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|iB ||mM|< III1PM mi 1.1,1 I , nnrfTT^Mn-Bj^i^ in , M ?u?^?i VOL. 10 CAMDEN. vSOUTII CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 12, 1849. ~~ NUMBER 37. ? - " . n - ? , ^^_^aucr.-?fiiT-i.r-n?. i n i' .nrm.vi i.it i ii i i 1-M.x-^jr i <i r I ll nil mi . i i i mm- i.ii.iii. ini m?aiMamn"- ??? ?.. - ?Ji THE CAfi])j^ J^IRNAL. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY T. W. PEGUIW. s??? LET US GIVE TIIANfCS. BY ELIZA COOK. L?t us give thanks with grateful Boa!, To Mini who sendttth nil; To Him who bids the planets roll And sees a sparrow fall. Though grief and leafs m uTm our joys, And earo and strife arrest, i . , | 'Tis man loo often that alloys The lot his .Maker blest; While sunshine lights the boundless sky, And dew-drops feed the sod? While stars and rainbows live on high? Let us give thanks to God, We tW Ihe earth in labor's hoaltii. We place the acorn cup; Tpc fields are crowned with golden wealth, . The green ^fees springeth up; T(ie sweet eternal wnterb gtlih . Fro/h fountain ami from vafc: Tl|C vir.cyards gush with purple flush, 4 Tlie.yellow h.r?? leave* trail; ? And while the harvest dftg* it gold, k. And cowslip* deck the sod? While limpid streams arc clear and cold, Let us give thanks to God. The flower yield* it* odor breath, A* grntle wind* go pant, The grasshopper that lurk* beneath Chirp* merrily and fast; fa o i?nrg dove coos upon the sprny. The lark* full anthems pour; Tlio l?ees start with a joconnd lay, The wave* sing on the shorr; flosnnnas fill the wood and wild, Where human step ne'er trod; And nature like an unwearied child, Smiles on its parent God. J>ay, Brother*, sli-iII Hie niro nno uiwuu I Thus loach and Well in vaiir? 'Shall the love rays that illume, Be lo.-t in cloud* of paii ? Shall heart* lie dead and vision* blind To all that mercy deals? "Shall ml uinl reason fail to fin<i friic shrine where instinct kneels? All, no! where glory lights the sky, Aud beauty paints the sodWhile slurs o.d rainbows live on high, Let un give thanks to God. OUR PRESIDENTS. First stand* the lofty Washington, That nobio, great immortal one; The older AbXAs next we see: And Jefferson comes number three; Then .Madison is fourth you know; The fifth one <>u the list, Monroe, The sixth an Adams comes again. And Jackson seventh in the train; Van Bcren eighth upon the line, And Harrison count* numh r inn ; 1 I'he renth is Tyler in his turn, And Pot.K ?levenlh, a? we learn; The twelfth is TaYi.or, people *. y. The next we'll It am some future < ay. From the Democratic Review. itivTiar orTniTxf JOHN HILL, Afcf.VS iMAUIX tuilitl ; I oil, TIIK VICTIM OF CIBLTMSTANCE. A TECE SKETCH OF LI IT IX ARKANSAS. M Among the iniest friends of the people, of all the present Convention, may toe named John Hill of St. Francisco, li s energy, eloquence, and courage, fully entitled him to "the proud place he holds, and, as we trust, will long retain-that of leader of the Arkansas Democracy"?Lit fie Gazette in the days of the Convention>, Bmkjdy Affuay.?" A desperate rencontre occurred last week in .St. Francis.? Two distinguished citizens were killed, and three others dangerously wounded. The difficulty resulted from an attempt to arrest John Hill, a member of the last legislature, and formerly of the Stale Convention, wins as it is alleged, is the iioruriotiS Votober, Nixon Curry, that committed such atrocities fif. teen years ago in the mount ains of Carolina." Little Rock Gazette, of May 1S4U. We have given the previous extracts from the oldest and most resectable journals of Arkansas, in order to satisfy every reader the followinj narative, extraordinary as some of its incidents may appear, is no tissue of fiction. Indeed, while relating genuine events, and painting true scenes, we have been especially careful to avoid all vivid colors. Should this short sketch, by any chance, reach the forests of Arkansas, the j pc >ple there will deem Us descriptions tame * in comparison with the deeds of the man.? The writer, who has resided long tin the frontier, has no use for fancy in portraying its exciting hfe. Simple memory will serve hun very well. About fifty years ago there lived in Iredell county. North Carolina, a Presbyterian preacher, bv the name of Curry. lie was a man in easy circumstances, of irieproachable character, and having a largo family of - ? -I -I x promising suns mm these, the favorite was Nixon. distinguished when a boy for Ins fearless courage and the tenderness of his heart alike, lie seems from several anecdotes of Ins early days, to have been a child of intense earnestness and passion. When only six years of nge? he had a combat at school with n bully of the play ground nearly twice his own weight, and after suffering dreadfully, at last aclnev cd victory due almost entirely to the sheer power of his endurance. From the time he was six years old, that is to say from the first session he attended in j the country school-house, had Nixon Curry j been in love. I lis id'l was a little g:rl < I t ie same age. under the tuition of die same master. The attachment appears mutual J from the commencement. They stood up in one class. and always managed to stand together. During the hours of recess, when the other juveniles wete amusing t.'icinschcs with V-str.us Vie precocious [rvtrs | \v";m!<l wander amidst leafy groves, or by ili?* 1 I mossy margins ol silver nils. Forever, t<? j eternity, ami whenever, ilie soft spell of fiist j love comes, il brings with il the bright spir| it of'-poCtYv, sratiermg tlnrk-starred dreams i and divine Visions of beauty over all things. ! Even llien they exchanged pledges, ami dis j coursed in sweet sinless whispers of their future bridal. A liA tl mis ilie\ Vrrew up into one delicious identity of fancy and feeling. Their bias for each other'* society, while chiM'dn 'caused no particular icinark. '"Such atlachfoents are common between the yViiith of opposite sexes in the country, and. as usual, tennin! ate abruptly, on irriVal -at mature years.? Far different, ImxYeWr, was the ease with Nixon Curry and Lucy Gordon. Their passion became so evident at fifteen, thai all further intercourse was forbidden bv her parents.?among the wealthiest nristocraev of Carolina. 7'hcn followed stolen meetings by star-light, firmer vows awl wihter love, which always increases in pmpurlionlo its crosses, aikJ like llin tree of Lebannun, sends down its deepest roofs into the lieatt the more it is shaken by storms rinallv, at seventeen, when Lucy's relatives were endeavoring to force Iter into the aims of another, she fle.l with the lover of her childhood. Tliey were pursued?overtaken ; and Nixon Curry shot Ins rival and offe'dft+ie pt-oml Gordons de id n the spot, and then escape I with his bride, although hotly chased by more men. and Ibund an asylum in the Alleghany Mountains near f e sources of the Catawba. Here, under the plea of neccsity, lie embraced t'h'e |Vr<< feSSi??n of a robber, and rendered his name famous by die ni'wfoer and astonishing boldness of his exploits Wo nYay record it, not - i r . as a matter of inerrit, perhaps, dot mr me i srrke (Vf historical truth-, that the youthful itanclit ncVe'i was kno\Yn to perpetrate any deed of m'AVdeV f??"r the puposc of plunder, though he did several to avoid arrest. At length Hre rTi'tYior of life daVin'i felonies censed suddenly, and. notwilhitauding a reward of five thousand dollars was offered for his, apprehension l>v the Governor of the Slate, he Witts fceatrd of no more in North Carolina. At the first settlement ol the feitile delta, bordering on the St. Francis, there nunc ,i:i emigrant, w ho milled liimself John Hill, and who soon succeeded in acquiring uuiier>ul popularity. Although of moderate mean-, lie was sober, industrotis. generous and hos pitable; and such continued to lie his character, in tft'e new country oflm adoption, for twelve successive years. During all that period he never had a personal difficulty or quarrel with any human being; and yet t-vei v body was satisfied, that such a peaceful life ? singular fr that latitude, a as tint owing to a want of coinage, or deficiency in power to perforin good service, in any sort j of battle field ; for of all bear-hunter:; that ever pierced the jungles o( cane in "the great swamp,'* op 'descended hv torch light into the dark caves of the Ozark Mountains, In-I was ceieln aled as tin: most li arless. lie was repeatedly elected to the terii or.al Legislatiue, where in- disll lgm?hcd linns If by a strong, impassioned cloq-i ce a< a chic: leader in the Dein-teraiie rank-*, lbwas next, as we h.iVe s're.ulv seen, a mem berof the convention tlial formed the state constitution, and was eu-ct :d again the enmingy car to repicseut his country in the Senate of Arkansas. Al litis period commenced his second scries of misfortunes. (Mi's nearest neighbors - i* .1 were I lie Si rungs,?four winner* <?i consider ble wcalili, more ambition, and, if we may borrow the phrase of the country, *4f.inious fighters." Nolwiliislandingiheir character was so dissimilar from dial of the pa cific ' bear-hunter," a close and cordial intimacy grew up between thern , and Hill in an un<rarded moment, made the eldest bro. their, ( iuo'rge. a confidant as to the secrets of ins previous history. It happened that ties same George conceived a voilcnl desire for political distinction and requested Hill to resign his seat in the Senate in the i liberal friend's favor. IIill refused, and the Sir <ngs Conspired (of a terrible revenge. Writing back to Carolina, tliey procured a copy of lite reward offered for the arrest of Nixon Curry, the fnrfiuied robber; and then collecting a rtaliv of a dozen despeato men. lliev attempted to capture Hill in his own house. The letter had always gone united, with his en irmniis double-barreled shot gun, t\Vo lortg rifle-pistols, an I a knile so heavy, that few other hands besides bis own could wield it. The its^adlt of the Strongs proved horrible to themselves. IIill killed two of the brothers and dangerously wounded foe tluiir Pl itWwIw' <>ciMiiutt?r iinlmrf _ n!lliull"h more than twenty rounds of ball and buck shot were aimed at his breast. The excitement resulting from the affair was boundless. A requisitidil came on from the executive ot Carolina, demanding the surrenderor Nixon Curry. The govern* or of Arkansas published an additional re. ward for the arrest of John llill; and thus betwixt the two fires, the victim's chance seemed perfectly hopeles. IIi'Ps conduct in the rrissis was nr-enp* and (earless as ever. I'arhiug Up li.i^i;!\. lie s* t out with Ins wife and eliddren. in i common moving \\agon, tor l-pper Aika .-as where lie knew of a hand of ilesperadoes tiiat he believed would protect linn, lb was oveihauled at Conway Court-House by two hundred men m pursuit, all thoroughly armed, and some ? ( lliein renowned "fighters.'' Hill saw their approach on the distant praiiie, and with his dreadful douitlc* barrel?that sure death-dealer to either man or beast, within range of two hundred yards, < - * i : - i- 'k-i.. . instantly marclico m iihti iiis im>, m> incredible bravery,j ?ined to tin; tear before inspired l?v bis desperation, affected the ad* voicing troops with sneli an n?iar*?:<?mit;ilil?panic, that the whole two hundred sought .safety in a disgracefully rapid flight. Several other alte.mpts were nude to rapture the dangerous outlaw, all alike ending either ill ludicrous or tdoodv failures, in the meantime Hill's character and eondurt u\ikrwenf ? complete change. Forced to I he aKvnvVn'n the lookout, find there Pure un- Iv abh? t< ! ?!!??".v any steady business in order b; in suppdrt'his family, he'resorted to 'the gam- to ;ng table. He learned ftlso to indulge in ihc liiery stimu'ous ??f ardeTit "rfrirrk. and his dis. fa pns.iiMi, necessarily s aired by recent events, !a became'quarrelsome in "the ex'reme. Per- li haps there never was a man. excepting that iNirptilcn mI die dncliisls, James Bowie, who w was >o heartily dreaded. 1 liave mvse I el I seed persons of undonhting courage turn ci | pale meielv at the apperance of Hill's gi- as gantic form. Itrnadly belled and bristling tli with pistols. He was waylaid and shot at a number of times, vet still escaped without rlt a scar. But this eoti'd be considered no th wonde : lor nvni lirnve men's hands shook sh when tlicy saw him. and shaking hands gen- j c! eraily make veiv poor shots. *i< During the September term, 1843, of the j th Circuit Court for Pope county, in which 11 dl j vc resided, lie got up one morning uncommon- i al Iv gloomy, and while at the breakfast table, j suddenly hurst into tears. j fa "What is the mailer mV tfear?" asked ; yt I.nev?thai beautiful Lltcv. \Vllo had for- \ in nierly l?-fc her wenlibv homo in Carolina for i II the rohln-r and robber'scave. ai "i have hatl a dreadful dream," answered . 01 the liiishnud, shuddering at I ho recollection; I "I saw CJeor??c Strong in my sloop, and he 1 b; kissed me with his pnlc hps, that hmned th like fiio. and studied of sulphur. 1 am sure 1 Ih sha I die before sunset." i d( "Then do not go to court, to-day," said tho ! or wife in accents of earnest entreaty. j !.( ' But I will," replied the husband firmiv. j sk "When a man's tunc is come, he cannot hide i from death; beside, it would be the act of a ; "I coward to do so, if one possesses the pow- i a or." Then addressing his son, a fine inteili- j r.i gi'iit boy r?|'iliiriccn, lie continued, "Bil you fa see mv gun!" pointing his finger as lie spoke ! to the great double barrel, hanging on buck- j horns over the door, "practice with that ev- ; erv mornfrig, and the day you are sixteen, "r shoot the loads of both barrels into the man 10 who will this day kill your f titer." 'It "Yonder comes Muse Howard, he will prUerl p;i," riMiiaiki'd Mary, Hill's eldest daughter a lovely girl of fifteen, who was to * be marr cd :lie next day to the yuthap- s'" pr< aching. Y 11:11 and Howard depot ted; Lucy with pi tears, and Mary blushing, both calling out u' as ihev left the gate, "lake good cflvonfjot him; Mose. and be sure and lirinj him back | er to night." j l,!| "Never fear," answered the youth, with a ,;t laugh; "Hill will never die till I k it him." ' > "Then he will live forever," retorted Mary laughing also, As soon as the friends reached the village, j lliil began to drink deeply, and manifested , more than ordinary anxiety for a combat, j ori insulting every body that crossed his pa h; and all the vouiIt's entreaties failed to paeifv ai1 him. At last, the desperado swore that lie ar would eh ar the court house; and entering, i ? wnh a Innoii. coiiulcu.iuef, and a lineal a* ! s,i to his p'lipos'-, ju Iges. I.i\v\crs. jorv ami | s:*erlalors ;n;i : ii gnu, rai rusn i<?r me ?i?n?r. i * 0u.'md dru..km man alone did not run as I last a- liu! wished, and lie sprang on ilia nbceilc u retell and commenced healing iiiai numer-nluHy. I 1! wan! :i? i raujlii hold id his future | ,"1 father in-aw, (.das! who was never l?? he!) j s" and ailrnij.I' d in pini him away. | lilt eyes red. and glaring like a mad ; ~" dni', Hill iiist'iui ly turned up-m Irs fiend, ; and Willi a suiglc blow uf Ins fist, felled liim ! s? In tin: Hnnr; ilieu following ihe violent act, f)r lie leaped ??ii I lie yuiilli, and began a most leh>oiou? battery. In vain I Inward endeav- 'in lied tn escape. erving nut in lone* nf lieseeching horror*, ' For (.iod's sake, cease! < I fill don't vmi know me? Ymir friend ' Wl Mi is"! Keiiicmlier Mary!' Hill's anger | only increased, till linaliv, lie threw his hand ; 11,1 In Ins belt and clutched a pistol. And then Howard's blond a'so boiled, and he resolved j ^ to fight l'?r iiis life, lie was of as powerful j a frame as tin' oilier,?die only person in all i Arkansas to be compared witii the despara- 'ia do in physical strength. aH"w;inl grasped die barrel of the pisiol j"'1 as Hill cocki'd ii, and die weapon exploded in their hands without injury. Oileo more I lliev cleiiele d, an I the most dreadful strng- ; . . i wl git! eiiSUed OVtf Witnessed III tlh' West. 1 IK! I advantage shifted fir minutes, (ill both | Wi'iij bit lied olio siiio tn I he other |i?r tlio I spaec of five in streams nl their own blond. :r" Even 1 lie liv slanders. looking <>n through 1J|' (lie windows.i|' tin; Inn cnuri-linuse, wort: I. j struck with wonder and awe. Al length, while writhing and twisting like two rai>i -g serperiis, llie handle nl Hill's huge bo win knife, until -unlit of previously. w. protruded from beneath his hunting-shirt. .:<ith saw it at the stlinc lime, and both at- |n, tempted to grasp it. Howard succeeded; t||| quick as lightning ho drew the keen blade a front its scabbard, and sheathed it up to the na hill in the bosom u! his friend and his .Mary's I ,)C lather. p, 'The dream is fulfilled," exclaimed Hill no with a smile of strange sweetness, that re- llt. ma nod on Ins feature* even after ho was a j,, eorps . Ho then sank down, and expired Sl.( without a groan. jM, itowanl gazed on him there as he lay. ha w tii that singular smile on Ins lace thtd hi- in eves open. And then, awaking wiilul start, as il IVoui some liurrib o vision o| the night, the poor, unhappy vouili, loll headlong on pri the body of his friend, erying in tones that mm lied many a burdened spectator into tears, v?? "Ureal (*.id! what have I doner He kiss- tht ed the clammy lips of the dead, wet his vo checks wiih a ram of unavailing sorrow; cs- | kc sayed lo stailnclt the blood v wonml willi | his hankcrchicf; and then, apparently sal is- pr lied thai all was over, sprang upon his feel, u illi a sli'Mii, or ore properly a scream.? in; "farewell Alary. y??nr father is gone, and I am <!'?iii^ with liini;" and lurninji I he point lib of ihe i?orv knife towards Ins own hrcasi. he and would have plunged it into his lieiiri, dr had lie not been prevented by the by-slan an d?os. mi had now crowded into the room, rai I ie s liie* eveo.iij M.ise Howard disap- n 11 pea red, and was heard of no tnoro for near- m< I wo years, when a Itorse-lrnder brotigh tck wonl that he had seen him in San An nio, Texas. Wlmnjhe shocking news rearhed Hill' inily, the heautiltil Marv burst into a will i?i!. She is now in the Asylum tor tin isan<\ at New Orleans. Had we been inditing a tale of romance e would have paused with a preeeedin; tapler; but literal truth compels lis tore >rd another fa-1 equally characteitelir, but I ; to the chutf actors and the backwond: eatreoi the main iradgedy. It Will lie remembered, that the fallei js/porad" tiad enjoined it on hte son to slai e slayer of his father on tiie day that In ibuld arrive at sixteen. Without any sue! targe, vengeance would have been con Jered by 1 hat boy as a sacred duly? for 01 o fvoVrtferx, the widow- of the Slam. tend raiigeance to their children, and occasion ly execute it themselves! Accordingly, Bid Ilill prariised willt hi iher's gun every day for two succcssivi :ars, and this even before he had any rn or as to the place of Howard's refuge e then learned that his foe was in Texa* id two months b.fore he was sixticn se jf to hunt him tip. At the end of forir months Bi!l Ilill cairn ick, and hanging up the double-barrels ii -eir old buek-horn rack, answered his rnn er's enquiring look,--"Mutiter, Mose i ad, let him have both loads. Though 'ed before I done it. and afterwards ton ; looked so miserable, pale and bonV as ; eleton." ' Poor Mose!" said the mother, weeping >ut it e.ould not be helped. The son of suel brave man as Nixon Curry must nuvi r b< died a coward, and besides it was you titer's order.'' MISTAKES OF THE ItlCII. The Egyptian King. who swollen wit! andeur, ordered acollossal staircase buil his new palace,discovered, to his char ?rn at it required a ladder to get from one stej (ho other. He had forgotten that a king' K*. after all, are as short as a beggar's.? ggrandisc as von may, ilie limits of ou uses check us niisernhly evcrv moment ou call yourself proprietor! Houses am clures outlive you, an I alter taking youi ill of them lor a short time you are carrie< it of your own door feet foremost, never t? iter it again. 'Proprietors' von were, per ips of farms and castles, estates am) utoun ins', hut now voii are nothing to'sit "a hoh the ground, six feel by two ! The at lists who visit your gallery whi!< >n live and own it, enjoy it mure than you You are rich enough to dine twenty-loui nc? a dav, hut yon must eat sparingly ( vei ice. Your c'clLr is frill ofcx(|u.sil wine it you ran only drink one bottle yoursell id to iho your store y<?tt arenblig- d to leal omid you \oiir frmndsi relatives, parasite! a htlle woiIII who live upon your sub nice, i*.nd \Vho, iii>ti'dd of being grateful e likely to make you a return ui envy.? ou have thirty horses m your stable; vol ii mount hut one or rule after but twooi nr. H.ilheluld is forced to eotilenl himself will e same sky as the p tor m:\vspapt i writer id the great hanker e.aunot order a privati us* I, in<r add one ray to the niagiuiieeiiec the night.. The same air swells all lungs the same kind of blood tills all veins.? itch one possesses, rearlv only his owi uses. Soul ami body?these are ihe oiil\ iimrlf wliwli n 111:( 11 (lUIIS. 'f , Ail that is n available id this world is to 1m id l'<ir nothing. Gonitis, beauty and love e not bought and sold. Y>? may buy ?i !i bracelet. hut not a well turned arm l< car it?-a pearl necklace. but not a pear!\ rnat with wieli it shall vie. The richesi i-rehanl on earth will vjlinlv offer lii'r lor in; to be able to write a verso Iik** Bvron, tie mines into the world naked and goe? t naked. The difVereue.n m the finches* a hit of fine linen is riot miieli. Man is .1 tidfiil of day which nn ns rapidly buck ain to dust, and is compelled nightly In lapse into nothingness of sleep, to get unglli to commence hie again on lite mor w. In this life, so partaken by aunihilntion trtl is there real! Is it our sleeping 01 iking ; our dreaming or thought ? 1)< - arise (to the more valuable life when wi tobed or when we an>e :) Man is nr oprietor! Or he owns but the breath a? raverses Irs hps, and the idea flits a cms? i mind. And even the idea belongs l<; other. A Pomtb Sheriff.?Sheriff Summer is rcmaHtahle lor Ins great atientioii te liters o| etuiuette. Nothing could make ii Ins natural politeness, and ai ics this quality was extended when it had most ludicrous effect. Towards criniiIs hi; was exceedingly | nlile, and on one casion when an unToi-innate prisoner was lie executed, the Sheriff, with that kiuds.s of heart which wris out; ?>r his proinint cliaraclerisiies. paid ev< rv attention the ciilpnt which his dreadful situation jined to reijuirc, and when the poorf-l.v was led upon the scaffold. and the rope <1 Ween adjnsie \ Mr. Summer inquired the most friendly manner? 4 'oes the knot suit yon. sir?' "Ves, I don't kno\V hut it diicjtj" said the isoner. "II I croiild make it more comf triable to it I should lie extremely," happy," said i Sheriff. "Will von do mi! the yreal fa r when you are ready to drop your hand rohief?"* ' I hav'nt got anv handkerchief," said the isoncr. "Oil! excuse mo. \Vi!I vmi nlilijro fun liy ikinu u*e 0(1111110 lor 1I10 occasion?" The handkerchief was ao< ejiii'd and t!i ir k cap was drawn tin: rlomnod man's ad A a short limn the handkerchief was ppod. Mr. Summer rut the cord d as the body droppc I down, lie sod his hat Iroin his head, and said with nost polite bow, and bland smile, "good irniig, sir." i An Extraordinary Case of Hydro<'hgc bu.? A very singular ca ? of hydroph ?l?ia !ias occuarcfi in Southwark, the particulars s of which, -rom I he at tending physician, Dr I T. .S. Reid.are as follows: The [>c:rson aff . led was a Mr. Win. W iHeis. a r'espcctabh J , c t zen of the district. Mr. WiMets is a man , , about 83 vears of aire, of strong constitution i i and active habits. On Tuesday evening, he < - returned from his labor in his ufcual good i 1 health. On Wednesday niomnrg he rose i * If < with a stiffness in the side of his neck and i numbness of the arm. which he a'ltribhted i lo the exposure to a change in tlio Jem'per : ; ature during the night, fie afrplic'n to Dr. j Reid, who, fin ing no other apparent cause 1 i of dise;?>e, gave him a remedy, winch, how* . ever. (1 id not remove the disagreeable seni >aiion. He grew rapidly worse, soon began J i to manifest all the usual symptoms of hydro ph"hia. A current of air passing over him when his eyes were closed would cause s violent paroxysms. A drink of water would n produce the same effect, tliongh he com o nmed ifreatlv of thiV^ Arid evinced a i ! strung desire to aski>! the efforts of the do<; i t. lor to gel liiin to drink. He also exhibited i t the characteristic of spitting violentlv.? i Opiates were administered to him, and ehlo2 reform liberally, bin they produced scarce 1 a lv any effect-, abd dn Friday morning the - unfortunate man died. What is peculiar ( s about the case is, that Mr. Willcts nev. 1 1 cr liad been bitten bv a rabid anima'i i; within his knowledge, and had no idea that a his disease was hydrophobia. There was nopttin attending his sicknes , winch in hy', (Irypholiia usually affects the Wounded pSr't i I) and extends upwards to the sea' o sensation. 2 There was no wound, and no injury percepr nble, thougli Mr. Nell says the man was bit- , ten a year ago by a dog that he was playing 1 with, which subsequently died. All the symptoms were characteristic of the hydro. > phobia, and it is supposed to be a spout ane- t 1 mis case of that dreadlul malady. Both Dr. I ' Reid and Dr. Condio, we understand, in} cline to that belief. '1 he case is certainly 1 * extraordinary, and will interest the medi- 1 ral profession. We have no doubt it will ' r i J .1.. Dt.l F 1 lie auiy repurieu.?rtin. ijtugrr. ' " Doii'i you think rev eyes look quite killr ing tins morning?'' said n country dandy to i a siuail giil; and he twisted his leaden vis} lonuries in die most cruel and fascinating manner. "They remind me," replied the damsel, "of a codfish dying of the toothache." 1 She can fwss. : Did you receive my remittance, Nathan, . my son?" r "Yes father.', ' " Then \Vhy oid the not huv n new coal ? j thy present one is rather fragile." " Why tin: fart is, that 1 left all my money ' !h the hank at New Orleans." ? Ah ? thy economy is certainly commenda Me?in u hat bank ?" " I don't exactly remember what hank fatlier; I know it was a verv good bank as 1 it Irarl a scriptural name. It was? in !?* let me see?it was thc jjhmouh ban' , I think.* i Dying words.?The last expressions o1 . the veteran General Gaines to his friends J was:?"M knapsack is packed, and I am rea ly for the last march." 5 ??? What is jnst ce ? A pair of scales, in i which the aetmift of mankind are olico ' weights being sometimes bought rip by power and wealth, whilst others that are in' correct are substituted. i A Bishop's Wish.?A gentleman was complaining ton pious prelate, dial a curiam j clergyman in his neighborhood was gi.ne I i now! f11r tlmi he did iiothnii? lint oreacli and I pray; "I wisti their," .*a:d the ?ood Bishop; 1 . "lit; would bile some of my clergy." ^ : A Good Reaso.v ? I lie Secretary of Nova i .Scotia, mi rci'omuicddiiig measures against * ; 1 lie spread of the small pox. said it was a J i loathsome disease?destroying Me, caused ^ great deal of terror, and impimed the lo?k*\ ( of the inhabitants! t] Why should we open our hearts to the J world? It laughs at our weakness and it j ( does not believe our virtues; it does not pity | a ; our sorrows. s i I : A Lo.no Nose.?Napoleon dsed to say. ; "Strange as it mav appear, when I want | i any good head wotk d- tie, I choose a man,; ! provided his education has been suitable, ji with a long nose. His breathing is bold and i " ' tree, and Ins brain, as well as his lungs hi id ' I1 ? heart, cool and clear. In mv observation v of men. I have almost invariably foiiiul a " long nose and a long head go together." I 11 One of the surest evidences of friendship a that one individual can display to another, is telling him gently of a fault. If tiny other , can exeel it. it is listening h? sucn a disclosure \ r with gratitude, and amending the error. j |, ' <1 Old Zack and tiik Hoys.?The Pittsburg d Journal tell* an amusing story ol (iencnl Tay- ^ lor anil *ome ragged litile urchin* in that ttixvii. | As llie reception coHrge of ihe President was t passing through the Fifth Ward, the little ll?l- i lows were eagerly speculating as to the idenli (l ty ol the Hero of Bucna Vista, hut were unable < lo assure ihemselves as to which of the four in i the vehicle assigned to Ids Excellency, was the | great man. The excitement at last rose to such |a pitch that one little rascal in primitive shirt | and iron sets hawled out as loud as he eou'il veli, '| 'lake of your hat, old Zack, so as we can see ? xoii for eeitain." The General turned to the voire, and with a m?d and a smile at the little group, grawly look oil his hat amidst (lentening * cheer*. ? \ very* apt SmILK.?Somebody w ho (loos S not think always as the books teach or a< the \ 1 world believps, says of an open countenance: r > 4,It is not always a mark of fiankness in pos sess an open countenance. An alligator is a de. 1 reiliiil creature, and yet ho presents an open f i countenance when in the very act of taking: li ?ii t- " U' SURRENDER OF REY. The New Orleans Picayunz of the 2dih ult. says: Dr. Franklin Gage, formerly of the United Stales AVmy, fir rWd "here yesterday wi'h Juki Garrfa, alias Key, on board,the brig Salvado a, eight days from Havana. We learn that.Dr. Gage brought a. letter of instructions from G mi. L'amphell, the American Consul at Havana, to I he U. S. District Attorney. It was heJieved hit Rey's ti alimony would he of he utrri i?t importance to our Government, and that lie ivmild arrive here before the trial l.ere fiid er.mfnated. < Rey was given up at the request of Genpni Campbell, afieran interview with El Conde do Alcoy of several hours duration, the falter knowing, we presume, that if the request we-re relused, a forcible demand would fie made. Ip he absence of Mr. Hnnlon. the U. S. District Attorney, Dr. Gage. promptly delivered Rey to Mr. fe. A. partner and representative of Mr". Hunton. It wan the opinion of the Americans at Havaria, that no action would be taken l?y otir Government, as it had heretofere never interfered Vril|i outrages committed l?y the authoritiesol Culm on Americnn citizens. The extjremdinary case of Nathaniel Cross, the Consular Agent at Matanzas, who was imprisoned and deserted by,our GoveVVVthent, was cited. The greatest eicitement prevailed in Havana Rmong the Americans as well as the Creoles of the island, and there was no doubt that Rey would have he'en " garroted," (strangled,) had not the intervention of the ronsul taken place, It is believed that the American Consul had received orders to make a formal demand for Rey, ff ha Were not immediately given up. It iVA* Well intimated also that El Conde do Alcojjr had received instructions from the Spanish Minister at Washington, Jo deliver up Rey immediately on a demand by this Government, but this is merely conjectural. In a cmyversaiioq vyhirh we hid with Rey yesterday, he stated that at the time he was abducted he was drugged, in a state of stupefaction, although he knew what was going on, He s^atVs that Capf. McConnell was the first man who took hold hitti, When he was shoved on board* He was not ironed, or in any way confined. He also says that wWn at tho Raiize he offered Capf. McConnell thirty ounces to put him on shore, which he (McC.j refused. He denies having made the declaraion before the Spanish Consul. The pardon which was extended to him at Havana was granted only on condition that ho should givis :erlain information, which if not satisfactory, lie was to be confined in prison until he should atisfy the authorities. Dr. Gage was in the boat with the American Consul at the lime the latter boarded the AnJrew Ring. The Captain of the Port was also ilongside, and interrupted the Consul, telling liin that there were questions he must not ask, lien. Campbell replied that he did not wish to ie dictated to. Rev, as we have already learn?d, at the time denied the abduction, being in >ar of the Spanish official. He has siucp stated that he did not know at the time that it was the American Consul who was alongside, ir he would not havp made the statement which las been published. He also acknowledges laving Written two letters to the American Consul as soon as he learned that it was he W'ho lind boarded him in ihe boat. It was about ? / . r ii I i wo weeks utter inp Uovernor or riavana nan Allied G-'u. Campbell communication with Rev, that he was given ii[). R??v. after his delivery to Mr. Bradford, the "ppiesprttAiiVe <)F ihe U. S. Dislrsct Aroney, o'ds taken he fore V'"mini*Mnner Cohen, .and equired to give l>itil in the sum of $1000 for lis appearance helore ihe U. S. Circuit, C^urt U the next November, term. Key intimated n the Commissioner that he would prefer to jo to pHsori; qivifi* fo fenrs for his personal 'afety which he enteriained, and his friend Worante. the Chocolate dealer, who stood hy flis side, also expressed his desire that he (Rey) ihnuld remain in the care and under tho pro. eel ion of the American authorities. Whereipon a commitment was made out hy the Comnis-iouer, and Rey \t-as delivered over to the J. S. Mar-hal, Mr. Wm. S Scott W?? learn that no persons will lie permitted o converse with Rey, except hy an order first ihtained fiom the U. S. Marshal. We consider his arrangement a very judicious one. Rey^ )<*injj apprehensive of danger, has chosen to dace himself under tin* protection ol the officers if our laws, and it i> incumhent on thpm to irevent his heing molested. No risk should ie run of his heing tampered with hy any of he itietilpa'ed parlies. When he is visited hy itiv one, his friend Moranle, who has shown, o disinterested an attachment to hhHj should ic present. Will He Veto? The Soum Betrwfd.? { friend furnishes u* an extrtfcl frdfti the Washngton Republic, tie personal and especial rgan of (ien. Tavlor, froth which it will be lerceivrd that the President sticks to one pledge, rhich he gave t?? the opponents of slavery, and f the Smith?the price of Northern support.? t is a reiteration ol the pledge noi to exercise, he veto power on the Wi.'rnot Proviso Bill, of nv bill of like chrtrt\c|pr: The extract is as follows : 44 As regard* his excclitivo relations toward:} he question i f slavery and its extension, he us proclaimed sentiments which asslire us of lis leally at once to the ConMitdtion and to,the peril central principle of Republicanism. 0.?e. ience of government to the public will logititjalely avowed." There is nothing Delphic in this giving of he oracle. It is a plain, palpable declaration, hat lio will not use the veto for the proton ion ifSnuthern rights. This ought to * hut up thnso viuthern Whig presses who have hpon gulling he Southern people with declarations that tho 'resident wnuhl veto in the contingency sup. iosciI. Doubtless some ol them honest!'ieveil sn. What do they honest I yWieJiv ^ ^lkVl ( rite editor of the Washington RepA.iie By Authorit."?August a Cons' '.itfioniligf* 'Did I not give you a fl< gging the other day?'' a itl a schoolmaster to a. uemMing urchin. 4,Vcs ir," answered the ?mjf* "Well, what does thn Sniphire ?iiy upon the suhp,ri?'> 4,| don't know, ir," said t!? ? other. "except it is in thai pa?sago vhich s.iv.s **Ii U more hieasod to give than to ? t ccoive. Mr. Cheoney one ??f the California diggers rom Lowell has written home that ho had redected 840,000 worth of gold du*t in tbreei veck?*