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The Spartan circulates largely over this utn] adjoining districts, on 1 offers ait twiiiiratle median to our friend* to reach eustomcrs. Job work of all kinds promptly executed. Blanks, Law and K?jnity, continually on hand o? printed to order. CAROLINA SPARTAN. * Extracts from Irvine's Washington, x'ui'ui.ation ok south uakoi.1N?"TIlC population was scanty for the extent of the country, and was made up of emigrants, 01 tho descendants of emigrants, from vnriotu lands and of various nations. Huguenots who had emigrated from Franco after tin revocation of tho Kdict of Nantz; (ieimans from tho Paluliuate; Irish Protestants who had received grants of land from the crown Scotch Highlanders, transported hithoi after the disastrous battle of Oulloden; Dutch colonists, who had left Now York after its submission to Kngland, and been settled hero on bounty lands/' Wm, Washington.?"Tarlcton had soon afterwards to encounter a worthy antagonist in Col. Wm. Washington, the same cavalry officer who had distinguished himself at Trcntou, and was destined to distinguish himself still more in this Southern cam paign. lie is described as being six feel in height, broad, stout, and corpulent. Bold in tho field; careless in the camp; kind to his soldiers; harassing to his enemies; gay and good-humored; with an upright heart and a generous hand, a universal favorite." Bankstkk Tari-kton.?'-This 'bold dragoon,' so noted in Southern warfare, was about twenty six years of ago, of a swarthy complexion, with small, black piercing eyes, lie is described as being rather IkIow the middle size, square built and strong,'with large muscular legs.' It will be found that ho was a first-rate pariizan officer, prompt, ardent, activu, but somewhat unscrupulous. Patrick Fkuoubon.?"Ferguson was a fit associate for Tarlcton in hardv, Kcraiub ling, partizan enterprise; equally intrepid ?-iu ueieriuinoti, out cooler, and tuoru open to impulses of Immunity, lie was the son of an eminent Scotch judge, had entered the army at an early ago, and served in the German war*. The British extolled him as superior to the American Indians in the use of tho ritie; in short, as being tho best marksman living. He had invented one which could be loaded at the breech and discharged seven times in a minute. It bad been used with elfecl by his corps. Washington, according to British authority, bnd owed his life at lite hat tie of German town solely to Ferguson's ignorance of his person, having repeatedly been in reach of the Colonel's unerring rifle." Count uk IIociiamiiuau.?''The Couut do Ivochatnbeau, Lieu led ant General of the royal armies, was commander in-chief ol this auxiliary force, lie was a vote:an, fifty-live years of age, who had early distinguished himself, when Colonel of tho iig:ment of Auvcrgne, and bad gained laurels in various battles, especially that of lvlostcr Camp, of w hich ho decided the success. Since then, he had risen from one post <>t honor to another, until intrusted with his present important command." "Spirit ok Nowii Ca.roi.isa. l.O.d Cornwallis, when left in military command at the South by Sir Henry Clinton, was charged, it will l?o recollected, with the invasion of North Carolina. It was an enterprise in which much difficulty was to be apprehended, both from the character of the people and the country. The original settlers were from various parts, most of them men who had experienced political or religious oppression, and had brought with thorn a quick susceptibility to wrong, a stern appreciation of llieir rights, And an indomitable spirit of freedom and inJependenco. In the heart of tbe State was a hardy Presbyterian stock, the Scotch Irish, as they were called, having emigrated from Scotland to Ireland, and thence to America; aud who were said to possess llio impulsiveness of the Irishmen, with the dogged resolution of the covenanter. "The early history of the colony abounds with instances of this spirit among its pooplo. 'They always buhaveu insolently to their Coventors,' complains (tovornor Harrington in 17.31; 'some they have driven out of the country?at other times they set up a goverumcut of their own choice, sup ponou uv 111011 under anus.' It was, in fact, tlio spirit uf popular liberty and selfgovernment which stirred within thom, and gave birth to the glorious axiom?"the lights of the many against the exactions of the few.' Ho tij?o was the spirit at an early day, that when the boundary line was run, in 1727, between North Carolina and Virginia, the borderers were eager to bo included within the former Province,'as they payed no tribute to God or CVsar.' "It was litis spirit that gave liso to the confederacy, called the Regulation, formed to withstand tho abusos of power; and the first blood sited in our country, in resistance to arbitrary taxation, was at Alamance in this province, in a conflict between tho Keg u lulors and Gov. Try on. Ahove all, it i should nevjr he fan/often that at j\ feck tenburp, in the heart of North Carolina, was fulminated the fust declaration of indejten denee of the British crown, upwards of a near before it like declaration of Congress" Washington on Miutia.?"lie wrote to Gov. liulledgc, of South Carolina (12lli September) to raise a permanent, compact, well organized body of troops, instead of depenaing npon a nun)or<vts army of mill I r jfcfi*' - tin, always 'inconceivably expensive, and too fluctuating and undisciplined' to oppose a regular force, lie was still inoro urgont and explicit on this head in bis letters to tbo ^'resident of tbo Congress, (September r 15.) 'Kegubtr troops alone,* said be,'are I equal to the exigencies of modern war, n* : well for defence us offence, and whenever ! a substitute is attempted, it must prove | illusory and ruinous. No militia will ever [ 1 acquire tho habits necessary to resist a ; regular force. The firmness reqtiisito f?r I , tbo real business of Ogbting is only to be ! obtained by a constant course of discipline ( ; and service. I have never yet been a witness to a single instance that can justify a different opinion; and it is most earnestly to bo wished that the liberties of A me 1 rica may no longer be trusted in any ma ' terial degree to so precarious a dependence.' As'inits.?"He was born in London, 1751, but bis parents were of Geneva, in Switzerland, where be was educated, ljciug intended for mercantile life, lie entered a London counting bouse, but be bad scarce 1 attained his eighteen'h year when he form ' ' ed a romantic attachment to a beautiful ! j girl, Miss llonora Sneyu, bv whom his pas 1 sion was returned, and they became on1 This sadly unfitted him for the ' sober routine of the counting homo. 'All ' my mercantile calculations,' writes ho in onu of his boyish letters, 'go to the tunc of dear Honor a.' i "The father of tho young lady interfered, and the premature match was broken otf? 1 Andre abandoned tbo counting-house nud entered the army. His first commission i | was dated March 4, 1771; but he subsc:j queutlv visited Germany, and returned to j hngland in 1773, still haunted bv bis earlv . j passion, llis lady love, in tlio meantime, i j had been wood by other admirers, and in ; iho present year became the second wife of i Richard Lovell Kdgoworlh, nyoung widow! er of twenty-six. > "Andre came to America in 1774, as I Lieutenant of the royal Knglisb Furileort-; and was among the officers captured at Saiut Johns, early in the war, by Montgomery. lie still bore about with him a memento of his boyish passion, 'dear talis! man,' as ho called it, a miniature of Mus Sneyd, painted by himself in 17(50. In a letter to a ftieud, soon after his capture, he , writes, M have been taken prisoner by tbe Americans, uud stripped of everything cx ccpt the pictuio of Ilonora, which 1 concealed in my mouth. I reserving that, i yet think myself fortunate. "His temper, however, appears to have been light and festive; and if he still cheerishcri litis tender remembrance,1 it was but as one of those documents of eatly poetry and romance, which serve t?> keep the heart warm and lender among the gay and cold realities of life. What served to favor the idea was a liltlu song lie had composed when in 1'hiUdeIphia, commencing with those lines: lt'-turn, enraptned hours, When Delia's heart was mine; and which was supposed to hrcalhc the re membradec of his early and rcpritod passion. "llis varied and graceful talents, and his *>n(V:lorin<r ??i-i????<% - iau.I.----- l? ' ? B -e- ? .............vuuticu iiuii ginun.ll' ly popular; while his devoted and somewhat subservient loyalty recommended him t>> the favor of his commander, and obtained him without nuv distinguished military services . the appointment of Adjutant Benernl, with , the rank of Major, lie was a prime pro1 moter of elegant amusement, in camp and garrison; manager, actor, and scene painter in those amateur theatricals in which the British officers delighted, lie was one of die inincip.il devisers of tho Mischiunza in I Philadelphia, in which sciui effeminate pa| goant lie had figured as one of tho knights j champions of beauty; Miss Sliippen, afterwards Mrs. Arnold, being the lady whoso peerless charms ho undertook to vindicate, i lie hold, moreover, a facile, and at times, satirical pen, and occasionally amused him self with caricaturing in rlivrne tho appear nncc and exploits of tho 'rebel officers.'" Tjie Exkci rioN ok Anduk.?>u tho morning of the *Jd, ho maintained a calm f demeanor, though all around him were : gloomy and sileirt. lie even rebuked his servant for shedding tears. # Having breakfasted, lie dressed himsell with caie in tho full uniform of a British oflicer, which he had sent for to New York, placed hi* hat upon tho table, nuJ accosting llio officer* on guard?'1 am ready,' said he, 'at any mouUuit, gentlemen, to wait upon you.' "He walked to tho place of execution be iween two sutadtcrn cliieers, arm in arm. with a serene countenance, bowing t<> soveral gentlemen w hom, he knew. Col. I al ! mndgc accompanied him, and we quote hi? words: 'When lie came in of '.In* gibbet, lie appeared to l>estartled,and imputed i with some emotion whether ho was not to be shot, licing informed that the mode lirst appointed f >r his death could not con sistcnlly bo altered, ho exclaimed, 'llow j hard is my fate!' but immediately added, 'it will soon ho over.' I then shook hands with liim under the gallows, and retired.' "While waiting near the gallows until preparations wero made, Rays another authority, who was present, ho evinced Rome nervousness, putting his toot on a stone and rolling it, and making an effort to swallow, as if chocking an hysterical affection of the ; throat. All things being ready, ho stepped I into the wagon; appeared to shrink for ail i instant, but recovering himself, exclaimed, 4Jt will be but a momentary pang!' "Taking off hie hat and stock, and open- j ing his shirt collar, he deliberately Adjusted the noose to his neck, after which ho took ; out a haitdkeichief and tied it over his eyes. 1 icing told by the officer in com , maud that his nuns must bo hound, he drew out a second handcrchief, with which they were pinioned. Colonel Hcanunel now told him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it. itn only reply was, 'I pray you to bear witness that I moot my fate liko a bravo iuho.' The wagon moved from under him, and left him au? ponded. He died almost w ithout a si rugg|o. Ho remained sir-ponded for about i half an hortf, during which linn a death y liko stillness prevailed over the surrounding ; multitude. His roruaiua were interred wjth( in a few yards of the plaoeof liu execution; whence they were transferred to Lpglaud j in 1821, by the l'ritivh Consul then. rosi- j denj in New York, aud were buri?#l in , Westminster Abboy, near a mural moiiu j ment which has been erected to his memo- , i j Ukwaku of tuk C.viTons.?Washing- 1 ton, in a loiter to the President of Congress, passed a high eulogtUni on tlio captors of Andre, and recommended them for a hand- , i some gratuity lor having, in all probability, j prevented one of tho severest shocks that : could have been meditated by tlio enemy. ' Congress accordingly expressed, in alermnl vole, a high sense ?>f their virtuou^and ||i-? i triotic conduct, awarding to each of thenr a r farm, a petition for life of two hundred dpi- ,< lars, mill a silver medal, bearing 011 one ^ j side an escutcheon, 011 which was engraved ; the word FidkLity, and on the other side the motto, I llicit tuuor J'dtr'uc. 'J'he.-e medals wcio delivered to them by (Jencral Washington at headquarters, with impressive ceremony." ~ 7*" La Lunc Kosse of France. The terrible red tuoon of France, la lune rosso tciriblo, as the Moniteur calls it, whose tra.lilioual baleful iulluonco u]K)ii the sea1 sons, fruits and crops, is well known, made its appearance on Friday, tl.o 24 th ult., at ; 7.1.0 a. 111., to the great consternation of tho 1 peasantry?the more so, as it actually rea, iired their feats. Tho Counier do la Loire says; Tho rod moon has thrown over our at inosphero its fearful gray and cold lints. It is a fearful revolution of temperature and a reaction towards old and decrcpid winter. 1 Specks of snow whiten tho roofs of our ! houses, a d the biti\g north wind nips ami shrivels up our fuuluic*. Tho contrast is I i rendered moio sensible by the fact that wo I liJIfl 1 vt?Prio?ir*??.l nmiM/vinl ^ * * vj-v.ivwwu j?? w? ivurij llJil^UIUCUUl weather rind piumnturely hot sunshine. The Paris Moniteor, of llro 28th, also an- j nouneing the appearance of the same dread! ful phenomenon, say.-: Tlio extraordinary fine weather wo had ' enjoyed in Paris during several days lias given place since Friday to a sufficiently ; sevoio change. The thermometer (anteijradt) which on Saturday last marked 23 1 deg. with the wind S. S. \V., fell yesterday morning with a N. N. \V. wind to 3 dog. : 2.10. The telegraphic despatches received ; at the observatory show that this ! omnia j hie lowering of the tcmporaluie is not con; fined to tlio capital. On Friday it had fall | en at Strasburg to if 8 10. at Lyons to 3 . 1-10, at Tontierre, Hurgniidy, to 2 deg. and j at lJe.-atigon to 2 7 10. The red utoon, says the Paris corrospuii dent of the New York Courier, coininontiug ou this strange phenomenon, is the new moon that arrives after lvi-l r. Its advent is regarded with apprehension by all engaged in tiie culture of corn, vegetables, and filths, including largely, of course, the . wine grower. Tliroiighont her reign In ; /line rn v has ratolv omitted s'gualwing her pitscnee by blasting more or ie-? ex.- ! tenaivclv the hopes of the farmer, the gard ener, and the v'gneron, win e growing corn, i vegetables and fruits she freezes, stunt-, im- i iHjverislies and discolors. Tin: 11 a \ Isi.anij.s.?Capt. Kemp, of the suhr. Amelia Ann. direct from the Hay IsIan Is*. ha* communicated to the editor of ! the Key of the <Julf, interesting facts con- ! corning tlmse Islands, which have recently i played such an important part in the diplo- { inatic world, but ol which wo really know ; so little. The Hay Islands, as such, mentioned in t i the British "warrant" of 1852, are six in number ? Uuatan, (.iuauaja, Kiila. lhirharetta, Helena; and M -rat. Kuatan.lhe largest, ! is about twenty-two miles long and three broad. It has rutiNing through its whole j extent a high ridge, covered with pine, the t washings of which perpetually fertilizer llio cultivable land on the coast. The popu- ! lation of this island is about 1,500; that of I'tila, the uext in size, only 100, principally from i j rami Cayman mid Honduras, in part negroes from Jamaica. t>n each of these two larger islands custom houses are now established; the imp rt duties being two per cent, on all merchandise, in addition to port charges. The tradeis principally with the Hritish settlement at Belize, Honduras. Both have, too, safe, capacious and deep harb >rs, to which the large?t ships of war may have ingress l>\ night or by day. Capt. K. represents the soil of those islands marvellously fertile, well watered, and capable of producing tropical fruits in the grealod luxuriance. Kuatan and I tiki nl >not he think , could l><- in i lo to nroduco inure fruit annually than is shipped from tho port of Havana. Wood ami granite are also f.uiid in tho groa'.e-t abundance on llieso islands, both i>f which Con Id easily bo put in a stale of defence. The climate K extremely healthy, n cmbliug that ?. f tin Florida Keys. I'iioctly in the path ?>f our trade across the I.-lnmn, the Hav Islands are, adds the writer, "all that our wuist one mies could desire, not only in geographical position, hut in roouroi An Ahu.ooy Am i.i rin. A gentleman from this city chano'd n> find himself among a little party of Indies aw i\ down east, .ast summer, nnd while in tho enjoyment of somo innocent social play, lie caiole-slv placed his arm about tlio slender waist of as pretty a damsel as Maine can boast of, when she started and exclaimed - 'He done, sir! I)ouT instill inn!' 1 ho gentleman in slantly apologized for the seeming rudeness, and assured tho half otlendcd fair one that he did not intend l?? insult her. No?' she j replied archly 'AN'? )!, if you didn't you may do so again, she added, to the no small amusement of the company. \ boarding house Keeper in Haltim >n adenitis- ? t<> furnish gentlemen with pit-as ant and comfortable rooms, ah > one or Iw i i gi utlcmon with wive ." MECHANICS. Tho following is uti extract from tiro recent address of Gov. Wiso before the Mo- < fchanies' Institute at Richmond, Virgiuia: And science, rtstronomy, mathematics, tslremistry, natural philosophy and the fine 1 arts, music and painting, and architecture, j and all the ordinary arts of peace and war, are dependent upon tho mechanic arts for j i their utensils and arms. Fulton was a mechanic. Ife not only taught ilio secret to his country of applying steam, and tho art to a Norris of winning the victory of peace, but invented, too, the inost dangerous engine of war. lie took tlr*i torp<- lo to Kng- |a land, and a? a trial of skill blew up tho leig..Dorothea in tho presence of the Hoard Lof Dritiab Admiralty. (Cheer*.) When 1 the favorable repoit was made to Mr. Pitt, the said, "Why tnouldfEngland aid Atueri* I o.i in teaching how t*, defend 1?er coast against the Hrilish navy." And Franklin was a mechanic! and he taught his country how to snatch 4hc thunderbolts from Jupiter, and a Colt how lo apply tho lightning to tho "torpedo," so that now u single mechanic can sit on the hank of any river or roadstead, hy tho side of a galvanic pilo not larger than a hat crown, and by a touch of ; a rope of wires, connecting Fultou's "torpo I dos," send Franklin's electric s-park to sub- ' marine magazines which would blow the whole l'witish navy out of water. And tho , secret once known, mechanism has not stop- ! pod at applying galvani-in and electricity ! to the arts of war; but the mcchauic Morse ' has made iron nerves for two worlds, and the continents and tho seas, to send intelli- i geuce lo the uttermost points of tho earth, ' by a Jluid as quick and sontietit as that , which llows through organized beings from 1 the brain covered by any ni.i mater. I ft A ml the learned professions?theology, i Ihw and medicine?are equally dependent , upon the mechanic aits for their perfection. ' Where would all liavo been but for the 1 mechanism of piiuling! Hut the tongues of men and angels could not cuumeratc j these innumerable dependencies. They are i inOnilo in variety and connection. The objects of the Institutes is to exalt the dignity of mechanic labor. Who shall despise the arts upon which all oUe is dopendent! What civilization shall despise a labor upon which every civilization depends) i Who shall tread upon the arts by which ; men is fed and clothed and housed and j transported, and is raised to refinement and the taste of the lino arts, and the enjoyment of an elevation in the moral scale which cannot he reached hut by ph\s-eal improvement."' Morse is a mechanic, Fulton was a mechanic, Franklin w;w> a mechanic. Sir Christopher Wren w.w a mechanic, Newton was a mechanic?C-d is a mechanic. The triumphs of mechanic-sure the triumphs of mankind. (Cheers,) A Herman nobleman once, oti u visit u? Italy, being a man ot tho world and ] Icasuro, spent most of his ( time at the theatres, where he was much at the derision constantly cast up- , oioTrVcount iv for hei Hovtiaii temperament. In Hun, lie proposed an entertainment for tf*.J lalimis. lie procured a huge dftapi dated house, and the whole scone present- i o-l was one of lite stiecls ot Koine. 1 he lime was night. Jii?t before the dawn of i ?. ' u.iv, a weuiy traveller was ina-lo to appear in the desolate aiieet, seeking wlierc ho might tiiiii shelter and accommodation. lie couid find no inhabitants awake. lie tinew himself down upon a piazza and waited for light and the inhahitants to lise. ' Whilst he was sleeping, the ghost of! t'ieeio was ma le l>> appear, and approach the stranger, who awoke, r so, took out a watch, the horoinot* r of that day, to see the time of night. The ghost was surprised, and asked what it was! The stranger . explained it w as a mechanical instrument to measure time. "Wonderful," said the ghost. "\\ ho invented limit' "1'ho t?erlilans," said the stranger. Next lie took out an almanac to see. when day would break and the sun rise. "What is that?" , said the ghost. J in* tr.atigor explained the an of printing and the astronomical calculations ot the calendar. "Wonderful, ino?t wonderful," said the ghost, "and who in- ; vented that!"' "Tin t i<-t tnans," said the stranger, I'.y this time the day began to peep, and the slrangei heing impationl to be taken in from the treut, lie beat the doors in vain, an 1 at last drew a pistol and liied it oil, to rouse the sluggish sleepers. 1 The ghost stalled Affrighted, and asked, "What is that!" A pistol and gunpowder were explained. "Mom wonderful still," said the ghost. "And who in.railed that?" "I lio (ierniaiis," laid the stranger, "'ireat and wonderful | ; le!" And whilst they have In u pi 41 ?sing in all these arts, what have my people been doing ia ihe conlurie-. sin e I was upon colli/" Just then one o f the la* ironi of II . appear- 1, and the stiang. 1 ii I, " l'!ier< i a specimen of thy counlryineii." l'av hi ! and the gh"s| vanished. 'I imai.V hud ; .veiite I printing, the h armiet- r at i gunj ?wder. Home had l?< n sleep. 4 t< 1 1 an . Jo illi, in her dieamy diow m - mm . p is* go-Hi m-.e, and ihe cinditn<11 of liei l.tz/iroui frightened ay tho "he- I <>f *.'hero. An I, my f.'H'nv <i / - ! , hu v wo .! .[ ? all s\ i>i1? tin ghosts of d pan .1 - i^e* and patriots would expect < ! us in too ^'ir a achieve inents of physical hcicticn and mechanic arts! After such an :?|i otioplnt from the first man of the South, and the foiemosl of the I >cmoriu< it is to ho piv aimed there will ho no iikio attempts to cot o liuin and iidicnl j on tin? I'. K.'s of Virginia. lim tirot" nidi and the lit-l famines of the South lire just tin' i v. i a of what tiu i- have been rcprusi'iiti'd In many ol the Northern presses. I hit tlio evil fleet-* of misr. piesen tntiun am only liansitoiy, and the steady h and re?islle*s |>i o. .. of IVith mti-t al- I ways eventually divo j>al?? tin- mists of oi ror.L | " " ' rl: < . ' 5 \N o ' ho'.inl ]>ia. ioi t< nijn i.lis e, if it w ro for nothiuo o! hut the \?i\ ; isurn of it; it is the glory ot , man that hath ah'M*? dance, live t< i> iron iv?t t appi titn <li* reel / (it-n. Hennin^cn's Opinion of Walker, j The aerenado to CJen. llonuingson canto off on Monday evening, at New York, aud, in notwithstanding the inclement weather, it th was r\ very enthusiastic affair. A Nicarn- ; fcj guan llag war. proscnte<l to the General, in ci behalf of a number of bis friends, by Aider- j p? mat) Wilson, accompanied by a very neat' je speech, to which C?en. IJunningsen reapoml p< ed in n very eloquent address. In referring ct to (ten. Walker, he said: sc Now, to those who assail William Walker t r;i because he has not yet succeeded, I would is say, wait. l>u not precipitate. Uetnember | si that the man who, with fifty-six followers, w changed for two years the destinies of Ni- . w cniagua, lives still, is only four and thirty, pi and has many score times fifty-six who ni confide in the retrospection of his marvel si Ions career and in the future that looms , n: before him. ' T To those disparaging his military merits, 1 b I would say, if you wtue Washington or ol Napoleon, you are not in possession of facts p enough to enable you to judge correctly in t* the premises; but you are not Washington.1* ' si and Napoleons, tar from it. In fact, 1 tl should conjecture, from a perusal of your b criticisms, that you arc, on tiro contrary, . 11 titterly ignorant ?>f the subject you wore p treating, and incapable of coining to a ra- , tional conclusion, if facts had been accessi- p bio to you in the most ample detail. Now b I, who have chanced to know aoine ?>f tho ' hi men who mark, in their generation ? I, b who have had some military experience? i I, who have been a participator in two- 1 p thirds of the struggle?aru not afraid to 1 ti assert?nay, I am anxious to place on re- h cord--my conviction, that William Walker w is olio of the most remarkable men of tho ci age in which he lives. As versatile in his a talents as profound in his acquirements, it ! -j is true that ho knew nothing of the art of ai war but what nttidv ntwl l>i* " .. . v^j'vi iviiv.cs in ; ij Nicaragua havo taught him; but whatever ii be or be not his proficiency in thoso details s| which experience and study enable even I cr mediocrity to master, I unhesitatingly as- j it 6ort that in those higher combinations which | M only the forethought of genius and the ci promptings of inborn aptitude can inspire, cl his military oareer has been so far dislin* ! p gnisiied, that I believe that many justly ni celebrated commanders would have failed sr to tnako the long and successful stand that ir he has made, against such odds and so w many adverse circumstances. d It has been my good fortune whilst in u Nicaragua never to bo forced by the inexo- r: rablo necessities of war to put any one to w death. What they call humanity lias ever | ci been lauded by the allies and their abet- ? tors, l?y way of throwing blame, by impli- L cation, upon William Walker. Now, to | n those who accuse hint ui blood thirslmess r? aud cruelty, 1 can only say that I solemnly 'I declare, that in no instance has lie taken life ri where, in his place, I should not have felt tl compelled to do so?and I know many in n stances w here death and sutlering have been b entailed up >n his followers by his unwillingness to make examples. g My friends, there are some who, if they I h could, would frown d ?wn William W-.IL..r I I " who yet pore with admiring inleic-t in tin; : U pages of a 1 'lescott over the hialotv of Cor ti tez an?l Ojeva. \ et his career lias been no si less romantic than their career?no less as- si loiiishiug and daring. Is it because they , t\ were Spaniards?is it because they came p with the sanction of a king to raise the bigot's slake, and sate their tbiist for gold: r whilst hois an American, battling to in- (1 nuguratu civilization .through the niagniii p cent regions which for three centuries the descendants <>t" these conquerors have mis o appropriated? I'weuty-thice months after he had landed (| with his fifty six followers, he had, with tl twenty five hundred and eighteen men in : h, all, fought against nineteen thousand. This | has been denied. His force has been greatly exaggerated. It i? easy for anonvmotu and irrespoiisiblo disputants to swell in print ti that twenty live hundred into twenty-live Si thousand, if they please; but the list by every steamer's arrival lias been published a and summed up, and I defy those who y contradict to make a different addition, or p to show that anv Americana reached the J Ci country other than are herein described. C( Of this uuiiibu r seven hundred lost heart: , and abandoned their companions, desert ng, vv just as in a poriod of trial I ?r. Kane's ebo-eii ,, men descried, for these were times that trior! mou's souls; of the remainder, eight ,(l bundled and fifty hied, one thousand died [, of wounds or diseases, through sieges, i marches, and some twenty tights, on an averago tvvico more bloody than the well eon t.-sled fields of Mexico, and against nil live 0| rage of seven-fold numbers. If fioiu tli -se sanguinary fields these ,j gallant sj.iiits have retried at last, it was not r< before live t enlral American Slates that they retired; it ic pined the inlluence of fooign governments, the insidious and in- 0 terested opp jsitiou of a late administration,' c' and the w eight of American capital, infamously devoted to building up it- specula lions on American lives. -* - el 11i>sv 11) Si.i.ecj Front.?1. Look at its coli.r; if ii is white, with a slightly yellow- u ish or straw colored tint, it is a good sign. j. If it i- very white, with a bluish cot, or |( with black specks in it, tlio ibuir is not good. h I .\ niiinc its a llioiv < ness; w et and knead i! a little of it between the lingers; it it woiks o< dry and elastic it is good; if it woiks soft d and sticky, it is poor. Flour made fioin k spiing wheat is likely to be sticky, Jh ^ Throw a I.ilie lump < I dry then against a dry, hin-i >tIi, perpendicular surface; if it falls h like powder, it is bad. I. Siinec/e some of a> the ll >iii in your hand; if it retains the shape t| given it by the pressure, that too i> a good |' sign. Kiour that will stand all these it^ls p it is safe to buy. Iln.so modes weic given 01 by ohl lloiir dealers, and we make no apolo- ai tfj f.?r ? libs' 10 ;i, il, ., , p. Ii.ni, to A llialtfr that e,>neeiii-> < rs b <m] \ . nainelv, the ijualily ot that which i> the slatl of life. '' | Ohic h'nrmcr. ^ II n. 1 <v< 1- McMitllen, of Virginia, lias ' acr.-pt. : the governorship of W ?d>in;;t n p TV' iil< i v ' ?* An American Circus Company. It appears that quite a pleasant exciteeat has been created in Liverpool out ol e rival endeavors of an American and an nglish Circus # Company to attract the ti/.eitH. The Times of tlfat city gives tht -oinincitco of a leading article to the sub ct. Both companies have been well sup >rted. it is adipitteil that the "go a head lues*" of the trans-Atlantic cousins "Iran ends ttie more sober realizations of tin ice at Iiotnc." The English estnblisbineu characterized as substantial rather thai iowv, a building which it required toim eeks to erect, and to take down whicl ill demand some time ami labor. Tin arformanc^i are like the buildings, goo< lid interesting, everything clean, neat, am llisfactoiv as regards taste and arrange lent. " The American tent," says tin ime\ "is of enormous capacity, and capn le of accoiuiuodating ^,000 people; island f material which, resisting the tain, can L ultcd to pieces and rolled up in an hotiro vo, ready for expansion again when neces ly requires it." It seems to realize life ii te States, where everything is made t< end t'j ihe necessities of the hour, and ad sinister to as much animal enjoyment a ossihle in the shortest imaginable time. I he following description of the rival dia lays, and how the Americans caused tin usiness of the commercial capital of Eng aid to be suspended, cannot be improve* y curtailment: "The day preceding the American din lay the Englishmen challenged the alien on of the populace by his team of eigh orsu*, beautiful cream colored animab Inch he huid admirably in hand, and h racked his w hip over their glossy backs ii manner which seemed to pie i*e and in ririt rather than annoy the brutes. It wa 11 admirable exhibition <>f street driving lis musicians and equestrians, too, follow ig, retleoted credit on the troupe, am lowed that equestrianism, when spirited I; inducted, can find decent people to follov as a procession. The American proccs on was on a larger scale?forty fin -earn-colored liotses, four abreast, with i mrioteer, who wore rather an anxious mi ear ft n co. lio did not use llio whip, us fa L least as we could perceive, and it wa iid that ho could only check lite move leuU of his leaders and wheelers. Ther ere men on each side of tho horses, con acting them; an indispensable precaitioi nder tho circumstances, but which secme< ither to disappoint the public, which al ays delights in the marvellous. Thai nue tho Indian wigwam, driven by a n? 10, and other illustrations incidental to th nited States, which tho other establish lent did not attempt to rival. Wo neve Mitember the sticula so densely crowded a icy were 011 Thursday to witness tho Atn< can display, and to such an extent wa lis carried that for soma hours the ordi ary business of tho town might he said I ir Actually suspended. "Wo are glad that our townsmen hav ivcu the>0 clever and spirited strangers s< early a welcome; for the risk and cost o np??rting an equestrian troupe of this ex ml from tho Western shores of the Allan c must be serious. But we allude to th ibjeet here mainly for the purpose c lowing how closely the character of th *0 natiot.s is retlected in these rival dis lays." Ibisn Stovr.?The National Intelltgci* r lias corumcnccil the publication of th llicial decision of tho Supreme Court i ie I ?ied Scott ca 0. and very properly says "But, whatever may he tho legal ground n which the Verdict of tho Federal Judic r\ has been rendered, it become* the clea utv of all good citizens to yield submissio > it su Ionas the iiiiingof the Court sha1 .and unreversed. The tact that all th udges on the bench pronounced soino tU sion upon the political ]x>inte deemed t e included in the cas? at bar, would seer > indicate that those points were really 0" mtial to the decision in the opinion of a like, and could n<?t, therefore, have bee voided in anv jn lament of the Oourl Whatever its decision might have been, L'caine inevitable, under those circutnstai s, that one political party or another, n< nding to tlio views or prejudices of it lumbers, was destindd to tie dissatisfic lib the result; but the duty of aequiesein i that result, whether equally acknowledg I by both parties or not. was equally iiu arative ?>n both, an I must remain so, ii 'iipr as the forms of law receive that rc reel to which they are entitled?a dutv loreover, which becomes oult the mur icuinbeiit when wo retlect that the liislot; our jutispi udence on more than onepoiii i vol veil in this vase sufliciently shows tha ie Supreme t' uirl is not restrained fron viewing it* own decision/' The suggestion of our correspoiulenl ays l ie North Carolinian.) "a lov'-r t >rn bread." is w >rthv of attention. Corn in tlieso limes of pressure au< nit. it seems to us, can be belter employ 1 on (lie kuea lino l. > ,rd and in the kilcli i, than soaked in the distillery tub fo itag'or juice." Its legitimate purpose i > fallen, not to bloat and crimson with tin glow >! 'iciUI I,ice hii?1 *"r*s?l tvi1, i> 11no lli il whiskey i? tlio henllhie> ijuor that it in in (Mil ill ink ? wo ndnii .it -lor of three young ninii wo hum i'or in tionrgia, two dtuuk brand v am i.-il null, win hi the lliinl, who diaiilc \v)ih t'V altogether, i* now living?in ihe t!ooi 11 I'otiilentiary, ami i? n haul woikinj; dior, fiugal idioriuaket for ihe Suite, an .??> hia lio.'ul nIi ii i ?1 11nco o111 v two month i ;ui evidence of iho iMeom an 1 rcajvct i io proprietors of that groat inslilijtioi ill i -in Iiiim.I i-> healthier than corn whii i' V, nolw iihslandtug hemic* being cheat more palatable ami a more ro.^j?ectabl rtiole of domestic coiiMimnlioti \ III.hi applied hiloi\ li.? a lawxct lor K il adiieo. Allot detailing th? c.rcuinatHi < of (he case, he lohv i if he had stated th ? \?*i ' i is ihi \ h iji; enc k 4 ^ *>, *ii, >pli? 1 tin i|?j ant, ' i have f dd yon lh lam ti i'h. imi an pnt the lie to 8 emu df" 11V. I I A Model Wife. > * A pleasant liitlw Florentine story reach* <f F ma the other day. Cue of our famous i I American sculptors, residing ia that delig bt; ful city, whither all the genius of England i seems to tend, was one day seated in bis studio at work on an Apollo?for which, by the way, ho might stand a model hiuxself? when his attention was attracted by - 1 a tremendous trampling of horses iu bis j court-yard, lie looked out of the window, t and beheld a magnificent carriage, with i outriders drawn up before his door. Pres0 ! entlv a gentleman claimed admission to hi* 1 studio, and announced himself as the Princo ' ? e di 1J . lie came to give the sculptor a i large commission. I lis daughter, who had 1 been struck by some statues of. the Atueri' j can that she hud seen, wished to sit to him u j for her bust. She was then below in the* carriage. Was the sculptor at leisure f u Price was ao object?all that was necessary e w as to gratify his daughter, who was an in r valid. The sculptor expressed his willingness to a begin tho work instantly, and the Princ* 0 i making a sign to his lackeys from the window, they proceeded to lift a lovely girl, who scoured about eighteen, out of the carriage. and bore iter in their arms carsfuliy | up the stairs to tho artist's studio. The e sculptor could not repress a look of surpris* at this curious mode of locomotion, parti1 ; cularly as iho lady did not bear the sligbtI est trace of illness iu her coiiuteuance. The Prince interpreted his glance and replied to * it: - ' t ! "My daughter has been paralyzed in all >, her limbs," lie said, "for the last Uvo months, c It is a sad thing. She has bad alt the i medical aid in Florence, but without avail." The sculptor looked again at the invalid, s Nothing inoro beautiful in face or form could have been dreamed by Phidias. A face like Cenci's before it was clouded with i the memory of crime, masses of rich, lusv trous auburn hair, framing a clear, pal* v face, with deep blue eyes, swimming benm.il. ? o. ~r .i.~ u??u i?i? .. ? *,.? < ...II ? \j vi uiu ciijkiuoc uutV/& liiauflr. e through her delicate muiliti robe the coua tour of n divinely moulded form was indii cated, aud when the young Signortna cast r upon the sculptor a rapid glaoce, soft as s starlight, piercing as electric fire, be felt i- | his heart leap with a mysterious presage of o some indetinable catastropne. She sat. The sculptor worked at hit a model like one inspired, and a pang struck J his heart as the hour for her retiring came. > The Prince and his lackeys bore her a^ain n down stairs in their arms. The carnage i- door closed on her, the horses swept through e the gate. The sculptor did no more work i- that day. r To morrow she was to come again. lie ,a lay awake all night dreaming of her. Then i- ho would shudder, and say to himself, "It s is not lovo, hut pity that I feel. She is ? i- paralytic!" - . ?. * o The next day the sarao scent was repeat- , - " ed, with this difference, that the Prince, e having seen his daughter poised by the aro list, excused himself on the plea of a busjf noas engagement, saying that he would return in time to conduct his daughter home, i- Poor girl, although the sculptor was a model e of uianly beauty, her deplorable condition f was, in her father's opinion, a safeguard e agaiyst auy of the dangers which he might i- otherwise have anticipated. He left the r??om.tind drove away in his carriage. A silence ensued. The iculplor dared not 1 ok at his model, hut wnrt?il u??? * clay image without raisiu.g his eyes. Still ;i silence. Then it seemed its if a slight ruftle had filled the room. A small white hand stole across his mouth, aud a burning kiss was piinted on his forehead. With ! almost a shriek, he leaped to his feet, and II | there, with blushes crimsoning her pale v cheeks and alabaster neck, knelt the paralytic girl, with her eye* imploring pardon. "I saw you a long time ago," she said, ? (an Italian woman when she lores knows i no half measure,) "and I loved you. My II father was very strict with ine. 1 could | not move without being watched. It was , I impossible for me to meet you or see you. I feigned paralysis. For two months I ; have scarcely moved. In hi* pity for my condition my father relaxed his surveillance i of my motions. He gratified orery wi*b, I and, as an invalid, I excited no suspicion r by desiring to Income your sitter. 1 havo * said that 1 love. If you do not return my ' | love, I can only die." What answer made the American! We ; need not inquire; ouly, w hen the Prince di I |{ . returned, ho found nothing in the studio hut u clay model of his paralytic ^ ! daughter. The original was nowhere to t i be foHtid. A few days afterwards, in a srii dl town of Fiance, the Florentine Prin| cess sunk her nobility in the name of hu American sculptor. ' a Rat! 1>kai? for a 1>ucat."?An ! luiusiug scene occurred at the Amorican Theatre <>n Friday evening. Tire curtain had just descended after lite third act of Richelieu, when a venerable old rat, that I had witnessed the performance from some quiet retreat, caino boldly out, and after Uniting leisurely around the front row of liiu dro*s circle, lie finally took tefugo l>?neath a i >11 of "crinoline," expanded a l<* mo/r. A gentleman who sal near by saw lite undermining rogue, and being rather I fon-l of a practical j??ke, be coolly informed the lady that a horrid rat wan sheltering j himself at her feet. With an indescribable I look of horror and confusion, she sprang j up, shook the frame work of her dress, and vacating the scat she occupied, rushed fran "j. tieuiiy into the second row, demolishing two or lh'~,.? gentlemen's hats as sho settled, causing a licaity laugh from tho>e who i were near enough to see what whh tian*|H , ring, and those who did li?>t know what tv is up, laughed from sympathy. The ; laugh whs general throughout the Yreu'e. ) It was the flint time thai a rat was ever ?u i trod need as a feature in the piny of Rrche* ? > Men. \ wicked wag, who saw the umarkvd that th'- i%t, saving the hosr?, e 1 had preh ddy nri-; .ken the lady for a ba?re] "f coin tn? >1 and i itched in. j 4hn Cnhtn nrn ^