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. * lauuNiinl cv.'r\i Silurday Morning by CHARLES II. ALLEN, BDITOR AND PUOI'KtETQgfe-^ I One : Dollar and Fifty cent**1 g&.': Invariably in Advance, | ADVERTlSKlMliNTiS, inserted at 75 els. por square of twelvo lilies for the first insertion, and 37 1-2 els. for cuch continuance. Tlioso not ha.i. viug tlie desired number of insertions marked upon tlicm, will bo coiitiuucd until ordered out r-%1 ? and charged accordingly. iHP E-Urays Tolled, 5$2.UU, to be paid by tho Ma SL/* For announcing a Candidate, ?2.00, iu advance. J: (E?" Tho Postage must bo paid upon uU'loltcrs ?. and communications to securo attention. p|<. - ^ " gis ag'gaffi. |i THRILLINGVEHSES. The circumstanccs which induced the writing of. the following most touching and thrilling lilies \ . ujo u.? follows:?A young lady of Now York was in the hub'.t of'writing for the Philadelphia Ledger j}'. '? "on the subject of Temperance. Her writing was; so full of pathos, uudeViaccdiiidi Jcik *mrtiinn of I Aud (he^l woild'n |tioiui norn? jCjtj* 'i'ilfH ct fFr on from year to year? Thy svitil r.-lk-f t!?o scorch'.njj tear. 1"a. <?oh.npi l where I have knelt, *' bea?cccli uuU pray? |p Strive the besotted heart to melt, FJgr *-???!.-v. iu riu; , g>?' I)o clushml Willi bitter curse aside, YLeaver bsirlcwjnoc!- vcjir tears defied. Sfr ?o weep where I have wept jjo&? O'er a Iiiveil father's fall, Sue every promised blessing swept? m.' Yoiuh'a sweetness turned to gal!? j Lite's rM-'V'/ff flowers stre wed all ilio way? That bruiig!:i. wojimus day. Go pcc what I have at'cil, . _ Behold the stron'g'man bowed?' ' Willi guasjimg Ucth?<ip. bathed iri bl^lj~^^.. i. ; ?r? ry?ritr-urcw"; " Go catch hirt witheringglance, and sort ' | ' Thore minor-d, his soma misery. . ' ' . lJu;ir'my-riUhorV^?dej - ' r And her crush'd bosom cheer, ' IfeV^- Thine own deep anguish hide; kSSi'..'*' Wipe from hor cheek the hitter tear; Murk her worm frame and withered brow? ' Tho gray that htreaks her dark hair now? \ Willi fading frame and trembling limb ; And tracc tho ruin hack to him v Whoso plighted faith, in early youth PI'roini.sod eternal lovo, and truth, K.'v; Hut who forsworn, hath yielded up 'i'hat promise to tho cursed cup; And led her down through love and light , And all that made her prospects bright; B?v c',am ^ ',er there, 'in.d want and strife? Mr'.; That lowly thing a drunkard's wife? And stmnp'd on childhoods brow so mild, That withering blight the druukard'tichild. Go hear, and feel, and .see, and know, All tliat Mr houi* hath felt and known ; fT\ Then look upon the wiuc cup's glow, See if its beauty can alone? I Think if its flavor you will try ! ?, . When all proclaim, 'lis drink atid die! gp.-? Tell me I HATE the bowl? Hate is a feeble word, I loathe?ABHOR?mv verv boi-l With btho.no disgust is htjrr'jj When e'er I sfco, or hear, or tell, Of the dark BEVERAGE of HELL B, 1 'iTl/st FItXMI EUROBE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP EUROPA Fj om the Ball. Sun, 1 si insl. Pv "ft ELECTION OP K' ""i?/ loiiiia Napoleon*-Flight of ^ TI1E PQPE. . . , . r' The Steamer Europa arrived at her wliarJ tS:, yes-ttfrdiiy afternoon, after a passage of fif. j|b tcun duys, from Liverpool, whence she sailjk ed on the 10th ult. We received the fo!lowing dispatch lust evening from our correspondent at New York: dent ot Fraice, ami Paris is tranquil on tli'i 44th ult. Tho returns from the ejection continue to ^Ome'Up favorable to fti?^ectiou o.f Prinm? Leais Napoleon to the Presidency. lie proposes to raise Gen. Gavnignac to tho position of Marshal of Franco. -,i, A general amnesty is spoken of as likely i to be pr?3gcnted to the Assembly' either bv (Javaignac or the ministry of President Bonaparte. It seems to he undestood thlit it will not include the prisoners of Yincennes. The intention ol promoting the election of M. Dufauvre to the Presidency of the National Assembly, is revived, Tand will probably be carried into cfloct Marshal Bugeaud made his first appearance in the Assembly to-day, and was received in the Salto des Pasperdushy by Mr Thiers and M. Mole. A great number of members of the Assembly have to-day left their cards at the Hotel of Prince Loui?. The Proclamation of the election of President will be issued about the SOth,^ The ^incompletereturns of the yote.stoVd )n the following proportionLonis Nopolein 66 THE^t EVOLUTION IN' BOME. * The Revolution in Rome has terminated in the Ilighlol the Pope and t ho heads* of the Roman Catholic Church. Ono of (he most popular princes that has ever ascended the l'apal throne is now an exile and wanderer. ^ The Pope appears after the. scenes last described, to have remained a prisoner in Ins palace, protected from personal violence by the French Ambassador. The Pojie, in fleeing from Rome, look refuge at Naples refusing to co to France, f ie has signed a protest, declaring all the late acts void. IRELAND. This country continues in a state of tranquility. Lord Clare<Jon has been familiarly received on his return to the Vice Regtl r 'I'kV i -r?c.i.---. WWUL'?T# J usual UUUU'33 Ul LUIlliUl.ltCK wa- voicq/'iiccoinnanied with u recommendation ofr?m6v;Vl of ihe grievances under wiw'^ the country Inborn. 'He utterly disr?.. riesjnrn nn jhn nail nl'lliw tl:i- . rernmciit t<? eiirotn siT:ing of juries. PRtrssii* . Alarming riots took place Mert'?c* 9" ihe 4th of Dec., and the town was 'n , bands of the populace on the 5th For ?? hours great excesses took place. AUSTRIA. The Emperor of Austria h:is abdicated in favor of his nephew, with a new minis- 1 The President has published an adilress declaring the policy of (he new President, < and pledges to maintain the liberty of tin; people. | The military exec llions for political of- i fensesstill continued. The Cholera is raging fearfully at Fresbuagh. THE REMNANT OF INDIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA. There vet remain, it seems, a small num ber of Cherokee Indian? in North Carolina, settled in Haywood county," among the Alleghany mountains, in n r^istricr caflTe3^'" Qualla Town, full' of large forests abounding in game, with fertile slopes and valleys, and numerous streams abounding in fish. There were eight 'hundred of them, and with them also reside a hundred Catawba Indians. A letter published in thtj National Intelligence says that since the removal of the.Cherokee tribe to the west of the Mississippi it has gradually decreased in num bers, while those who remained behind in North Carolina have grown more numerous, at thu rate of four per cent annuaHy. The Indians at Qualla Town, according to this writer, are divided into seven clans, each of whom has its separate town and over each a chief presides. There is a custom which prevents the members of any clan from marrying among themselves, so that they are obliged to take lh.eir wires from some other clan. The author of the Jj?U$r,'$ayj^of their state of civilization :? ? ^J^t^jrep;fouths, of the entire popularttfjbrfty'; of them u infer.stand Jgttajwb, a very lew can speatc the jungungc. iTn?jf practice to itfonslderabfe-extent, the ^ctynfee of agriculture, and have acqtttftfff" 8Qch a knowledge of .the mechnic arts as ^answers them for all ordinary purposes, iWT'they manufacture their own clothing, theifown plows, and other fanning utenfils, their own axe* and eveo their own guns. m. 'I'heir women nfo'^o^ Jong^'slaves but a8 eqvmig<^"Q menN*?0r in'tln^ field, audtb^flrwi ves are domed entirely to^Jidiiisehold employments/ '/'bey' Icccp the same domestic animu? tlint aro kept by their white neighbors, ynd cultivate all the common grains of til/country. They are probably as tempo/ate as any oilier class of people on they faco of the earth, honest in their busiiv/s intercourse, moral in their thoughts, wot/Is and deeds, and distinguished lor their ftuihfuhicss in performing the duties of religion. They are chiefly Methodists and Baptists, and have regularly ordained ministers, who n I'd ?* r? ll Ia ?. < rt 1 ; |/|VUUM IV ttlWill Ull UVUI ^ UU UUiHIIj UIIU llli'.y have also abandoned many of tlieirmoro senseless superstitions. They huve their own courts, and try their crinrjinuls by a regular-jury. Their judges anji lawyers/ nro chosen from among themselvjsg. They keep ib order the public roads leading through tti'eir settlement. By h law of tM> State theyHhrivethe right to vot<i, bat seldo^i exercise that righl, as they, do! notj^ike tee idea of being induntified. wit^ a xifcqjdc cttndid* ' ^a^ ^ u I ways acted upon the opinioff\wlue mrj i man could.not bo educated inter I r<5asortable being." + ' 7 ; The writer attended their re igioua worshipon Sunday, of which ho f. V'estliefollowing account:? ' vi, " Wr reached the rude but sM.cious log .meeting house about eleven o'clock. The first hour was devoted to instricting the children from a Cherokre Catt fiisin, an;l the Chiefs of the several clans w< re the officiating teachers- At twelve o'cfeck, a congregation of -some one Imndrw and fifty souls was collected, a large pi (portion of whom were women, who were as neatly dressed as could ho desired, wilt ;idy calico gowns, and fancy handkerchief tied over their heads. The deportment <f all present was as circumspect and solemn^as I havo ever witnessed in any New Kn'gland relig^oTiKT5scTnrmy7^-?Trfnn^i^ri;*?Wtoi^-nuL:. lad they all (ell upon their knee's, and in singing all but the concluding hymn they retained their seats. Th' ir form of worship was according to tho Methodist custom, in their singing their was a wild and pl?iu!rtvc jweemess wnicn was very impressive. 'jTho Women rind children, as well as the men, p,:.'UC!.u:,tcd l'lis portion of the ceremony, and soi."}e '?roale voices reminded me ofthe cdrn?Jhi? ?1 ^irds. They sung four hymns, throe praye.".? w".*-ro offered byscvejal individuals, and two set'.- ' inous or exhortations were delivered. The prayers were short and pointed, and as the shot (est might be considered a lair specimen of the other?, I will transcribe it for the edification of my readers.:;^-^. t "Almighty Lord, whp art the ^jviher of the world look down from .*b^v^^pii this congregation. Bless thVlndifins, and supply them with alt tho'Hfbo'd a tVd^totlun# thev may want; bless also tfw'menj'ftfid. give them every thing ihe^maWneedfc/ Aid all, O I^rd, |n^ a}t this young white^hwi V^o h^^J^f^ Jhir Indian meeting. Protect; his travels, and go wtih himftoi hisi^ifer^onje for we know by hi8^kida%^ttl?dir^ friend to the poor, ignofani^^tl^ln^uted Indians. Amen 1'? Prom the Petersburg^d.yjS^t^^an. . EXECUTION OF Wm.^15;-^'PES. On Friday Iajt, December 22nd, in pursuance of the sentence passed by the Hon. Judge Nasii, William Danbridga Epes suffered the penalty of the Iaw? for the crime of murder, perpetrated on the body of Francis Adolphus Muir, Esq, on the 2d day of February, 1846. <>' At about 2(J minutes to 1 o'clock, the prisoner accompanied by the Rev. Messrs. Hargrave and Withers, left the ja)l. The prisoner *vaa dressed in his gray? clothes, (all white,) and with the exc^iopof pa Jewess produced by eonficen^^^^^ reand-efep firm. Arri ved. ait lected, closing with a 'piriaj^^^Wi'iatelo The prisoner then mounU^^t^i)fl and in a clear, audible voice/sajmiwating no signs of emotion, marie the following ie eiurks:? Kl'iis' SI'XiKCII. GcatlemWli&\i was not my object to have any thing to any on the present okcfa: sion, but as it limy rio good I have determined to say something. I have been charged with the murdtir ofa hog-drover? I have been charged with the murder of my mother-in.law?I have been charged with the murder of my son?and L have been charged with the"*iflurder of my own Sfirv.uit Lilt rrnnl1n?n.?n ?ll _ , Q>...>iuui?ii| mi uicau cirirgus arc false?all false. Would to God that I could say as much of that other charge. But of that 1 am guiliy. I murdered Francis Adolphus Muir, I murdered him. He fell by my hand. 1 have regretted the oct over since it was committed?it has been before my eyes ever since. I have the gratifipation to state that I believe he is in heaven, and I trust I may meet him there. In his dying moments he said hn hrmnil tr? meet me ihcre. I hopo I shall meet him there, for 1 trust in God's promises. "Gemleuien-7?I have eeen; bettor days, and many of you knovv it. Bui when ihe iung by ihe vast assembly in adYstifcle ha!in6?y- TI?*' b ? n ? d i c t io n e was . pronounced; and the'faiiewefls were spoken by the Rev. gentlemen, and many othera Collected around, to nil of whom the,criminal gave' aa audible ttgobd bye." He then "turned tethe crowed, "good-bya-to,-you all, L hope to meet you ail in heaven " . The .Sheriff then. proceeded in the perfortnafice.of tlie duties of his office. While tho preliminaries'were arranging, the criminal displayed the name fortitude that he had shown throughout the trial, and at the pronunciatidtt-of the sentence. While the bandage was being tied over'-his^eyes he muttered, ir " Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," and all things being ready, .the carl was moved, and immediately the soul of William Datidridge Epes wjm in the "presence of?itsv Creator an^it?"Judge. He died almost w ithout A struggle. Aiier uio expTratiot) oi an near ins crony was cut dopm, when the neck was found to have been broken. The body was laid in a cotlin, furnished by the relatives of the de*A ceased, and deposited in the jail of Dinwiddie, to be the next day removed to the residence of his brother in Nottoway county. Wonderful Discovery.?The Boston Atlas contains an interesting cofnmunica lion from a corre?ponndent in the copper mine region of Lake. Superior, ll details sjme remarkable discoveries which have bec?? recently made a few milcsinterior Irom the mouihei'lho Ontonagon river: " A large jwss of native copper, the weight estimated at spverf ton?, was found in the loose ground. A vast amount ot labor hud been expended upon it. J3*ery inch of it had been battered and hammei'pd over, and attempts had been made to prize it up, and place it on a platform. All this Was} the labor of a generation of beings long' since passed away. There is too inucb skill.manifested' for the- present race of Indians?, and yet the wordings are too anto. be - those of white, mon.' Many loa^s bf rude stone hammera are found burjetTa few feet betow the surface.- Theyar* ao.dWndant, that: in stoning up a cellar it wd'?- found more convenient to use them tbart to throw them out. Hemlock trees, two feet in diameter, and upon examination two and three hundred years old, are growing over the workings, and have to be felled, to enable the miners to excavate the earth. Remains of charred wedges, and levers and copper gads,are found under these trees and under the principal mass. These ancient workings cnn be traced for more than half a mile through the forest, and an expenditure of $50,000 at this tune would not pay for the accomplishment of a like amount of labor. Their great antiquity would seem to carry us back to other tribes. \7 ? ' 4 !. _ A. ! _!L 1. <UM4 tkn rtfttan*! VM x tu ii is nui lTnpnssiiHe mm mc jiicaiici. ahdians may be the descendants of those who wrought these.'* The Mother . 1 copy from Mi|f*?ilfel'9 Memoirs of the Womenofjh^iFPevolution, tbe following sketch jtgg^p&cpuntry effort abundant "examples (br.iflda^whb hav^'ottained its bigfrpst eminence, ascribing aU.to cuvly maternal in7fluence and training. For the mother of rftSlrW^^Ifrv. that great man?the pride and holror of his country, has ever professed feelingte^Lorofpund affection and *ene ^f?r^lng^or m * ' > I ^ >" ' I was what expresses tho perfection of a fcI male character, an excellent mother. ?|3h? was llio youngest of two daughtors, who wore.the only children of Gieofge and Elizabeth Hudson, Iler name Was also Eiiznbcrh; she was born in the courit^ of Hanover,in Virginia. 17C0. ' Her education was such as attainable at that period in the colony. In her fifteenth year she was married to John Clay, a preacher of the Baptist denomination, and became tho mother of eight children. Mr. Clay died during tho war ? ( the I Involution. """Sifine years nfutnvards Mrs. Clay contracted a second marriage with Henry Watkins, and in coursc of time eight children more were added to her family. The cures devolving upon her in the charge ofsomany children, and the superintendence of domestic concerns, of course occupied her time to the exclusion of participation in matters of public interest. Her son Harry was separated from her when only thirteen years of age, having . before that period been occasionally absent from home for months iu going to school. . In 179:2 his stepfather removed with his mnthnr nrtrl familfr PrAin U 1 ? """iir"\ : ""i" iiiniuiti tuuniy j?fi'-^0 jj'^C.Tn^? ^jV-ng cfudren , of whom thi're are bui four remaining, two !by the first and two by the last marriage. /signatutte of the Cross.?The mark which persons who are unable to write are required to make instead of their signature is the form of a cross ; and this practice having formerly been followed by king and nobles, is constantly referred to as an in- ' i stance of the deplorable ignorance and superstition of ancient times. This signature ia not. however, invariably a proof of such ignorance. Anciently, the use of this mark was not conlined to illiterate persons, for amongst the Saxons, tho mark of the cross, as an attestation of the good faun ol tne person signing, was required to be attached to the signature of those who could write. In those times, if a nian could write, or even read, his knowledge was considered proof presumptive that he .was in holy orders. The clericus, oi^jelerk, wa8 $ynoniraous with penman ; and tlie laity, or peojtfo Who w'crenct clerks* not feel any urgent necessity.To/the use ofleiterw?-Thuwuiwi < .? > -iiyArj.-. r ^ therefore, universal!, alike by those who ,cou!d and those who could not write; it was, indeed, the symbol of an oath, from its holy associations, and, generally, the mark. On thisaccount the ingenious cditorof"The Pictorial Shakespeare" explains the expres- sion of" God save the mark !" as a form of ejaculation approaching tno charnclcr of an oath. This phrase occurs three or more times in the plays of Shakspcare, hut hitherto it had been left by the commentators in its original obscurity. Greece.?Many of our readers rcmem ber the great excitcment in this country, fnr lhi> indi'ncrwlence of Orenec. what monc.i' was raised, by) Is and dinners given; vessels sent with arms, grain, and provisions? every man who had read Xenophon at school, went for the liberty of Greece, presuming that other Xenophons and Epamenondasi's would ngain arise. Well, Greece became free, but it was not Greece of old, and the court! ry settled down under a Bavarian King, not quite as respectable ttnd powerful as the n?w Republic ot Liberia. The last news is that a Ministry had been formed, with Canaris at its hcaif, said to be the creatures of the court. A fire toolc place recently at Athens, in a small grogshop, and to prevent its spreading the people tore down the adjoining honses^ as there welre but two fire engines iu Athens! Think of the glo.iy of Athens?its Parthenon, its Temple of Jupiter," ita Areopagus, its orators warriors, ueets ana navies?onjy iwo engines in thepluce! There are changes in* deed in the old world.'?N. Y. Sldr. Recovered Lake.?A singular accident: occurred on the Michigan Railway. -Itbef came necessary to carry a grading or emliankmpnl nffitlcftn f?i?l hiirll uCroSS a low peice of ground, containing about 100 acres, neailv dry enough for plow land. When they had poogressed with the. grading for distance, it became too heavy for the soil to in, and