in verse upon the grave of the
deceased. Among the couplets and stanzas pre-served
in the writings of those Old Mortalities
who have taken the pains to scrape the moss
and mildew from the literature ol the churchyard,
we recollect the billowing:
« Here I lays,
Killed by a chaise.''
" Here I lie,
Killed by a sky-
Koekel iu the eye."
" Weep, stranger, for a father spilled
From u SlagO-Coach, and thereby killed:
Hi- BOOM John Bykea) a maker ol sasseugers,
Slain wilh three other outside passengeis."
'• Here lies the body of James Monk,
Suddenly drowned when he was drunk.
He paid his score and cheated no man—
lie mvituu nil nui btrnum.''
11 Ilie jaetnt, Tom and Titus Tressel,
I^osi by lite swamping ol their vessel.
A leak she sprung and settled last;
Payment ol .Nature's debt was a.-ked,
And it was paid—the debtors tailing
To give security by bailing.
Full many a storm they nobly braved,
And tho' they're lost we hope they're saved.''
Thus were "fatal catastrophes chioniclcd up-on
the graves of the victims, a hundred years a-go.
An explanatory inscription was considered
in such cases as necessary as a table of contents
al the commencement of a bonk. But since the
introduction of steam as a ••motor," fatal acci-dents
have increased so fast lhal it has been found
Impossible to provide a supply of epitaphs equal
to the demand. If a hundred people are killed
by a stenmboel explosion, they are buried al
once out of the way ; and of course ihe last ihing
ihe owners of the line desire, is that the memory
of the catastrophe should be perpetuated by scu-liinenial
epitsphs. 'Mum* is the word, and
•dead men u II no tales.' The same with Ihe
railroad companies. When a train is smashed
anil a car lull of passengers sacrificed, through
Ihe carelessness of an incompetent engineer or
hull-headed agent, the directors of course do not
wish to see the record of the massacre engraved
on a hundred head stone-. In Spain it is custo-mary
to plant a cross wherever a mnrder has
been perpetrated. If this custom were observed
along the lines of our ru|ruarfs, there would be M
a continuous cruciform fence on each side of half
Ibe rail-tracks in the counlrv. The* e crosses are
not without their use: they put travellers on their
guard, and strike assassins snd brigands with su-perstitious
swe.
Perhspsif monumental slabs, with appropriate
inscriptions, were put up on the margins of our
railways, in memory of the multitude annually
butchered through Ihe criminal carelessness of
rakVnad corporations and their employees, some
good might coino of it. At least the public would
be enabled io see whst the companies were doing
and to compare the lists of killed on the various
highways of Juggernaut. Koadsoa which tbo
death-tablets were a few feet apart would be pre-ferred
by travelers lo others where Ibe interstices
were shorter, and ihe lines with single ro<ve to
those with double ones. We would have the in-scription
in large type, so that (hose who ran
might read ; and, to avoid any delay which might
occur in the preparation of epitaphs suitable to
the occasion, il would be well lo have a vsst num-ber,
embracing every variety of steam murder,
manufactured out of hand, printed in sheets like
• mottoes,1 and peddled in Ihe cars by the nova
who sell newspapers and cheap literature, so that
a casualty might never find the survivors unpro-vided
wilh documents lhat would tit ihe case. A
small assortment of the article, embracing a few
of the styles of accident most common on rails
ways, is submitted below :
" A sudden pitch
From a misplaced switch
Laid me dead in this ditch."
"Off the track the cngino rushed—
borne were drowned and I was (rushed.1'
" Here repose two victims sia-ked
At one blow by ihe same suakehead."
"What is life? Tis but a vision. s^. ,
Here I died by a collision,
Twenty more dim by ihe same,
Verdict—' No body to blame.'"
•'Sister, mother, aunl and me
Were run over. Here we be,
We should have had no time to mizzle,
Ha., ihey blown the engine's whistle.''
li Sweeping round a curve
Whose outer flexture bordered an abyss,
The cars were canted down the precipice.
And seven of us killed. Bui what^f that!
Twos the curve did it, and the engineer,
Being upon a bender was excused/'
"Train borne traveller, rushing by,
As thou peaeeth pipe thine eye.
Here a car well tilled with freight,
Killed sixteen and wounded eight.
For a moment, friends, be weepdr*.
As you pass the railroad sleepers.
You may shareyour fate—why not!
Ere yon reach tile next depot.
" In a line, back from this stone,
Lie cribbed corpses fifty-one,
'1 he conductor was asleep,
When tho train ran offthesteup;
And ihe engineer likewise
For a snooze had elo-ed his eyes.
By Heaven's walchful care sustained,
Neither of ihe two was brained,
Pitying reader, drop alear
For tbu cad and engineer."
" Here are deposited the bones
(The flesh being torn oil)
Of an unknown man,
Who being deaf, blind and lamn,
Neglected to obey the customary signals,
And was run over as a punishment
For his contumacy.
The engineer promptly slopped tbo engine
Alter it had cut the body in too,
And wilh moat evemplary'humaiiily,
Conveyed the remains to nn adjacent wood-shed,
Where all means nl resu>citaiion were tried;
But. alas !
Tlif vital 7*1.4 hailflrd I
For the humanity they displayed,
The engineer and signal men
Were presented by ihe company
With a service of plate.
(io TOM AND no UXBWHS.
This epitaph system might be applied wilh ad-vantage
on ihe shores nf our western rivers—es-pecially
the Mississippi. The dull monotony
of a voyage up stream would bp agreeably re«
lieved by a perusal of the varied obituary gems
wilh whieh ihe margin of the ■ father of waters *
mijihi be appropriately siudded.~iV. Y. Sunday
Times,
One Story's good till Another Is Told.
There's a maxim that all should be willing to mind-—
'Tis an old one—a kid one—nud :; u ■' as 'tUg—ind .
Ti» worthy of notice wherever you roam.
And no worse for the heart, if remembered at home!
If scandal or censure be raised 'guinst a friend,
Be ihe last to believe it—the lirsl to defend !
Say to morrow will come—am| then time will unfold
That "one story's good till another is fold !M
A friend's like a ship, when with music and snug
The tide of good fortune ••tillepeeds him along!
Hul see him when tempest hath left him a wreck.
And any mean billow van batter his deck;
But give me the heart that true r-ympathy shows,
And clings to n messmate, whatever wind blows:
And say-ri—when aspersion, unanswered, growscold,
Wail—" one story's good till another is loid '."
Sounds of Labor.
We love the haugim? hammer,
The whining PI tbo plane,
(The crashing uf the busy saw,
The creaking ol the crane;
The ringing oi the anvil,
The grating of the drill,
The clattering of the turning-lathe,
Tho whirruc' of ihe mill;
The buzzing ol the spindle,
'I in* rattling of the loom,
The putting: of the engine,
And the fan'- continual boom ;
The clipping of Ihe tailor's shear*,
The driving ol the awl,
The sound ol busy labor—
We love, we luve them all.
The Albany '• Uulchuian" expresses its sur-prise
ihai young men can consent to loaf shout
the corners as ihey do, when a good dose of ai-sencic
can be purchased for sixpence.