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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
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OLD MAIDS.
Mkssks. Editohs : Seated in my study,
before a comfortable nre, tbe smote oi a
very delightful llavnna making fantastic jwreaths
about my cranium, while my c
thoughts naturally revert to the fair ladies f
of our burg. As I meditate memory recurs 1
to the many pleasant moments I have spent t
in social confabulations with them. Hut, ?
gentlemen, I love to dwell iu retlectiou on c
one visit, when a discussion occurred on the 1
merits and demerits of "Old Maids." Is it
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not aatonishing, that an intelligent and ac- I t
coinplished young lady, and by, the by, very | t
pretty too, should defend "Old Maids," and J i
moreover, say that she intends to be one- 1
I do not give her arguments in defence, nor
her reasons for defending that nntiquatcd
and useless order. Sufiice it .to say, I c
wound up by declaring that their merits '
were like angels' visits, " few and far bo- *
tween;" while their demerits added many a (
drop to the already bitter cup of this life- f
I have determined to try and turn her {
thoughts from the study of that text book v
4,Old Maidistn," and thereby benefit human- ' |
ity. | j
The first question that arises is, who are : j
^ ""Old Maids?" I think when a lady is iu ! '
her thirtieth year she has taken her first 1
degree in this venerable order. What say !
you, ladies? Is thai too soon to have that
horiihle epithet applied to you? Did I say -i
hoi'ible? Yes, and a* I pen i; the hob-gob- 1
lins cf single wretchedness rise up to con- *
firm (iiA F)n vnu Ltwiw fli.it ??/>
? ? J? I
two words "Old Maids" aro applied to nl.
most every one that is peevish, fretful, and 1
hard to please? l)o not understand me to '
mean that all "Old Mttida" are peevish, t
fretful and hard to please, for there aro some i
exceptions; if there were not, they would '
certainly be a frightful company, both in 1
their external appearance as well as di*po- ' J
sitioti. Why is less attention paid to "OA/ <
Maida"1 than to young ladies? Because c
they are uninteresting, and, as a general
thing, . It might do to converse '
with them a short lime, if it were very convenient,
and you had no one else; but even
then you are winking and blinking at some
r friend to rescue you.
As a general thing, young ladies, "Old '
Jlfaida" are misanthropes. 1 imagine I
/>ti vi lin*ir foil ovnlui in 7V? " !
Bui slop, I speak from observation, an J that j
is the case as far as my observation extends. '
Now, young ladies, here is a syllogism,
which, if you cannot overthrow, proves con- : 1
clusively that there should not be an "Old 1 ,
Maid" in our land. Whatever tends to injure
society nod detract from its happiness
should not be permitted to exist. "Old <
Maids" teud to injure society and detract
from its happiness. AVyo, Old Maids
should not be permitted to exist. Oh! you
exclaim, "how .-.cdiculou*! how absurd!"
Weil, let it be so. I do not say that my
syllogism is correct, but you mustdotect the
fallacy in it, before we will agree that it is
not so.
The next question that suggests itself is,
Why aro thore "Old Muidst" It is our
nriviltA AnirtlAn flint mn^l /.<* fl.ntu f??-A c/v I
?- - " V..VH. ?.U =?
ex necessitate. I admit that some one or
two licro and ihero aro volunteers in the
cause. We will call those few the excepr
lions of whoiu we spoke. Vet they are
pernicious and destructive to the good of
aociety, for they aiu stumbling blocks, and
dangerous examples to succeeding genet a ,
lions. Enough to say, our social circle
would not suffer, in case they made their
exit to the place where none aro given in
marriago and "Old Maids" are r?o more.
Now, young ladies, just look at this very
beAutiful class. Is it not sufficiently lovely
to make you all oxclaim, "Old Maids"
forever?we will be "Old Mavis?" But, you
exclAiin, ''how nonsensical!" "did you ever
bear such fanaticism!" Mirabile dictu!
Should I not be a fanatic on such a subject,
as this? You all will ndinit that woman '
was created by God to bless and comfort
man. When God -rented womau he placed
her in Paradise to enjoy it with man, to eat
with him its delicious fruits, and to diink
its sweet waters, sparkling in sunshine.
rjJut through woman innn lost this Para,
dise, for which she can never compensate
him. You say that woman was tempted
by thecunning serpent, and yielded. Now< ,
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vhicb is the moro excusable?woman fur
rielding to tho temptations of tho serpent,
>r mnu for yielding to his beautiful comlanion?
Well, sinco woman has caused
nan to bo-driven from Paradise, should slio
lot do all she possibly can to allevinto his
orrowsand sufferings! Woman should bo
in ornament to society. She might, if she
rould, make this world a paradise; but is
t not too bad when she makes herself litlo
else than n nuisance.
In conclusion, ladies, permit me to say,
hat in the foregoing remarks I have not
u tended to insult any that are 11 Old Afaids"
r any who intend to be. It is to bo hoped
hat those of you who are not " Old .Voids,''
rill consider thoughtfully for yourselves,
icforo joining that unfortunato class, and
ot bo governed by the erroneous ideas of
there. W. i). W.
Judge Drummond and the Mormons.
Wo published tho other day an extract
rom a charge alleged to have been deliverd
lately by Judge Drummond of Utah, bo
ore a graud jury of that territory. Its anhenlicity
has been sinco questioned, and
oino argument has been advanced to prove
hat such a charge could not have been
nade, as it was inconsistent with the gonial
law of the Uuited Slates. However
hat may be, wo received yesterday from
udge Drummond himself, via California, a
oinmunication furnishing us with an exracl
from his charge precisely the same as
hat wo published. He asks tho favor of
ts publication in our columns, as he desires
o set himself right on the vexod question
f nolveramv. w hich lie niinral.^rids will 0110
lay causo this nation more trouble than
inj other. Without coinciding in this j
pinion, wo have merely to say that Judge i
irunnnond's wish having been anticipated,
ve do not ro publish the extract. Wo take
lie opportunity, however, to commend his
irmuess, decision and honesty in the perormance
of hU duty, and hope tit ?l it will
rove of sotne service hereafter. As to the
lifticullics attending this matter of polygauy,
we think if tliev are not unwisely agialed
the evil will eiieetually cure itself in
ess tiuie than it can be cured by outward
resMirc. Already wo Hud that it, etl'ecls
ire painfully deprecated by those who safer
from them. And it is certain that muliludcs
of the miserable women would glady
escape if they could.
There is no reason to fear thai any of the ,
idjoining teriitory will adopt or participate 1
n the follies ot Utah: and as thai becomes
ubjcclcd to other and better inllueuccs, it
vill be restored to the decencies of chiis- |
cndoni.
Enclosed with Judge lJruimuond's com- I
nunication are a number of choice extracts
rotn current publications about Mormon afairs,
from wbich we select a few items
hat may prove quite interesting in this
ncridian. A writer from Fillmoro city,
Utah, furnishes the following little hislori:nl
and physiological sketch, exhibiting the
yolitical standing, personal qualifications
nul marital responsibilities?to say nothing
>f the those which aro paternal?of some
if the prominent politicians of the territory:
Of the members of the Council, 13 perrons.
each has ihu number of wives resnee
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lively aitixed to liis name.
Herbert C. Kutiball, President <>f Council 57
I>unicl 11. Well., Councilman, (.crows eyed).... l'J
Albert Carringtoii, (cripple and near sighted). .21
L)rw in Pratt, (cripple and near-sighted) 7
Wdford Woodruff, (cripple nnd near-sighted).. 12
John Stoker,(cripplo and near-sighted) S
Lorin Fair, (cripple and near-sighted) 3
Lorenzo Snow, (cripple and near sighted) 2.'.
Leonard K. Harrington, (cripple and neui-wightod I 3
lieiijaman F. Johnson,(cripple and near sighted. 3
I viae Moorley, (72 yearn old)
John A. Ray, (from Texan) 2
George A. Smith, (cripple and near-sighlhcd).. .5
Grand total, men 13, women.... 171
House of Representatives, 20 incnibeis:
J. M. Grant, Speaker, lias 0
\V. W. 1'heljis, (printer of Morgan's book) 7
A. P. Rock a i nid, (an old man) 3
Edwin I). Woolley, (u small man) 5
.1. \V. Cummings, (cripple) 10
Uosca Stout, (lawyer from Kentucky?3 dead).. 1
S. \V. Richards, (young and handsome lawyer.. 15
Jessie C. little, (lawyer from Boston, Mass.). .
Win. Snow, (Vermont laborer) 3
P. II. Young, (older brother of Brigham?tailor 5
C. V. Spcnoer, (of Mass., quite small,) has but. .2
Ezra S. Reason, (old and homely,) 15
James C. Snow, (quite poor) 3
Aaron Johnson, (has three sisters, and altogether > C,
I^orcnzo 11. Hatch, (wagon maker,) 2
Jacob G. Rig let*, (farmer,) 10
George Peacock, (farmer,) 10
Jobu Kldridgc, (phrenologist?two dead,) 1
Isaac C. llinght, (coal digger,) 12
Jecso N. Smith (lawyer,) 2
John 1). Parker, (old nud deaf,) 3
Jesse Hobsou, (ox teamster,) 10
J (' Wright, (hotel keeper,) 3
James Brown, (dairyman,) 7
Kitoch Reese, < farmer, etc.,) 2
W. A. Hickman, (one of the Danites,) 3
Total 157
To which add officers o( the House, to wit:
Thomas Bullock, (Clerk, and nu Kngl.whmau,). . t
.1. Grimsliaw, (Assistant Clerk, and an englishman,)
5
Chandler Holbrook, (Foreman, and deaf,) I
Jacob F. Hutchinson. I Missein/er. I ?
Joel II. Johnson, (Chaplain,) ?
Total 22
To which add 08 for tho number of Gotcrrior
Young's wives, and wo have the whole
number of females thus represented l?y the
motuborsof the Legislature, ollioers of same,
and bis excellency, amounting to 420; in
other words, 40 men have 420 wives.
One of the most retnarkahlo of tho pe<"Uliarities
of Mormonistn consists in tho success
with which it is attended in Europe,
lu England especially, proselytes, have been
very numerous, and IJtah has received a
considerable portion of its profitable dupes
from that country. We learn also that in
the Scandinavian countries their missionaries
found a fruitful soil, and gained thousands
of converts, many among the agricultural
classes. From Denmark some of
these apostles to the Gentiles journeyed to
Hamburgh, where they firmly established
themselves, and have already written a
Gorman translation of the Hook of Mormon
Thoy have also ponetratod Saxony, and
liavo succeeded iu forming a society of adborents
iu tlio city of Dresden, carefully
avoiding any collusion with the police, who
nro ever on the alert for new religious sects,
suspecting every now doctrino to bo a mere
cloak for some political plot. The apostles
seem to have plenty of funds at their command,
apparently derived from England,
with which they assist tho needy among
thoir proselytes. Several faiuiliesliave recent- !
ly loft Dresden for Liverpool, whoro they
will meet other converts, and continue their
journey to "tho New Jerusalem in tho great
interior 6alt basin of America." Recently
the Mormon community in tho city of,
Dresden numbered sixty members, males >
and females, belonging to various grades of 1
society, some of them persons of high intollectual
endowments. Tho greater part
of theso now born "saints"' are making preparations
to "forsake the thraldom of the
heathens" and journey to Utah.
The following aro soino selections of the
"Savings of Drigham Young, the prophet,
on a variety of collateral topics." Ho still
storms and raves, and hurls haughty defiatico
against all the outsido worlds.
POLYGAMY ACKNOWLEDGED.
"True, we have more wives than one, and !
what of that? They have their scores of
thousands of prostitutes; wo huvo none.
Rut polygamy they aro unconstitutionally
striving to prevent; when thoy will accomplish
their objects is not for rue to say. They
have already presented a resolution in Con- I
gress that no man in any of the Territories
in tho Uuiied States shall bo allowed to
have inoro than one wife, under a penalty
not oxceeding five years' imprisonment and
five hundred dollars' fine, llow will thev
get rid of this awful evil in Utah?"
now it may nu uor kid of.
"Thev will have to expend about three
hundred millions for building a prison, fori
wo must all go to prison. And after they
have expended that amount 011 a prison,
and roofed it over from tho summit of the
Rocky Mountains to the summit of tho Sierv
?;n 1: - ? -- ? 1
.I^iauii, n? ?m Miy (Jill ;iliu g<? JireaCIIing
through the world. [A voice on the
stand: 'What will become of tlie women?
Will they go to prison with us?'J Brother
lleber seems concerned about the women
going with u?; they will bo with us, for we
shall be here together. This is a iiltle
amusing/'
AN' AUG 1"MKST toll MOItMONISM.
"Mortiinnism is true, and all hell cannot
overthrow it. All the devil's servants on
the earth may do all tlioy can, and, as Brother
Clinton has just said, after twenty-six
years' faithful operation and exertion by
our enemies, including the tiiuos when Joseph
had scarcely a man to stand by hitu,
and when the persecution was as severe on i
him as it ever was in the world, what have I
they accomplished'"
| HINTS ON THE FORMATION* OF AN INDKDEND- !
EN'T NATION.
''They have succeeded in making us an
organized territory, and they are dctermin
| cd to make lis an independent State or gov- ;
eminent, and as the Lord lives it will bo |
so. [The congregation shouted Amen.] I
say, as the Lord lives, we are bound to become
a sovereign State in the Union, or an
independent nation by our>ehc-s;and let thein !
diive us from ibis place if they can; they
cannot do it. 1 do not throw this out as a
banter. You Gentiles aud hickory and basswood
Mortnons, can write it down if you
please; but write it as I speak it."
in l IKK Mil.K AND I'OTATOES RECOMMENDED
as roil the kldkus.
''I waul to seo tlio Elders live on buttermilk
and potatoes, and whon tliey return
he more faithful. Hut they go as missionaries
of the kingdom of Go 1, and w lien they ;
have been gone a year or two, many of
I them come back merchants, and hotv they
, swell, 'how popular Morinoni>m id wo can
got trusted in St. Louis ten thousand dollars
as well as not, and in New York
Brother lirighaiu's word is so good that we
can get all the goods we want. Moriuou !
1 ism is becoming quite popular.' Yes, and
so are hell and tho works of the devil.
When Mormonism finds favor with the
wicked in this laud, it is gone into the
shade; but until tho power of the priesthood
is gone, Moriuonisrn will never become
popular with tho wicked. Mormonism
is not ono farthing better than it was
in the days of Joseph."
TI1& TUOl'BLia OF a MoKMoN 1'ATKIAnCll IL |
LUSTKATED.
' If I would sutler it, I should have to lay
out $600 yearly for morocco shoes and bootees
at from three to five dollars a pair, for
the woinon could not wash without putting
on a pair of fine shoos. How many times
have I told you these things? They are on
my mind all the lime, and I cannot get
them off, hut I must keep toiling you until
my mission is complete; 1 cannot help it. j
I i foresee tho consequence of an unwise
course, as plainly as I soo your faces today."
FATIIEULY ADVICE TO CALIFOUN1A EMIO
HANTS.
' It is reported that many are going away.
1 say, gentlemen and ladies, you who wish
to go to California, or to the States, go in
welcome. I had rather you would go than
stay. I wish every one to go who prefers
doing so, and it they will go like gentlemen,
they go with my best feelings; but
if they go like rascals and knaves, they cannot
have them. I have never requested
but two things of those who leave, namely,
to ;>ay their debts and not to steal. Tbnt
is all I have required of them."?Baltimore
Sun.
Kxckli.est Fruit Cake.?One cup of
butter, one of brown sugar, one of molasses,
one of sweet milk, three of dour, and
four eggs. One and a half tcuspoonfulls of
crearn of tartar, and one of soda. Two
pounds of raisins, chopped fine, ono nutmeg,
and a little brandy if you choose. This
will make two good sized loaves; which will
keep moist without liquid from four to six
weeks, when it is properly covcieJ.
Rogues Falling Out.
An unholy war bus broken out among
tho Holy Allies of tho Now York Free Soil
ptess. Kev. Henry Ward Beecher and tho 1
"Independent," his quondam organ, are bo- '
rating each other in u most uusancliiied
manner. Ii seeins that Botcher, whilst
uot actively employed in enlisting recruits
and buying rilles lor Kansas, lias composed
and published a most devout and peaceable
hymn-book, which he pulled prodigiously
with his own pious hands in tho columns
of the "Independent." Buconiiy, another
musical clergyman, of New Kngland, i
a kinsman of ono of the editors of the "Independent,"
also produced a hymn-book,
which was highly commended iu one of tho
religious journals of the day.
The atuiablu Beocbor at once fell afoul
of this rival production, criticized it in the j
most savage manner, tomahawked and
scalped tho author after the moat approved
stylo of lleeclier waifaro, and wound up by
declaring that his competitor had absolutely
nulled his own hymn-book! L'pou this,
the "Independent" at once revealed the
agency of Beecher in praising his own holy
melodies. Tho consequence has been a
general and most unmusical and uuclorical ,
utile all round, in which pucillc hymns j
have given placo to tho most comparative
prose, and tho sweet singing to sounds re- I
seiiibling rather tho sacred pslatuody of a j
bagful of infuriated griiualkius than the
billing and cooing of black republican cbo
risters.
In addition to this inspiring contest between
tho rogues of the Free Soil religious
press and pulpit, is a highly satisfactory
row between the New York Times and
ti.? 'r.:i...-~ i? i i
i iii'iiuc. i iiu i iii'uiiu uftuui:> i w;iy IIIUIKI,
of tho Times, (or Lis coiuso in regard to
McaghcTs challenge, insisting that ho had
not the uioral courage to hand over Meagher
to the oflicers of the law. Kayiuoud
rotoitshy reminding Greeley of his ow n con- !
duct in permitting Mr. llust, who attacked
him in Washington, to go unwhipt of jus j
lice. In tlio nicau ime, Dennett keeps up
a guerilla tire on all hands, and we should
not ho surprised to hear of another assault
and battery being committed upon that interesting
gentleman, by one of these mahogany
stock warriors, who are always
ready to make war upon nun combatant*,
but have the most holy l.orror of bloodshed
whensui.il people as Cilley or Dull'Green
me about.?J lie Union d Dispalek.
The Newly Invented War Engiue.
A correspondent of the New York Journal
of Commerce, alluding to the "Infernal
Machine" which General Walker's liicuds
have recently puichascd for his army in Nicaragua,
thus explains its clliciciicv and
deadly instrumentality :
In form it resembles a small grindstone,
turned by a crank, and will discharge tJUU
one ounce balls every minute, attended by
otdy two men. Every machine is calculated
to deslioy three legiiuetits of soldiers in
tho same space of lime. It can he directed
with the same ease as a common tillu is
handled.
The inventor, a Yankee, is now* in England
experimenting before the Admiralty,
and a great many old generals of ait countries,
who evince much interest, and have
written him letters expressive of iheir wonder
and astonishment. One distinguished
1'olisli general expresses himself to the in
ventor, "lliat as soon as ti.is deadly wcap
on becomes in use, wars and rumors of
wars must cease." The gun, or machine,
discharges without report, and sends the
ball thiec times the distance of the ordina
ry rillo or cannon, a- the case may be. 1 he
L'lilisli government has offered the inventor
jL'JUO.OUO sterling if he can enlarge his
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machine to discharge a 01 j>ound shot.
This he is now doing, and inforu > his agent
here he shall accomplish it. 1 iie Kussian
Minister at London is anxious tor the patent,
and has offered him his price; but be
says to his friends, "I mean no other nation
shall have it but Knglund and my own
country."
Previous to bis going to Europe he offered
the right to the American lioverninent
at Washington. Experiments were
made with one ounce and seven pound carronades,
before our naval and other officers,
by order of the Secretary of State, which
proves all I have related above, and to the
entire satisfaction of those present. One of
these "infernal machines," placed upon the
deck of a vessel, one of the commodores
remarked, "would sink a frigate in three
minutes." Such a constant discharge of
balls, just as fast as they can be handled
and rolled in, with the accuracy they can
bo dirocied, must inevitably destroy all before
it, besides the groat distance and out
of danger of the enemy's guns.
CoNVKUSIONS IO I'rOTK.jTAN riSM. ?A
Eon Jon paper of November '27 says:
"The movement towards Protestantism
in Uohemia, Moravia and Austrian Silesia,
it becoming daiiv moie immense and over
whelming; whole families, in nil their
branches, siniullanoously embracing the
Lutheran creed, ami leading others in the
same route, to the consternation of the Koman
Catholic clergy, who are striving by
every possible tnean-. to stop the current. It
appears that the recent concordat with the
I'ope, which di-gusls the nioio intelligent
inhabitants of theso couutrius, is the dotni
nam cause of this movement."
Sonic wicked man in Kansas has written
the following
epiiaru ton ?ov. kkeiu-u.
Reader, pause! beneath tin* stone
Lies A. II. Reeder?Hesh ainl bone;
\\ ho, when l.ving, for the sake of sett,
Mingled willi great r.isi .ils like himself.
Iiiil niiN, rejoiee! for uutoyou
Ite'll never more apply the s'liir:
ltui think of Itiid who robbed you here,
When lie nl judgment shall uppear?Satan
will exclaim w ith glee?
Welcome, K. ed. r! Com* with nio.
A man came into the printing ofliee tc
hog a paper. "Because," said he, "we lik?
to rortd newspapers very much, but oui
i neighbors ate too s'ingy to take one."
Facts for Consideration.
In 1780, prior to the Revolution, St.Dc
mingo exported 70,845,210 lbs. of coffer
and 140,000,000 ll?s. of sugar; in 1818 lli
export of coffee had fallen to 20,000,001
ilio export of sugar had censed entirely, an
sugar is now imported into tlie island.
in 14134, the year of the emancipation r
the slaves, Jamaica exported to Englan
18.208,883 lbs. of coffee, and 125,025.30
ll>8. of sugar; in 1839, five years after, llios
exports had decreased to 0,423,197 lbs. <.
coffee, and 70,507,800 lb?. ot sugar.
The whole number of slaves impnited ir
to the Knglish West Indies was 1,700,00(
in 1834 only 000,000 remained to b
emancipated, being 1,040,000 less than lb
number imported or a decrease of over tlire*
tilths.
The whole number of slaves importe
into the United States prior to the prohih
lion of the slave trade, in 1808, was 375
000. Ily the census of 1850 the slaves i
the United States amounted to 3,20t,31J
add to this the free blacks, 434,495, the tot?
of the negro race was 3,038,808, having in
crc:u?cd 3,203,808, or uearly nine for ever
one imported.
The free black population in the Nei
England Stales, in 1810, was 19,479. 1
1850, a period of forty years, it had in
creased to 23,021, or eighteen per cent.
The slave population in the United State
in 1810 was 1,191.368. In 1850 it ha
increased to 3,204,313, or 2.64 per rent
nearly fifteen times the ratio of the increase <
| the free black population.
From tlic above facts the following cot
| elusions may be drawn:
1st. That in cotisequeuco of the revolt
lion in St. 1 touting)), and the eniancipntio
| t?f the slaves iti Jamaica, those islands at
fast relapsing into deserts.
I *Jd. That slavery in the (Tiited Stales
a very different institution fiom what sh
very was in the English West Indie-: tin
in the United Slates, awing to their kin
! treatment, the slaves had increased tiiti
fold while; on the contrary, in the Knglis
West Indies they had decreases 1 three tilth
3d. That the negro race increases nearl
i fifteen time* as fa-t in their state of slaver
in the Southern Slates, under the can* <
I their masters, as in their state of freedom i
New England, when dependent on the
own resource- and the charity of the whil
| iace.?X JJo>/ B<mk.
Tin: K.voli: or ntr: W.vndekino Jew.l
he legend of a Jew ever wandering an
! never dying, even from the ctucifixion
Jesus to this day, has spread over man
European countries. 1 he accounts, ho*
ever, as in all fables, do not agree. ' h
vcr.-iott is this: When Je-us was led I
death, opptc* ! by t ,e weight oflhccio?
ho wished to rest himself a little ueai tl
Jjate before the house of a shoemaker tint
led Ahashorar. This man, however, spt a?
forth and thrust him away. JesUs turnt
towards him saying, 'I shall rest, but the
shall move oil until I return.' And fioi
that time he has no rest, and is obliged ii
ee.-santly to wan ler about." Another ve
-ion is that given by Maihias I 'arisiensis,
monk of the thirteenth century: "Win
Jesus was led from the tribunal of 1'ilaii
to death, the door keeper, named Carta(II
us, pushed him from behind with his fe?
saving, 'Walk on, Jesus, quickly, why do
thou tarryT Je-iis looked at him grave
and said, '1 walk on, hut thou shall tari
till 1 come.' And this man, still aliv
wanders from place to place in consta
dread fiotu the wrath to come. A thi
legend adds that this wandering Jew la
>iek every liundic 1 years, but recovers ai
renew- h s strength; Inmce it is ilia', en
after * <? many centuries he does not lo<
much older than a septuagenarian. Th
for llio legends. Not one of tlio aneie
authors tnako even mention of such an :<
count. The fn?t who reports some sir
thing is a monk of the thirteenth centur
when, a- is known, the world was tilled
disgust with pious fictions.
J low ever, the story has spread far. so th
it lias become a proverb, "lie run- like
wandering Jew." There are not wantii
persons who assert to have even seen t
wanderer. Hut when their evidence is e
nmim-d by the test of historical credulity
is found that some impostor had made u
of this fable to impose upon simple mind
people for ?oiue purpose of his own. IIo
ever, the legend is not altogether unln
there is a wandering Jew who roves abc
Europe, throughout every country. Tl
imperishable being is?prejudice ngaii
the .lews.?Jewish Chronicle.
Tiik Wanokriso J;.\v.? A seusati
was created in William street, on Tuesd
morning, l?y the appearance ?f a man
the pave with a long tloating beard, a
dressed in loose pantaloons, with a turb
on liis head. He carried in his hand a I
lie manuscript Hebrew book, out of whi
he read to the crowd that gathered aroti
him. He represented himself as the vei
' able Wandering Jew. Nobody knows w
ho is, or where lie cntne from. A learn
Jewish Kahhi was sent for to converse w
him, which they did in the Hebrew h
gunge, and the stranger was found to
perfect in his knowledge of that most di
cult tongue. The liable tested him in A
bie, in l'henician, and in the Sanscrit, I
soon found that the aged stranger far s
passed him in intimacy with them all. 1
l.'abhi invited him to his house; but ?
the stranger, "nay, 1 cannot stop. 1
Crucified One of Calvary has pronounc
the edict, and 1 may not rest. I m
move on?ever on!" lie was last seen
Thursday, hut to where he has departed
! one can tell.? A*, rr York I'tijicr.
PitoDi'cr ot an Atkr.?A correspi
dent of llio New England Farmer, wuli
from Plain Ik-Id, Mass , snvs tliAt liu I
raised on his farru forty bushels of g<
sound corn, <>no Innidicd and fifty bush
of potatoes, seven large cart load* of pun
kins, fifteen bushels of carrots, twenty bu
> | els of turnips, three bushels of onions, fo
' raid>:? .?? lien i , one blislo 1 of I e ills, al
' I using ail lie needed for his family; a lot
| peas, and fifteen bushels of sugar bcots.
The lecture of Professor Le Conle, Ht the
Smithsonian Institution, to Nlond^fcven- 1
'* ing. on tlie subject of the corni animal, ntiii t
' incidentally included allied science of much i
0 breadth of scope. The animal world is i
h composed of four distinct kingdoms, each I
^ completely independent in itself, and never J
intruding into the dominions of another. 1
These kingdoms ate the vertehruta, the ar I
'' ticulata, the moliusca, and the radiate, i
" Their types of structure are distinct, and *
e are represented by the designations accord 1
ed them. Using a magnified drawing of t
ih" sea anemone for illustration, the mode t
of life and operation of the coral aiiiinnU c
*' were shown, their processes of digestion, de 1
e position of limestone in the walls and par- i
? lilions of their bodies, and means of repro- *
5" duction. Ninety percent, of the coral ani- I
mal is composed of limestone, but this i* so
'' situaled as not to deprive the animal of its i
1 ' power to move and act according to its na- ?.
lure and wants. i
" 1 The popular idea about the industry and *
patience of the "coral Insect." 1'rof. I.e Con i
>: tu showed to be fallacious, the animal being i
'* really llm passive recipient of the limestone ?
) which gives it its importance as a builder of I
islands and continents. It is of the lowest j *
" order of auiuifcted existence, namely, the 1 i
" radintn, and is to bo classed with the star- | 1
; fishes, the sea-urchins, ?kc. The small corals ; i
produce the aggregations called coral tree4*. ' ]
's j these, by lilling arid closing in the intcrsti- :
d | cos, make coral foroals and reefs, of which l
some remarkable iustances on the coast of <
Florida were cited on account of their as <
j louishing Icvelness. This la-l phenomenon i
'* was acouutcd for by the living of the ani- ;
I mats Iroin the sea-level to a few inches (
' depth below, then by a difference of level ' ?
" of tbo water itself, whereby the corals were j i
0 | left above the sea lino so long as to die. ?
Thus a plain o?? coral rock as level as the I <
i* j water was produced. The coral extends 1
1 ; itself at an average of about three inches a , i
year, and new fields are sown by means ol ;
d egt;s, which the coral emits Iroin its mouth.
e [A'tif/omif Intelligencer.
> OW AND i MEN. 1 lie lOilOWUlg ilCCOUI)t '
v of ihe execution of a poisoner is from a letv
tor in the Hirininghatn (Eng.) Register, da- <
.f II llverchester, May 9, 1705: "Yesteiday, (
n Mary Norwood, for poisoning k?? husband, '
ir Joseph Norwood, of L'xbridge, ill this cuun10
ly, (Somersetshire) was burnt here pursuI
ant to her sentence. She was covered with
a cloth, made like a shift, a tarred bonnet 1
? j on her head, and her legs, feet, and arms
"1 ; had also tar on theiu. The heat of the
weather melting lire tar on her bonnet, it
v ran over her face, so that she made a most
v i shocking appearance. She was put on a
, hurdle, and drawn on a sledge to the place
' of execution, which was very near the gallows.
After spending some time iu prayer
,e and singing a hymn, the executioner placed
11 * ! her on a lar barrel, about three feet I gh.
'et A rope, which ran in a pulley through the
stake, was fixed about her neck, she herself
111 placing iu properly with her hands. The
111 rope being drawn ex'remely tight with the
I pulley, the tar barrel was pushed away, and
r' : three irons were fastened round her body
:i to confine it to the stake, that it might r.ot
!U drop when the rope should be burnt. As 1
14 soon as this was done the fire was kindled, |
, but in all probability she was Quitft dead :
h before the fiie reached Iter, as*1 the exe
'st cutionur pulled the body sovcra! limes
i' whilst the irons were being fixed, which
v took about five minutes. There being a
?? great quantity of tar, and the wood on the
111 pile being quite dry, tbo tiro burnt with
ri' amazing furv; notwithstanding which a
II 6 ... ?
hi .ficat part of her could bo plainly discerned
f.?r balf an hour. N'olliing could bo more
affecting limn to behold, after lior bowels
i tell out, tbo tire flaming between her ribs,
us and issuing out at ber luoutb, ears, eye"l
boles, ike. In short, it was so terr ible a sight
iC that great numbers turned their backs and
c!i screamed out, not being able to look at tbo
)'? 1 lioriiblo scene."
O.VK or Til K WoSDKHS OK TilU WoKI.D.
?There was a good deal said about the
| "Victoria Bridge' at the late Canada cele|.ration,
ami a story is afloat that her nice
. " little Majesty will come over the seas to (
^ celebrate hs completion. This structure
across the St. Lawrence, n short way above
| t Montreal, the Canada papers tell us, will
[ he-one <>f the greatest wonder* of the world.
v It was cotninenceil in July. 1834, and is
under contract to he completed in 18(10.
| The total estimated c< si w as originally about
*7.000.000; but recently the plans have
^ been amended so as to reduce it to a little
over *0.000,000. 1 lie extreme length of
the bridge, including the abutment at each
aide,.will be 7.000 feet, or rather niofc than j
a ruilo and a quarter. There will be 2G
oil . , .. , ' ,
( j piers ot solid masonry supporting the iron
superstructure of the bridge. ilie ,centre
I , w ill span 380 feet, and the other ?p&nseach
213 feel wide. The height of the feiitro of
\ the bridge is GO feet above the water level.
, The weight of iron in the Vnbes will be ,
> 8.000 toil*, and content* uf the inasonry
' j 30,000,000 cubic A*et, w hen the whole
structure is liuisherl. The famous Britan- i
ilia Tubular Suspension Bridge, crossing
j the Meant Straits, and now one of the curiositiesof
the world, will scarcely he a cir
eniiisihti ce 10 ii. inciuning me emnaiiK(i,
menu at each side, the total length of llie
hiidge, from rivet hank tu river hank, will
j" ho 10,284 flot, or very nearly two miles.
I Nine piers of tbt^bridge are now completer!,
' hut are, as yet, unconnected by any roadI
way. They pre>on| a plain surface on the
two sides and lower end; the sides facing
the current being of wedge shape, in older
"" to break and turn a-ddo the blocks of ice,
l,u to provide against whoso destructive powers
lias been the great engineering ditlicul
)ii l? the enterprise.? ft of toa i'ost,
t>g A Good Pus*.?During ihc last session
!u?s of our Legislature theio was a bill intro>"d
dueed to punish a breach of coritidcnco in
it-Is lacors. Thereupon, an atnondinsnl was
up* . moved to punish a breach of faith in plantah
ors towards their factors. It was then stig
fly ge>icd that the title of the hill should be
ftei ?h mgo I, and it <diouh| he called a "bill to
. of. punish a pair of breech'
I [ Greenville .Vounti inter.
m
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1'kksuytekian General Apkembl*".?
L'here Lave been in all sixty-eight Modernoia
of llio General Assembly oflhe Presbyorian
church in the United States, comneucing
with the year 1789. Of this nuin>er
only twtntynint are now living. Fronj
1780 to 1825 only four survive, viz: lie*.
Dra. Nott, Neil, Janoway, and McDowell.
Duiing the whole term of sixty-eight years
it wbtch the Assembly has convened, its
e*>ion? have been held fifty two times in
Philadelphia, three in Pittsburgh, two in
Carlisle,^Pennsylvania, two in Cincinnati,
jbio, and one in each of the following nlares-:
Kichmoud and Winchester, Virginia;
Louisville, Kentucky; Baltimore, Maryland,
5t. Louis, Missouri; Charleston, S. C.; Nm-hrille,
Tennessee; New York city and Uuffao,
New Yoik.
Bkligioub Matters In Spaiv.?'The now
Spanish Ministry, although belonging to
lifi'erent political parties, is pledged to satsfv
the Pope and the bishops on all ecclesiastical
affairs. The Queen is reported to
lave said that after having iu vain tried to
e establish absolutism by a ministry of solliers
and lawyers, she wishes to try it anew
i\ a ministry of bishops. The last concorhit
is declared to be in full force, the disaiiorlisntinn
law abrogated, two royal circuars
of 1855, suspending the admission of
lovicos iu all convents cf nuns and the
:>ower of bishops of conferring holy order*
ire rcjHJale<], and tlie Jesuits reinstated in
heir college at Loyola. The Ministers dejlare,
also, their resolution to give to the
ixecution of Catholic principles all the
ilrenglh and foice possible. A certain Paire
Sanzc enjoys the unlimited confidence
of the Queen, w ho consults him before every
:ouncit ??f ministers over which she presides'
*s well as on every other important occnlion.
lie insisted ou having the sale of
zhurck properly stopped, and is thought to
li ?ve been n primary cause of the change of
Jio ministry.
Mr. Goodrich, iu his Recollections, gives
the following anecdote of a political barber
in Washington at tho limo Madison was
lii>t nominated by tbe democrats:
' A very keen observer, then and long
afterwards a senator of the United States,
once told me that at this period all the barbers
of Washington were federalists, and
lie imputed it to tho fact that the leaders of
that party in Congress wore powder and
long queues, and, of course, had litem
dressed every day by the barber. The
democrats, on the contrary, wore short hair,
or, at lca<t, sinail queues, lied up carelcsly
with a riband, and, therefore, gave little encouragement
to tho loiisorial art. One day,
as tho narrator told ine, while he was being
Slaved bv the leadincr barber of the cilv.
who tvh*, of course, a federalist, the latter
suddenly and vehemently burst out against
the nomination of Madison fortbe presideuey
by the democratic pa: ty, which bad been
that morning announced.
" *l>ear me!' said the barber, 'surely this
country is doomed to di.-grace and shame.
What Presidents we might have, sir! Just
look at Daggett, of Connecticut, and Stockton,
of New Jersey! What queues they
have got, 6ir?as big as your wrist, and
powdered every day. sir, like real gentlemen,
as thcv arc. Such men, sir, would
confer dignity upon the chief magistracy;
but this little Jiiu Madison, with a queue
no bigger than a pipe stem! Sir, it is
enough to make a man forswear his country
!'"
Singula it Phenomenon. The Irish
journals (says an exchange) give an account
of a singular phenomenon in connexion
with the extracting of a tooth in
the town of Iially men a. The tooth was a
grinder of large siie, sppsrtrlljr sound, and
so (irmly sealed that it broke in the effort
for its removal. On examining that portion
of the tooth which came off with the
instrument, a very extraordinary wormshaped
living animal was found adhering
to the centru of it. On being carefully removed,
without injury, it proved to be fivceiglilhs
of an inch long, lively as an eel,
of a hluod-red color, and about the thickness
of a woollen thrend. On viewing it
through a microscopy of limited power, it
appeared to be ringed or jointed in its formation;
no K-gs weio visible, and it moved
by erecting its body, arch like in the centre,
and projecting either end at pleasure?
appearing to have a head at each extremity.
? )ih- of the heads was large, flat, and broad
in proportion to the creature's size, with a
capacious mouth, and two black eyes, set
voi v widely apart, and projecting from the
upper part of the head. The other head
whs smaller, with a lengthened snout, and
mouth opening from underneath.
A Curious Map.?There is in the State
;:Lir.-irv a cur. =as rrencu snap, aaviag an
imprint, of which the following is a translation:
United States of Am.
with the Islands Royalo
Now Foundland, St. John, Acadia, ?Src.
1785
l'utis Delamaiche, line du foin
St. Jacques nu college do Maitre Gervais.
We also translate the following endorsement
found on this map:
Ten other new Stale* are forming in the
country comprised between the Lake of the
Woods, tho continence of the Ohio and the
Mississippi, named Western Territory.
Names of these ten Stales which, with
the old, will make twenty four; Silrania,
Michigania, Cheisonesus, Arsenistpia, Mesopotamia,
Illinois, Sarn'oga, Washington,
Polypotaunia, 1 Vlisy pia.
Can anybody tell where tho Frenchman
got the idea, that ten new States were to be
! formed with ??ch euphonious names out
of tho territory which he d< scribes!
| Albany Argrut,
A Piranok Tkanmtion.?The Quitman
(Miss ) Advertiser s?aya that Mr. Greene C?
Fore, who has been remarkably successful
in Brandon a? keeper of a retail drinking
shop, has been announcer] as preacher in
the same place in tht Methodist Church!
He will *;i I deal out things spiritual therefore,
but from the pulpit instoad of tho dr*n\
shop. A great country, etc,