W" **? * . ' * / ' : y / /.* ' / c / t * - ~ V'- " ....... rW.t - /. ." SySfcK - . - - .-v- . -... . " 'V. >, **n awiWW^A^v 'V. *.> - .; *,*** V --*- js?W4 THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL. *" . . ?* - - - " ' '<-" * " : , ,* ... .- ,. v. ? . .-j; > * .. - ' ' - ' VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 20,1855; NUMBER 12. " ? " ' ! ' 1 - . r-y,-'*- -f- .v. - | ' ' ^nrtrtj. THE LAST WISH. _ 'JThe wish of "Mr. "Wilson, the celebrated ornithologist, in regard to hie-burial place, is baauufutly expressed in the following linear \ . . In some wild forest shade. Under some spreading oak or wavihg pine> _ Or old elm festooned with the budding fine, * .'; Let me be. laid. - - a r* > k V In una cum loneiy grot, w? Ko foot intrusive will disturb my dost;\ . But o'sr me songs of the wild birds.shall buret,. ^Cheering the spot. ^ : Not amid chsrnsl stones,Or coffins dark and thick with ancient mould*" With tattered, pall and fringe of cank'ersdgold, ' May rest my boces. r . * - . , > . * j Bat lot tho dewy rose, * , Tho snow drop hod the violet lend perfume, > -Above the spot where, in my grassy^tcanb," ? */?.k I take repoSe. K- V*. Tear after year, ' . Within the^ilver birch tree, o'or-tae'hopg, ^ "" : -l?II ?- ko. /w.llr.W.^mirKT ^ IDS cuirpiug wren ouaii i?u uv?a?u?>t 01 Shall build herdwellibg; near. ^v '' And at the pur'pie. dawhof (fey." _ "\V;* *' The lark shall efcann* a pealing^atwgjibtffy/ j - * And the shrill quail shall pipe her songro? Ifrve, * Wheu-ere grows.dim and grqy. i, '/ \ - t The black bird and the thrush,. . -* * " The golden Oriole shad flit around,' , . ,-i' " ' And- waken with a mellow .gust of sound, The foreatal solemn ?Qap&-> >. , v h ?. * 'v j ' . Birds from the distant Sea . . ~ rtf Shall sometimes hither flock oh enowy brings, ? *. And soar above my duet us airy'rin'gs, v\V'J Singing a du-ge to me. - I f.if \ ..; : : ' ' * " ' Whjr Epidemics Raje UiMylit, " It was in ene nig'it that four thousand* p?-rsons perished of the plngne-in Lond o'clock iu the* fuorrjrtng. The danger pjf exposure! to the Dightaio-iuis been a theme of physicians from* time immemorial.; but it is remarkable that they have never yet called.ia the aid ( obemi^t-rv KT*^ Mtunr. fnr the fact.- Il is at nk'Jit th:it Lhe stratum of air nearest the ground must alvfraya lie the most charged with the particle* pOint miliced matter given outfrom the t&mr /wf one vessel iulo another. It rises at the temperature Ht *'h^b i| is._ ex. I? l??'l I" ???? Ituf it a tuiiilioiiin jik. XiaiCU irvill V,,v? j ?ov vy wards the floor, or the bed???f th?r sheper,. in cold and unvejililated rooilis. . ;* * ' At Hamburg, Hie alarm of eliol-ra at'night in some parts of ?be ;cit^r was great/that many refused to. g?? t?? b?d. K*st I hey sboold'nel attacked unawares in their sleep. Sifting up they- probaly kept their #tov?sv?1cj?n?n firfc? burning for* the sake of warmth. *ud Mjitfr warmth ghfing the expansion lo an> '(fct? gases present, which would best pr?W?le their dilutiop in the atmosphere, the meantfof *af?Hy were then unconscioasly 'assured." At Sierra Leone* the natives have a praetje? in. the sickly. seasotKof. keeping fires constantly burning in the Jiuta at night, assigning tKat We ires keen awav evil suirits. to witch iu their. ignorance the}' attributed, fever and ague. _ TV Latterly, Europeans have begun to. adOpt the same practice, and those who have'trie* it assert that they have now an entire immunity from the tropical fevers to which. -they were formerly subjected. In the epidemic.^.of ihe' middle ages fires used to be- lighted, in the streets for the purification of the air; and. in the plague of London, in 1685, fires in the streets were at one time kept' h if ruing incessantly, till extinguished by a violent storm of rain. Latterlr trains of gunpowder have been" fired nftVvknmin (Hfleharfred for the name oTiiect: bat it ia obvious that these measures, although sound in principle, must Wcftawtrily- though out of doors, be on too small a scale, as measured against &n ocean of atraoepfaerio-atc, to produce any-sensible effect Within doors, however, (be case [% different It is (pike possible to heat a room sufficiently to- produce a rarefaction and consequent dilation of any malignant gases it may contain and it i*?of coarse the air of the room, and that alone at piffbt which comes m contact with the kings of (be person sleeping. - - - - \ > * - W*tlmi*&ler: Rtvititc; ??? Hn Oraatneutol Trees Who over saw a perfect tree, that was not ornamental! The magoolia does not possess HiJm hmito v/iiw CrirAst The tulio tree. bay,oabt"b?ecb, pine, ohesnijt, walnut, elna; and even (be waited sweet gam, are b^aatifuiwhen arranged with judgment and ski LI. The sweet gum, whieb abound* on every bra ft oh and in evejiy ewsmp of the Soath. baa Wn scorned for its.excrescent looking limbs, with' oat a thought having been bestowed upon the graceful bcaaty of its foliage, and the K-araidial form of its, branches untH it is nd engraved in a Nortbap horticultural work M a great arboreal curtdelty, from the cork like oxereocenoec un its feathery .limbs and apoken of in terms of rapturous commendation, as-an ornamental tree. And although 'U ia doubtful whether it can 'be acclimated garth of Fbiiadelphia, fetihe eeedi andplants of the sweet gum will be sold by Northern, nurserymen all over the world, and oar traveller will look with admiration at the sweet gum in the-English j>ark9, thai came from hts own . neighborhood and grounds,] without recognizing his leafy kinsman of the forest. There is a and want of taste "for ornamental ttees in. the c. ijniry. Our farmers are great in deadening trees, aird cafe little for the beauties of . the .'living. Hi/w many *"of the- wen':thy* planters of the South li ve among" the leafless branched ' v?f the'glnftcdk trees without'r gVeen* leif or , 4tlnssotti to^each flrtsin* piVe and" gratitude. 'l"-:, r*"' The nativtH'rfe^n^bftr arc^ faat 'diB appearing tkfb're tlH^rtffhleSs' a*e* "afifh wl^h them, goes the' g*eat?st ortnlm nt*"bf niillre^ Would gentfeinen ofiriteiligfcifce reflect ^fnf * meruenf before laying bite a*tfat\the foot of the venerable centenarian, hn% ' long it^ baa . Utke'H tn its sileht, l>eatftifui wemi?>ej^prtipriate than Burfrry. when not spreading "branch, VitH itS Refreshing Sfiah break the darting' rays .ofthe.aun^bot rtie efcrtb, bfiked" and" pafchetfj ahd men swelter.ami sweat, as if tbey were ott the conhnes o?jus or "ao mipa. ~ i oe tyrwrtry,1 wTrere'jfcir? Why; a few^miiestrbro "town. Bul fft|-tbat shoiild-characterize acbun1 try residence biff beeh swept aWay by the destroying hand.of m&ft. , It has beeivsaid, God made T the coflrufcry, man the. city }.btit if the. yandalspifito? arboreous destruction which ifta&s the s^Ule'inetii^hf ft Tim*ct?lidtry, be not yfayed.'ff'W lwn;^ of God's Handiwo>k will Jbe foun"(i un'marrfed by/the impro^rog skill 0/ man. * .'"WoOdmatr! spare that tree,"" ^ ' s' should hfe In the'raout^vf e^ery landed-profiaetjori inihe,o?>iicgrjr for if it baa not sheltered J?Kp. id bis f youth, it may bi?:. children, d^otohly. -.pare the. " bratre old-Oaks" but jplkrit the. eyergrtjcn,,cedar, magnolia, bay-and holly. THe graceTul and mourning willow; the majestic elm ; the fight -and showy dogwood ;; the wide.spreading cfaesnut, the tefiftr 'Urd feathered.miuiosjc; the.cupped tulip; the fruit-yielding mulberry; ,'the cork limbed, aspen leaved, sweet gum ' .or Carolina's proud -emblem, the .spear like- Palmetto?All; ali are beautiful aurf appropriate, for there never yat grew a perfect, tree, that wras- notormtmentxt. Soil of the South*. -. . The Graves of Those we lore. . . . DJf WASHINGTON I(V1NC. , TJio grave is the ordeal of true affection. ft 1s tiiere the divine pulsion of the soul rnani* feat it*-*upor,or?iy to the instinct ire- impulse of mefe animal nUachmeut. The lutter-fliust tie continual! v totii shed and-kept alive by the presence of its object; but. the'.fare xhat is seated iu the soolcatrtivfeou long remembrance. The mere inclinations of "sense languish, and dec-itie with the chaims that excited them, and i.i n with shuddering and disuost from the dis iuhI >v"r?iiets of the tomb; but il is thence !-}mC tfJ.y siiiitunl .-?fF.n ion rises purified from e.v. .\ sr Hn ti desire,X?m1 returns like n hoty ditnie, t . ilium tiate and sanctify the" heart of 'the survivor. . . * w Thesorrow for the dead is the only sorrow ,/r.oHi which-we-refuse-to'be divorced. "'Every i l .... i .? ( . II. _1 .1. f o.ner w.>ifn<* we. seoa hi ur*i?every oioor ai'Eiciiuii ting of its portal* /Wbuhih a.cept u?ptation that inu-it be bought by forgetfuluess? vNo-r-theh?.e which snrvi'vestho. tomb-is one of the^ noblest tributes-of the :soui.;. v %/0:v ~- Ifithiis woes.ithas likewise its delights;; ,atid when the overwhelming. burst of grief is cultried into the gentle tear of recollection-*? v L . * }| ... ji > . ' J.%1. . I' ..J /.I . " if ? .wnen-inesuaawr, ajngown aname convulsive agony-0'veif the present rqio*-of all tka> ^ ov>?t Jawed, w softenedswny m the ineditatiotr ou all. that wssin the days of loveIin'e*s-?WKb would nob root out such sorrow from the heart. Though it may sometimes throw a passing; > .cU?ud*o?Vr the bright.Jrotjrs'of gayety or-spread darker shades o'pr the (roar'of gloom red who wooljj exdhange.it even for the song of pleasure or (he burst of revelry. No. there- its? voi$e from the tomb .sweeter than song.? There is a remembrahee of the dead to which we torn even from the charms of thq living.? Ob; the grave! 'if buries every error?covers every defect, and extinguishes every, resentmet it! -.from the penfcefal bosom spring none hat foiid'regret* and tender recollections.^. Who can- hook down upon the grsve even of ah enemy. (finf ns?t fe'eJt ? "compunctious"throb -that he Sirfulif evet havef sriired With -the poor, bandfol of earth thai lies before Jumf " V , .5A ' 1 - * . d,^ / ; A model of Innocence. M. Edmoiid F-?an artist Irving at MaismiB (Seine-ei-OUe), wu lately in quest ofsatiwdel for the figure of Innocence, which be intends to exhibit tit the Universal Exhibition of thw year. A. few days ago he chanced to meet, on. ibe Paris road,-a young country girl, who was sitting upontfa$ trqnk of a tree, crying. Touched by her sadness,be spoke to her. She told him ' that W name was Pier. rette D* that she was an orphan, and that her aunt had iusttnrncd.ber out of door* because she had JcmH-'ked down aolack. As she spoke, the young artist discovered jn ber faoe those features which he required for bis figure. Her drexs was coarse; but her head hid that rare grace for which the true artist searches. After' a long dfrcusxion, he persuaded her to sooom paoy him to MatanH^fltte, to sit to him.? After the first sitting, be was so delighted with hie model tbet he had decent clothes made for her, lodged her .in a Comfortable apartment, and took care that Ao should have every necessity supplied to her. The artist, mereorer, took .great precautions to protect hi#, model of Innocence from profane eye?, airti for this purpose confided her -to the care .of a trustworthy do enna, Being suddenly called to -Ram by dmporUnt business, he^discovered on< bis. return that to tod toen rot)tod. mi jeweny a?u valuables, together with moni?y, had heeh- .oar-; riep oE" Re soon, discovered the sad, fdqi .that Pierrette 0?? was the thief, and that styfrhad ;left Maiaoits in the company of d jiian ytitb .whom she wan w? ter i n g? >fi n ri m acy,... On the following dayshe. waa discovered, fitting, d pair . obe'Of the stone Jtanche*' near the Arc de 'Prforopbe; and, on being taken in to,custody, made a-ftlll confession of her guilt /-As fq?' the .picture of innofceqce, it waits, we believe, for ava"' * So nor i, Jan. 10, 1855. I My Dear Wife. Let not iny Tate shock or disturb you for 1 die under a just sentence, arid although the blow was struck in a moment of passion, I am nevertheless your, now guilty but ever-ioving husband,. . E. C. G. *' So\or4, Friday morning, 6 a.m. My Dearttt Wife. One hour more and 1 will cease to be as if J never wast'but. thank God i feel happy under my present circumstance* in firm reliance on that Gi>d who has to long protected me. I little thought, when last Wo patted, that it was forever; but my hope? are firm iar,our meeting again in another and a [better World, tf njy dying could but return my victim to life, what a source of happiness it would be] Praydfor me, my "dear, Jljry Anne, aqd atrive to-forget this dreadful affair}' but yoq may depend that, though black and Ibid looking; it was hot - premeditated. The crowd are impattehtly waiting for day light and .me. 8b,'fbreyer farewelI in this World; d [thatyou may be happy ia the last wish of ybur unfortunate and dying hustiand. IS. C. Gi In the moming, the erowjd tooVblm out and hung'hlm;toa tree. Griffiths was born in Liverpool, and w?a formerly a sailor. -Th*%-'w?ai' N*via Childjbbk.?We talk of Adiud'and Eve aiaf baring been, before the Ml,In aSrery'happy.condition, but one thing thCf miaaed?the? were never children.?Cor. Alb. Regitter. True. We never thought of that. 'Adam never played marbles. He never played ' ho key/ He never drove a tandem of boys with a string. Efe never skated on a pond, or played . ' ball/ or rode down hill on a hand sleigh.?* And Eve, she never jmade a plat house; she never took tea with another little girl from the little tea-table set oat with the toy tea things j She never rolled a hoop,, or jumped a rope, or pieced a baby floilt, or dressed a doll. They never played .blind man's buff/ or ' pug r him and comfortably ^establish him here y and J that if he lr.-td ajij (rouble^ Mr. P(atf, of the /(i Delaware Mission woifld provide for him.?t. t Now, the E. A< Com'pany-oi/ght-tp hdow iKht \ it ie a long distance to Kansas, as from hereto. F Mr. Prat t,s -and -that he has ^-fcirmicH -s's fie- can t do to sustain himself-and-friends. *- a Other iudividtfila, to fny eertnin knowledge,! r were told that, thpy .wopld not need jretyrthicfc h winter clothing;' th& weather ..was pn warm and g mild, and consequently the/came wjthftuUbem. Child FaoxaN.^-It fa reported that a- ohjld; o waa frozen to death op the night of the ?8ih ii Feb., under the fiullowing-cirQMinatances. Hie'; family were camping out with a tent near-lhe- -t Pottawatomie Mission,-some " forty m'de^ d.ls laat. Iiflfafc Ceding the child, about five 'rl jfdars of age, was'w rapped' up and put to bed t On.the next , morning, when The' parent# at- I tempted to wnke.it, they/ound itwaa?a,frozen 1 corpse, The night was the coldest one we eX- t pcrienoed tbir wiiiUV.?iiJo'tiWa Free State. t In ourown vicinity; \ve Have heard instances t'l ..-.AtfL ? i. 'vrt ir" f- '.^1 wi .sunering. uuring me siona, nve-men reached" the house ot Maj. Vrfticlersliee.. over in Kansa?, almost in a hopeless condition;? ti They were badfy frosted. Evei^; rcare aud at- d teqtion was kindly bestowed upon tliietu by the C Major'sdkmify, and,* though greatly .injured, s they recovered sufficiently to return to Mis* y souri. They were emigrants looking at the iCansas country.~Cycle, Qth. - ^ - v. d ' ?tl Skeltkkkd Fahiis.?TTiiS .is a subject that a (have not.seen noticed, though it is.one of p great importance and should receive the ear^ n attention of those who are about building'in o the country ; especially on the Western Pra-' a ries, where the winds come unobstructed tor- a miles. Persons buildii.g generally select'tbe f highest spot, end thiais right .in one sense of fl the'Word. It is well to have advantage pf r pure air, to be so situated .as to have a com* c .nianding prospect, and to drain .the water front r your buildings; but the effect of the whiter" x winds more than balance the conveniences' and f pleasures above enumerated. No one is'more A liable to be deceived in this than he who comes n fr the summer, when .the soft breezes pas* by, t making it, as it were,'a paradise. He builds ( thereon with prospects "frittering ; retirwrtb * his new home, and all goes bn well, until the December winds tell him that'he has chosen the wrong spot. He becomes discouraged, falls out with country life, return* to the city** to spend bis days ; all from not building in a place that would be sheltered. A farm house should he so situated as to have woodland on the Northwest, even at the privation of .other conveniences. And if it is impossible to be so ftiiu&ted. trees. ?huuUi be grown on the north and west, so as to shelter house and garden.. ? A Man Without Money.?A man without money is a body without life, a walking aha-, dow, a spectre that affrights. His look is dole ful, his conversation is languid and heavy. If he wishes to pay a visit, he never finds any U.irl nrii) If l?A lii.l mAiilk >A uAAallf Lftujj. iiuuic, awu ii no ujjciia uio iu'iuou vi o^caa I. lie i* interrupted every moment in order that he may not finish the sentence, lest he should, a end hy asking for money, Be is avoided as a t pestilence, and is considered a useless clog upnu tta earth. If he has wit, he cannot display it, I and if he has none he is looked upon as the t most frightful biped that Nature can cr^ater When in ill-humor bis enemies say he is fit for, nothing, and those best inclined toward* him, . preface their eOjogy by a shrug of the thou Id f ers. Necessity awaits him in:the morning. r and misery attends him to bed at night. The r wonien say he ft vulgar and unmannerly, and; e regard him with suspicion! Tavern keepers a wish that, like the chameleon, he would live a upon the air; and tailors that, like our first 'r parents, he would clothe himself with fig leave's. H If he wishes to argue, be is not listened td-; t a n.-i i f Ka oil AA*n j Ii a f a ii rvt h/I i it A s aii'J II uu oupcArn no to IIVI uoaiu j 11 iw WOIMO [} Any thing from a tradesman, he is- aslted tovti pay before band, and if in debt^he ircohsid-- Q ered a rogue. - ' v'* h ''*?? ' :a C unions Facts ' .Goncrbnio Dwnnri.^ a The'effect of mental disquietude in producing. t this prevalent complaint , is far greater than is y supposed.It is well known that persona in c good health,,of sound digestive organs, who a take sufficient exercise,' aud are free fromlnf* c iety.may eat almost anything, and in qoanti-1 > ties Which , would, kill those in-different circumJ- * stances." In reference to this point, Drv Brig' e ham, an.-English, medical writer; observes-: fi ".We do not find dyspepsia prevalentfin countries where the people do eat fhdst enormously* j ". Travellers in Siberia aay that the peppl^theje, ,v often. ept forty, pound? _ol food- in ?ope .;d*y*( 7j Admiral Seripoboff taw a Sibeg^ea^^frpot^;;,! after breakfast, twenty-five poundsbfdb*iiled g rice, with three poundi of butter. Butdyspep-- p sia ia not a common di?es*e in Siberia.' We do'pot learn from Captain J^rry 6C, C?ptain n Lyon, the Arotio traveller*, that tpovr friend a, jr the Esquimau*, are very nervoui and dyspep- h tic, though they Individually eat ten or twelve 3I pounds of solid food per day, washing; it do wn f ( with a gallon or so of train oil. Captain Lyon' {| was, to be sure, a little concerned for a delicate n young lady Esquimaux, who ate Her candles, M wicks and all, yet he does not allude to her. in - ability to digest them." . \ . _ , 0 A Siroulak kf arkugi Blcvdre.?In England, recently, a singular marriage blander oc curred. A clergyman, by mistake, married a- la lady tu the person, wfeii officiated in the cerei d many as ber father. When the near made si husband was pointed out to her, the- bride de- hi clsredt with tears in her eyes, that that could S not be, as he oas already married and bad a gi family. The clergyman was somewhat as, w lountfed at the result of his blunder; and asked hi lor time to oonsult the authorities upon the di subject, the result of which was that the next ei day he performed the services over again,with- 1 put making any more tni*Uk??. ft A Mistake' n* the rb? a .oert?in German ta*w?i there was a jtrejrtendou# furore th^at Jenn^y kind, who, after drjvmg thejsjiple dace m*d,'4vft?"t early oae. .nletiiiirg. Tthe' nomerrther carriage' W&& oiiljs[(le the 'gates,? lOnipnhv of sfudeiita, who "Jiad eeqoti^d U, ashed tyick io^heidfi, demanding toWsh'owfl 'emty's hed-^haij.be.r, and rushing up stairs nto the room, itqrifvjri the wpftS, hem as cfecortitiouh.*. )?n hqtfr Or. fcwo.aJ'bpr-.' 1 yards, a bk(d idreafi%aU .irehfefior) fl 1 ~ ft"* a UU wiwwawicu IW 110 IlllfWU U?giuii/V4i I?r v?v nirt0, and terrified,'wlieri'af >tu3ent approached inn.' At fiusr hje. said^ in a tow * voWx io.eonle en t Ionian near Khft'at wbje^:. f* . . . "*' . "Xou are English, {'obser/e? i>Ips(ex/ra" Tiiiiiary peopla-tlreae Gentian, stedehtaj i?V-. . - , ? t>*jk r* A' *. ? ' " ? * .* < ? ng-ni&d. vV - % v" Q, rttA,M_8?id. wtnebodfcy objjr.' ^xcitiubje," Kit very good fellows nndierijrffete."( <(V " By heaven?, sirj returned old gefttl*-* nari, much dlkbmposetf, v then there's -somehi ng political in it, and" J am a marked went ortffor a;.wajk this moriHnjfr wf wfillpwas gone, tliey, riretnid -intd-nry bed robna,. ook'away, the 6heet?fc and are ngw patroflirtg he town in ail directions With Bits o( rhera'i? hfeiYbtftturi holes.*" "V / '' y\--. Beautiful frxTRACt.?The foHowipjrbeait iful paragraph we extract figm tbe-addrtwaT elivered before tbe^sa'duating clnasof .{latgetV 'ollege, by. ibe<;5^ 'tyeudofe. Frelfrigfotf" en, and cjomrpend it -to.., the perusal "of -the oungi.^ _ J. ; ' /./ -,w..;'V-A .y, "Itesol verier do sometb'mg-q^aJ,, honorable u|Tful, aod jlo ft heartily./ Repel the thought; but ^oii can, and therefore you may, liya, hove work and wtihdut,iU A Wong the most itiabl.e objects jh'society,is the man whoa?, [lind has not ^been trained by the. djaCipfthV >f education?who haaleafned^ow to tuiirkf nil the value of his pdw?fs, And .^tUt II tbeee.ijobla fucukiea cultivated andprejwred. pi- an. honorableVotivity ignobly sits down 40. lo nothmg; with iu> influence.oyer the .public rjind?with nu interest in . the,-concerns of-bia iouivtry or. even/.-his nefghborhoodi--ito be egardfd as a drone, w ithout object or cbarae-. er, with no hand to lift, aud ik> effort io. pot. prlhto heli) the right hand or defeat the wtpftg. (V ho'can think,*, wi th any cal qmeae, of' each a miserable career! And however itr naay be vith yoiu ip. active enterprise, never permit ro'ur influence to go into hostility to the cspae >f truth and, virtue.. So Jive," that wjtjh the >hrTttnin poet you may*truthfully a&y thaV - '.If your country stand not by your ildB, - * .'At least your follies base not wrought her fidlJ " - " M*m. ' 'i ' ' > * The Southern -Presbyterian says, the. Staleueuts made in our public jouenals with regard 0 the amount of Mr. Chambers' munificent request to Davidson College- have^been to 'arious that we are gratified ih having received 1 full statement of the matter from Uie lips of me of the 'trustees.of the College, who is also Castor of the Church of-, which Mr. ,C. died a nember. The. exact amount of the legacy :annot be ascertained at present, inasmuch as P'*cial bequests are to pe paid out ot the estate >f which the College stands as the residuary egatee. No> doubt, however, is entertained hat the College will receive the sum of two mo hundred thousand dollars, and perhaps a argersum. ... "Air. Chambers alsoleft properly and money mounting to $30,01)0, or more", to the Pte'sbyerian Church at Salisbury. "Wa-do not remember a similar instance of iberality-tow&rd the Church and, her iustitn ions hi our country.": s . Petersburg, Maifch/5. : Desperate Affray.?The town of Weldori, C., was 10 day the scene of a tragical oCQujrOnce. - Patrick McGowafi, mail agprci on' the oute between Weldun and Raleigh, wasattackd. by three ureny. two of. clienr named- iSuctttt* ad the other Price* aud- terribly wounded.^* ft' ppearrf that some roisu ndei standing hatPbccpred, relative to sOmebusinea*. transaction "J b? mount in controversy being only doilatf . hat bitter.feelings were ena?faderpd, and "fbaf.! IcGowan-waaToflowed to Weldomby the-par- ; ics above named,"wlui there made t* mnrder j [US atrara upon mm, suumiug- ??u uiruugn.*uie eytd, neck mrd abdouieu?.lodging six:bill* bootbfa perwnv-' Jn^9?d, CJim -informe^dbat fler Mc(*owan wasdovtfn, His assailant* in ued firing, ujjou.hiqil When thee art. I^l4be founded yian, was supposed 40. bein a during; ondiUon^"1.1 have, not learned whatW any rrests have been p>ade. Tke Everetta cbW'erped?Ji\ jU?ls jterfibte affair AT*-. fbtber/and ' [Wo learn ik^t jI^cQowab* w^v formerly ' mplhyed., atl^; Washington Wo^menlv- w. Lidi^oird.]?j^Amonrf Dcspaick. . 4..*, " .,? ? ; . * -*1 ' OfjrjCiat QiQMTT.-7'8?ime years agn the OQerafrlo. Joaiah Qutocy -then- Pneaidgnt .of : Inward University,, and Jiia jon then Prasir;? hnt/of-dJeConrmoo- Control -of the city-Cof Eosbuvwereritoaated' or efladed tcraa two' 'resident Qaineye. .After the usuaj noisy die . lonstration, the younger Qaiuey- very gravely" ( rosevand mpudmted-the idea i>f each -greup.ig?f preaidenta* He told Ad audience that e intended tct be oahrteoua to other*, and.yet ibmit or allow nothing -to he said derogatory > bis .own dignity.-..'4 beg leave to.request , to audience toremember.lbat the? oltkgenlletan over there presides over a.paroe! of boys rhile I preside over A - body of men.'? It ^ iperftqoaa t*r mention that the.uproar ampjig eoptewho.had known-both gentlemen long ad well was tumultuous. > x Flbki.no Death.?A note to rite .Koran re- 1 itea tffe following legend : "The angel of Nth pasting once by Solomon iu a rMMe tape, and looking at one who was sitting with ina. the man asked- who be was, and ujxm i iilonum's acquainting htm that it was the' en-, si of death, said, "IJe enema U> want me, | iiersfore order the wind to earry me from snce into India */ which, being accordingly nne, the angel said to Solomon,41 looked so irnestly at the man out of wonder ; because i was commanded to take hie soul in India, and ! >uud hint with Ihee to -Palestine,'" 4I SANinnfB Islasd La diss.?There aresonw Among them who, in point of physical perfcetion, are -surpassed by none through oetthe whole-earth. The girls are -women at fifteen and tixieep.;- $beir development is rapid under bhe genial sun of the tropica. Tbey have the Malayan - physiology fifid cast of eoeMertartoa, with dark eyes, that seem to read the beholders thoughts, and hair as bkcfe and glossy a*4he wings of the raven. I Jtave 'Seen Jtnanyot.thein. on whose external beauty -pa. ture:se*mad to, have lavished ai| her shhl. frfltotheQv maturity until quite past thw meridian oflfte, tHsVoMe&appear to think, frd ?Jd >cfc-1 ike-school girh.' hjsoetutjtii jbsif ISeamtTul tresm Vcomr mixed tljey hpgiiv to feel the-oumlftgoOOf lifeVlirfdiiit > Tfon Tt j# that they. jrow nld-rapitHy, and*tbey /ade likp flo**?r$ tmittOnh* Jbd ieshilij breath df the north. -It may aatfty oe asserted tftnltbese-woineh acquire much of their, pbe. aidlpetfeelioiv by frequent aqtn*tc-*Bd; eqo?e> ;i- v. ;. : S~:' ' -V- - V i'. n^ ^ "/Fa* T*acmt*,e niffk -VoeAtioy.?ir ifai also deserves Wdt^of hf* country/ who//*# eo/(fi%t?*n*ti?gemoQS statesman's otoerts* ffom'tnafcel three spires of gfan '^row where onty two greW before; -what' praise doe#*Kb . merit who moftlpliesiiuellffjence, WKb expands the .slumbering -faculties of the buflwta who csjls fprth huo oxeccjae-tpower*'capable of increasing the poblic stock of wealthy $f Virtue ajid happiness/apd of exalting the i? spsawLto his properrmt?oo of usefulness iq4 * importance If _tb*t .potter. who j>as - moulded the-unresisting-clay. to forms of beauty and elegance-. hjpidfe served our patronage,. wfc*t glory shall" bq jhiaM^o, -faithftH sod ddigent in \ lijs Auujliopikj W flatted ; tb?uvinda ?(f ???i -m and IWMfr *cd fittfle-Hrftt Henry H*nr m Vpv t V- ..>;U .; . " BkactiVul ikp Taup.?-The lata'emftjeni Jiidge, Sir Allen Park, once said at 4 public wcetrrtg i& Ldndon, u Wejire ln-the midst of Wessings till weare t?tte"r(y'iriseosible to tbe? greatness, and of.tte source from wheErce tlngr flow. 'We. apeak of our .civilization, otir art^ our Ire^doiiy okrr (swa, and forget, en tirefy Irtrtr Urge a share is due to Christhuiity. Blot Chris- . t tianity out of the page of manV history, and what would his laws havd bden? what biactvi-" litatio^f Christianity is mixed ap with^oian very being and our daily life; there is riot a familiaT object areand us which does dot'wear 'adifferent aspect because the light bf ftri$ tian love is on it?not s law which dock ne? owe its truth and' gentleness to Christianity; not * custom -which cannot be traced; hi 1# . its holy, healthful parts to the Gospelfl - ? reverence by the inhabitants, bat an ancient | chronicle at Milan is said to prove that it ^as : a tree in the time of Julius Caesar, B. C. 42. It is 128 feet in circumference at-one foot from the ground. Napoleon when laying down the pj an for bis great road over the Simpldo diverged from a straight Tine to ayoid injuring this tree. .. . . ** Aovaktaok or a Rica MaVs Akk.?Mr. Rothschild was asked, in Paris, lately, by 41 young man, an intimate friend of his family, to lend him 5000 francs. "No," said the JBarOn, " i only do busineaa now with crowned keadp; but III get you the money. You may walk wfth roe, once, along thearcsdes ofthe Bourse, takipgme fainitUiiyby the arm." The promenade was effected, and at the eod-of i't the young-man had hif-5000 in bis pocket, and-bad refused offers of 50,000 more. ... j *. :?. i Lsiott flcjrr.?Wedjc&ieveriC is bot generaUy known that this British poet waa the son of American parents, though born iiCfSnglaati;*^ . J3ir father was a roystfst, and ffed-Ut- tho Swt tber country at the time*of-the revolution.? His mother was a sitter of the celebrated pam*' ter, llebjsmio West. ? >. K- y e* j? 1 - < -> . . Bo *?* *Owi?' We like an twa bov^cnejWho'haathe impiHae of the .'age? the steato "engine-Tn him. A lazy plodding, wlhpacedxha^?i$tbave got along in tha ^*o*td fifty year* ago?bat he . won't do for (keae time*.. ? .. * . r.... ..* *r '/ *. Y * > t " . -- ? Why doeanot'iion&s marry "T aaid 009 firfflml,, lo itnolher, yesterday, referring' tola' Very rednoM acquaintance.. ~ "Why, ifbfc wfere to,*v waa the reply,1* 4fc might be ludidted for bigamy fdrlier it already* wedded-' to thfehatle. . ' . .-y-v", *? . : > ... .v. ; 'Lawitrntj^-Dr Johnson compered plain.: . . tiffknji * defendant-inrao action of law to two. men-docking their heads in a bucket aod dar-. ingegcb other to remain the. longest under' water . *1. ?jv;. ' 1'' r>o? < ) . ."v *? ? -? . V. 'Goirto iiur to' Cwcecw: llrfc ~Ch apbfce i win why *(fe aiwftys gam* co earfyto ehotehf "Because,'* aaid ihe, utt k J?tt 6f my fefigioa never to dUWrb the rehjon Of attor*. V" f' ^ **' - 1 >r - v ^ . * : . ' >:.;?* .< . :* Lortto Dtor itm* titd of ? gfraeping avarlciottl fanner; that if he hod the. whole world inclined in a single ^Md He:woftkJ not be coirtentent without a patch of ground ?r tho guUi'de for potatoes. ' > k v * V i ' ' <4* '! * .? "tW-4 Waaurw AWR DrtfKm- it has beth poftat-*fly Hiidof ridh(dlar3'W?t tha)' bepo on tytfc hso*ef*i*ton thf? die for they vfvffir the fffoqhd ?n|y when ttoy retort toll,. v j % * v A MMAvnm NA^qs^Tto flow p*?** Jinoeverwi hy }flr. Biftd it to be?tiled Jn*?' lAeenjng fWe, (ht flame gfeen by tj? ancient Greek* to ouepf the teaeohc. ^ v ' ' ' V ' ? ' ;!|; ' A Goo? Reason.?Mother tbia book ttelia iboot the "angry wave* of the oceao.'^ Now whal mtkea Urn oceu pt ?OTI 0?*un , n mi mi m *>f me,