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fifteen dollara*-Vui it warllteraily ^ price of tear* and anguish; it was proba* fa/ the price of shame end degradation! may be U via the price of life. /J The employment of the merchant, vQb; directed to, the conveniences and if'vgm at ties of life, is doubtless among tfe;4S& respectable and important avocathlU)lj?ltt*| when, iosload of h?i?er a large amount of his transactions v$u!o| voted to the dissemination of, ta] poisons, the unfailing coru, ruin, and death, info extern desunt. Let #tftgBjfl merchant, who deals in this as he rolls out the barrel, urfi^t ncconiplish; and especially otf l^e iw^t^ faction it will afford him to*h*V? a fortune by such m?snsy ^hil^#^b^^Orti he will hare in view of his laHnccjouaUak' ter having accomplished yso 4nueh in the world.?Arkansas Gazett?. Froui the New Organs Picayune. ' > j RTAD V AO a v tinft*,* ii?19?Wr..'-s',i The beautiful little stolry given belpjfe is from the pen of Chandler, the.Editbtef the United States Gazette. , As to^^ iiii?* lake about letter boxes they occu* coined ally in this city also. Alrjl.otit ^overif;d?y: we find letters dropped into AJurbox dlftc^ ted te all parts of?this cojinirj^nd rope also. / ^:V-\v' , I Amuting incidents Often oeeor- b^ perI eons mistaking llie If ttejr bcftt.of stores and I offices in this viciriityy foi that ^X; ^ Post Office. Wo sometimes fiod tbree or lour letters in.our leUer baS intended for the mails. These wc of coarte. pot on their way. V Standing once at our front ahudow, Vff . observed a young woman,; whose! fade was. not visible, to us, drop a letter into our box; and on taking it put, we {ouiwir.that she had mistaken pi^r est?hH?hnidnt^ foe that of die Post office. It was directed I . to Thomas rm?1n /Ireland, and thfe inland postage accompanied it. The letter was caused to be sen} with some others to the PoatJOffice, and gave the circumstance no further thought. Busied a few mpntbsnfterwards in ex. amining the contents of. our exchange papers, and inditing such paragra ph* as they . suggested to us, we did not pay ;nny attention ta a gentle tap at the door of our privltc rccm, until it was repeated. We then, too anxious tp conclude our labors 1 W- to open to the applicant, bade the one 'that knocked come in," and continued j v ? j> t _ % , . t our laoora wiinoui lilting an eye to tho door which was opened quietly and as quietly closed. We were startled at length with a sweetly modulated voice, inquiring tkis there a tetter here for me?" We at once raised our eyes, and saw a female about eighteen years of age?or, as tve have of late lost the art of ju ging . closely io these matters, perhaps twenty. It did not make a dimples difference to her face, and would uot if five more had been added to them. There was an ova! Uy face with nature's own blush and a slight projection of the mouth that told of Ireland, even without thesoftened modulation of voice that belongs to the women of that island. ' Neatness was.all that could be ? ascribed to her dress?it deserved that. ?' Letters are frequently asked for <n a newspaper office, in reply to advertisemcnls: so bade the young woman go to ikn r.nnt ?(%/ ? . -f .Li. -!?L . tiiu iiuuit uiuvv miu imjuiTO WI iiib cicrntft Bhe hadVbeen there, arid there was no one but a boy, who could not give her ihe information. So wc inquired the name. 'Kitty Mclnnc; but perhaps it will be .Catharine on the letter,* said she,. 'as that is my name.* We looked on the letter rock in the front office, among the 'A. B.'s,* the'X W.'s,' the P. Q.'s/ dtc., but saw none for Catharine. Returning, we inquired to what advertisement the letter was to be an answer. Advertisement! to no advertisement? it would be in answer to my letter.' And from whom did you expect a letter?/ The young woman looked much contused; but apparently supposingjhe question pertinent, she said, 'from Thomas ?r? ' 1 We saw at once that she had, as hundreds before had djne, mistaken our office for the Post Office, and the name Siren was that upon the loiter which we ad some months before sent from our letter box to that of the Post Office. Ho has not written, then* said Catharine, in a low voice, evidently not intended for our oar. 'But?ho may hove written/ 4 Then where's the letter?' said she looking pp. 4 At the Post Office, perhaps.* And we took Catharine by the hand and led her to the door, and pointed out tlfe way to the PostOffict. 4 You will ask at- tbe window,' said we 1 but as the clerks are younfc mem vou'l need not tell them from whom you expect* Ore letter.' * Not for the world*' said ?he looking into Our face with a glance that seemed to ... there was no harm in telling us*.,' Wc must.have used less than our wttal, precision th "directing Catharine to the post office* as quite nolf an hour afterL 'yvards* when patting the place, Wf saw iierntiho window, receiving the change >nd a letter from one of the clerks, and v the impatience,- shall wc soywonan or of * love, induced Calharwe to break the a<*al dqor. A glow of .pleasure was .on w ie?img?i% '" ft ?o?n? grass ?j*i<>oi^g, greouaai) * tS>$Ldt? Rn?iJiT<l?on!? -^r?y? yar?Ji ,?4? j en*!?o> >! ?u;rc?^ It sitaAth'w funeral of anirishper- t< B?n^w,ekVew by the numbers that ^it- d ien.ied~aod as ,tbo sexton laweM'th* coffin down-into./the narrow house*-the d .place appointee) fpT all the living, we saw c engraved up< n a simple plate, v Caniiarine McInne?. -l .y v The story was tpld. The small satfK of p money which Catharine had. deposited in C saving fund to giire a little consequence ti |j#0*her Tttarrtage festival, had been with- 3 drawn to give~her * decent burial.* > [0XU|tfBIA AND : KALCIGH raMP w '<W*V i i Wc gather Gram an extract from a report of a feronnotssanqe hy Mr. Garneti, ) published in UieCheraw Gazeito, the fot? % lowing particulars relative ' to the route of this new enterprise, in which the cili- , aena of that place lake a deep interest: After passing Carthage, the route fob t. low* the Old Jury Hand to Mtinroe'* ^ Mills, .on Drowning Creek, so as to cro.*s the head of Hitchcock Creek, and runs:^ through a little East of Rockingham.? * Before o final adoption i>f this part of the route, however. Drowning Creek is to be ? examined from the point nietitione;! down to Graham's Bridge. From some point . between Drowning Creek and Rocking* ham to Chcraw, it is recommended; that ? two routes should be examined.*-?the one k passing East of Rbckioghnnvand running down the Sandhill R?>ad to Chcraw?the ^ other, running down the valley of Hitchcock Creek to near the Pcdee, and t^en R keeping near the River to Cheraw. This last was not examined. A good one could he nht?inpil *t?i ? --- ? * > ?rw^iiyut ?ui0 uii*if?iii'rf irum | Carthage to Chera.w. The soil-front Car- * thage to Cheruw in the. same as that bo-jj! tween Carthage and Cape Fear, and the ' timber equally -abundant. Produce would ljj be curried to Cheraw from the greater part of Richmond county, and from the Pj Southern part of the* county, lumber might be carried. f* '> he county town of Richmond and Rockingham, is twenty-?wo"miles from n Cheraw. At tins place, the. Capital has w been raised for establishing a Cot top Far14 toryvandit will probably soongointo op?- h ration. Therein a fine '.water power at ? this place, in addition, that will be used i ^ for the Cotlo/i Factory. 1 ^ The Character of the Stage Road tweeh Cheraw and Cairuhn had caused. ** serious apprehensions to be felt on the difficulty of constructing h .Rail Road be- Jj'J tween these points:' It was therefore. w deemed advisable,. t*> examine this portion ' l)f tKp lino U'iltl Oitmn AC.?- ? 1 ... ...... ?u.?r minucr n cam*. fyl examination* however; it was found i11 that a very good line could be obtained.? .Jj The one traced after leaving Cheraw, t" would cross Thompson's Creek below a* Fends* Bridge, thence taking a favorable " point to cross the high ground ami get j.w over into the valley of Juniper, it would 'J run up 6.aid valley to Campbell's Mill? lJ cross Juniper ut Campheirs Mill and run-|" n ng up the East side, cross the Huge1)? R<?ad at M'Millan's?thence to the head: J of Juniper, at Roderick M'Kinnon's.? i ? Cutting through the ridge here, it wolildj strike the head of Little Beaver Darn, at! h Half's and rbuuing down Beaver Dam, ?f|tl would cross Black Creek below Johnson's tl Bridge and run op the valley of Lower a Aligator. Following up this valley as far tl as possible, and celling through the divi- g ding .ridge, the line should strike the head I ol Uedar Creek, as soon as possible; and sj cross*Big Linch's Creek near Young's l* Bridge. A good route may be found is whence, to the mouth -of Beaver Dam, on c< ihe Little Li neb's Creek. The line should pi rtoss at the mouth or at the Bridge above, tl Prom this point there is a well defined h ridge, dividing the waters which run into tl SHltlpders' Creek from those emptying in- 1< to the two Pine Trees. The line would w follow this ridge into Catpden .through n Kirk wood. 0 (n this distance, there would be no difficulty in constructing a Road. The character of the soil does not dififea from the north of the Pedee?& slight-sand, requiring the use of no instrument but the in shovel. . f *\ The country between Camden and Columbia, was not examined. Tho accurate pi '.25 ig i'Ac_ -? ^ . ti %. S iHa. 'fc T ami i&rorftoie uftfgrtptron of. it, toy Uotol , o^ *njten,-and-rCol. J ' U on-1 j)l jmia WhMe Mistiuce from Raleigh cto V<v|ufnbia.c?ii,^iu iio;. event, exceed* 220 fi?fe \T&* U+% Weiy bfe *a*j!naie(* at 110,000 peKmile,;and $200,000 may be dded for Locomotive power Cars atid loaches-?making the whole cost $2,400,tift SU-f v;v;:; f , ' V " Ih estimating theprofifs'ot-the work, hie transportation of p'rodjN?#.v is left oftt, a show that the Road wift.be entirely ineperideni of it. . *fare would be at least'fifty Passengers aily, each way, ak soon as--this Road is omplekrch but say ihnl -35. pns$y ifgyrs /ill pass each way daily, The^pTice /hieh thy rharterauthorizes for the transrtrtation of perspng is 0 cents per mile, livthese data, is based the, lollowi ng esimatc: f , 5 Passengera daily,.each way $337,260 fail, 200 per mile 44,$P0 $3$ 1.260 >cduct for annual repairs and exh pen sea $600 a mile $132,000 $249,360 This is a clear annual profit of a little lore than 10 1-3 per rent. Every five dditiona) Passengers will nrid 2 per cent. :? the annual dividend. What may wie ot experts In our country, the rapid increase of raeel is such as io bttfllc all calculation. | tny <?ne who had predicted its present mount,.even ten years ago, would have cu thought a madman. But the present mouiit will hear no proportion to that 1 fch will he created, by the existence of Rail Road communication from North to outll. other route it is thought con eveT ompete with this for the Northern and louthern tra? e| Any line, West of. this, assino ihfiwiikh t-r ^ vv VA"~ ?",v. yu II III 1 le country, wnitW be much more expen-* ve, and Would he mere subject'to delays om sn?>w and ice; circumstances whiph ould eventually prevent it from compeng successfully with the Metropolitan ne. Any Road, East of this', must pass trough a very sickly country; and, otjier tines being equal, Passengers will always refer a healthy route. This Would he the shortest line between ngusta, in Georgia, and the .city of New k ?w fult! pass the whole way through dfv elevated an:l healthy country, and ould w<?ulii coniiec'most of the Atlantic >wns and cities of the Union. Pour of tese ar,e the <'apitals of South Carolina, orlh Carolina, Virginia and the United tates. Every one of these places, from ngusta to New York, is interested in the mpletion of this erand chain of Rail ?ads. Every individual, owning ai share f stock in any part of this line, is more r less interested in the completion of the hole. , . ' ^ ?xrr The strongest possible proof that the letropolitan line ia the natural and legimate channel of this travel, is the fact, lat, without any general plan, link after nk,/of the great chain, has been made, 3 the wants of the community required ?em. There has been no forcing?the ork has grown out of the necessities of le public almost by magic; so that, at lis moment, -scarcely eight years from le commenoemriu. of the-first link, the bole chain is on tiie eve of completion otn ihe Roanoke River to the city of ostoo. Bui the RaJeigh And Columbia Road as stronger claims to the patronage of le country through which it passess. To ie whole*of ihi? r>V?n?it?w it 5 - - f e -,r ? ?'>YWI fc 1 iff* and prosperity. which will do more lan anything to rcheckr the tide of emiratiou,which is depopulating our land, 'he amount of money which must be pent in-constructing the Road, and scat* ?.red through the country and its vicinity, i not an unimportant matter. But this nnsideration is of small moment, coroared to the permanent enhancement of value of property. Every mafn will ave market brought to his own door, and te immense Pine Forests, now valued at 0 cents per acre,; will become sources of ealth. The citizens of this country inst he blind indeed, if the do not make very exertion to aid the wbrk. . THE PHILADELPHIA DUN. TScene, A Hotel in the W.sf.l rawlng^rt" hU, boots/ picktg his teeth, and. smoking a cigar)? Landlord! I waul to go to bod!' Landlord*-* Certainly: whenever you lease sir* 1 But I want a room to myself, sir!' - i I do not know how that will he, re- i lied tin toudlord* 'my hooeo is full, and i .~v- ' . >'* A " ' i&.'i' - >gK chlrgVth? Pti^?r clared tbot there was not e vfegpetoft;:-JtJi? Ijift. my'r9orr lindlay's noke. ,'t w?" ?le?P wTih cliU-: dteiii i>r arty where you please. The youwrlady.was a visiter, andgrcfit-favom ?*r the elder lady waa^p^d to putting her toSny distomfurt,^pariitular, ly on account of such s rude man. But the neice carried her point; and arrangements. were.made accordfruflr.' - ?v In a few minutes the exqiuaito was con^ ducted by" the landlord to a f^rV handsomely furnished apartrflent in the bach paVt of the Wuse. Every thing there was of the neatest and best kind. A suit of curtajns hung around the bedi the counterpane was white as snow, and the bod linen was fresh and fragrant. The Trtsmdy walked round the room examining e&ry thing -with the air of a man who fancied his life in danger from some contagious disease, or venomous reptile. He then threw open the bed clothes and after inspecting them exclaimed, 41 can't sleep in that bed!' Why not sir,' inquired the astonished landlord. Vit's.not clean! 1 can't sleep in it!' repeated the dandy, struting up and down with the most amusing air of self-importance, 41 would'nt sleep there for a thousand dollars!' 4/K.I-- - - - - - ukc core wnai you Bay,' said the landlord, ' you are not aware that I keep the best house in all this country, and that my wife is, famed for. the cleanliness of her hoti&e ahd beds!' * Can't help it,' replied the dandy, very deliberately surveyingjhimself in a mirror, 4 very sorry?awkward business, to besure?but to be plain with y.ou, I won't slejep in a dirty bed to please any rrian.' 'You won't, won't you!' " No sir, I-will not/ 'Then I will make you.* said the landlord, and seiaing the astonished dandy by the back of the neck, he led him to list bed.and forced his face down upon it? look at it,' continued the enraged land* lord, 4 examine it?smell it?do you call thai dirty, you puppy?' Then going to the door he called a servant to bring a cowhide, and informed the terrified dandy that utiless he undressed and went to bed instantly, he should receive a severe cotohiding. In vain the mortified'youngster promised to do all that was required of him; the landlord would trust nothing to his word, but remained until his guest was disrobed, of corsets and all and snugly nestled under the snow whitpunnnMwnno I It was nearly breakfast time when the crestfallen stranger made his appearance in the morning; and to his surprise, his steed which had evidently fared as well as himself, stood ready saddled at the door. Vpray, sir,' said he to his host, in an humble tone, and in a manner which showed him at ar loss how to begin the conversation, 'pray, 8ir? what hour do you breakfast?' We breakfast at eight,' was the reply, but the question is one in which ynii have little interest: for you must seek a brakefast elsewhere.' Surely my dear sir; you would not treat a gentleman with such Indignity^?-,' March !' said the landlord* *My bill .' You owe me nothing, I should think myself degraded by receiving you* money. In another moment the self-important mortal, who the evening bejore had ridden through the town with suob a consciousness of his own nignity, was gajlopping away degraded, vexed, and humbled. IJAU rMKlUHUUUS. The inconvenience of a bad neighbor i$ proverbial, but the following case, which lately occurred at one of the London police offices, puts the proverb in a remarksbiy clear point of vietfr. It appears that for some time past, the complainant, a tradesman, but of considerable'property* had found, the ornaments of his house-, bold rapidly disappearing, one day a sil* ?,* a-J r-. u:- -i-i-i-? .*1 am r vi lieu rillll HIS BlUVUOBia; a noill cr day a candlestick knew its place no jhdore; another day the'goblet deaf to his soul from wedding recollections/ no longer glittered in his eye; another day hia . soup-ladle had made*to itself wings and was gone. This, of course, produced an inquisition in the house, servants were examined, closets were hunted to the. remotest extremity, rat-holjps. word Batched, all in vain^ After a PW9?)* this (tonn^al .toVsil "' . ihe wardrobe tyegan to iaka its stioVi ifi of ft . Woe diplomatist, kept the '^aprot W blmaolf untii .ho hod dopoaited itiflihe ' e?r? of o pair of .police atcgfiants, and lid . them to the. house of th? SuHuquenL? < Nothing' could equal'the surprise of,'the accused but liis indignation: ,Ho>ppe^ ^ cd to his character, anil ir^Qjsed to, he 3 Ibcked uj>. However, the ^Wet, though without a tongue, gave strdng te?lrtbiiy, add the purloiner and hi$ tvife w$ro carried from their counter tdf the watch-house., :'Z The ofliceilj paw had a fair field before them, and they commenced a airicularly productive course of discovery. Tile rest of the fiarrntivn'r#>hrvir?#li ???. -e .*" r u a ? Oilier U.I lllt? . v. dexterity of spfn^ Sicilian banditti rn the midst of their castles and caverns, than of the simplicity.of a London shopkeeper in the Cockney bustle of Islington. Under the bedstead of the parties was a trapdoor, and the trap-door led, by a winding stair first into the bowels of the earth, and thence upward again into the neighboring mansion: The fruits of thrs intercourse were lho plunder of the sideboard,, wardrobe,* of every place which^cbntained any thing, and of every thing which? ; 1 could be carried off by active hands during the absence of the tradesman and his family. The officers lound plate, china, glass, and wearing oppara! as the spoilt^' in the house. On looking farther, thejf found an additional and h&ndsotnd depository of similar arttcles buried in the e&ttib; The propensity to catch every thififg which couldcaught appeared strong, for among the plunder was found a shoAvy hear tK rug, which a manufacturer in adjoining house had hung out as a symbol of his trade, and which by bejng^hung ^ el .L : -* - iroiii me second lioor window,;hcmturirt]y conceived to be beyond the grasp of * common, thievery. But he had forgotten the perils, impending from above, and While he was defying the potty larceny of the streets, q clever pitch -from the roof catried up the hearth-rug, and deprived him of the badge of his trade. The plunderer-and his wife bore'a capital character in their neighborhood, and were rc- ; garded by common fame 'as remarkably quiet and industrious people.' That they had done their business quietly in their neighbor's house U plaii? enough, and that they coirtd be remarkably industrious on Sundays is equally plain; but they were committed Tiotwithstiifuljng, and sepm to be very likely candidates for. the next experiment in colonization. ?t ( ? From the Burlington Gazette." CURIOSITY, >v, A*?tnmg gontleman wrote . the following letter under the direction and eye of his father, to hie "ladyo love," having an understanding, with her, however, that she was to redd only Rvr.RY other line, beginning with tlio first. All parties were * satisfied. Madam, The groat lovo I have hitherto oxprcssod for you is false, and I find that my in difference towards yon increasos every day; thy more I see of you, the more you. appear in my eyes an object of contempt. I feel myself every way disposed and determined to hate you. Believe me, I never had on intention tooffer you my hand. Our last conversation has left a tedious insipidity, which has by no means given me the meat ovnlfiiJ _ ?? VI jryui Ciiurttcior; your temper would nmko mo extromely unhappy,, and if wo ore unitod, I shall experience nothing but the hatred of my parents, added to overlasting dis pleasure in living with you. I have indeed a heart to bestow, but I do not wish you to imagine it i? at your service; I could not give it to any more inconsistent and capricious than yourself, and less- , capable to do honor to my choice and to my family.. "Yes, Madam, I beg that you will bo persuaded that I speak sincerely; and you will do me a favor to avoid me. I shall excuse your taking tho troublo to answer ibis. Your loiters aiu always full of irapertinonco, and you have not tho shadow of wit or good sense.-, Adieu! adieu! believe me I am o averse to yon that it is impoasible for me over to bo your moot affiwtionate ISricnd , and humble servant. ' u V ,1 L ,1 r A. Hoosvrr paper contains an editorial notice thai marriages and deaths-will riot be published ynless authorised by soma, knriwn name, ond prefers that thejf should be delivered in person ! It mny be expedient therefore, for those who wish, their own obituary notice published, to hand tem in the day before hand 1 . - - i V *;V' >A Louisvillephper, in noticing the large audience at the circus, bays, ^It ta^f W^ sse to dratv. .. t . .-JEa&Fs* *