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MISCELLANY.
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I
An Incident in Mississippi Jurisprudence
Tin; IMPOKTAM't: I?K IlKAIilMi Tli!J ACCI'.SKlJ
UliKOUE MAKING J l" DC M KNT KIN A I..
Tim circumstances which 1 am ahoiit to '
relate occurred a few years sijjn, ainl are
given to the press at the i'<? of a ^
genueman 01 -New < 7rlean?, wlio^o ! i' i u I ship
I highly value, ami to whom I natrated , '
the same in casual conversation on tlie lake
a few days ago.
I was altendin" ihe Circuit Court of the
. ' t
State of Mississippi, held in ami for the
county of , in the autumn of 1802,
when, among other pleas for theStato, there
was a bill of indictment for arson against ; '
Kdinborough, a slave. The judge who ' '
presided was a gentleman of large h-ariiing I '
and extended legal experience, and lie still '
lives to enjoy the rewards of a high profos- 1
sional repute at the capital city of Mis-i>sip- i '
pi. The accused was a native African, an>l
was the property of a gentleman of the 1 '
county iu which the bill was found. The 1
arson was laid in the destruction of a <rhi- !
house of his master; the plea was not guiltv, (
when a jury was etuprmnelled and I in* 1 '
cause proceeded to trial. The prosecution ! '
was conducted by the district attorney, '
while the defence was under the manage- j
incut of one of the most thoroughly read '
lawyers of our State, assisted by his son, a
young lawyer (lien in the opening promUc ; '
of a brilliant future.
The evidence on the part of the State ?1 i~- '
closed the following fat*.is: That a few days
previous lo the burning, the defendant had '
run away upon insufficient cause; that the 1
day before the fire, which occurred between , '
midnight and daylight, the defendant was
seen lurking in the vicinity of the gin ; that '
an ineffectual attempt was then made to I
capture him; that the overseer and a por- <
tion of the hands had been engaged at the '
gin till a late hour the niirlil of the fire, : '
packing cotton and loading wagons for ?
<JranJ^3tt?lf; that when they left for the I
quarter they loft everything, as they snppos- '<
ed, safe at the gin ; that when the alarm j '
was made, the forcc was carried to the gin, '
and an attempt made to subdue the flames,
which proved abortive; that suspicion im-1 1
I !?i ^1-. C.II * * "
nicniiiieiv ieu upon mo ucicndunt, Iroin the | I
fact of bis being a fugitive, am] that be bad
been bccii in the vicinity tbe day previous; 1
that, upon that supposition,a more vigorous
search wan instituted, and after a diligent '
pursuit gf about an hour and a half tbe defendant
was discovered in a cotton hou.<e,
in an adjacent field, about a mile from the
ginthat be was then whipped, but not for
the purpose of inducing confession, but as a
punishment for running away; that, and
while on the way to the quarter, tbe defendant
involuntarily confessed that he
burned tbe gin ; that ho set it on fire wilh
_ _ # ? ? .
a view 01 implicating a negro on tlie plantation
who had incurred liia animosity.
The evidence for the State closed after
introducing the negro to prore that the defendant
did owe him a grudge for some
cause not necessary here to be detailed.
Tbe defence offered no evidence, and the
argmnent proceeded. The District Attor
sey cper.od the prosecution by a brief refer
j euce (o the facts ami the law applicable f<> !
tlu-same. The counsel for the defendant, ;
| eminent for high legal attainment-, present- |
o?l a powerful s.-ries of arguments and j
hypotheses inconsistent with the conclusion
of guilt.
The law was <jivf*n in charge 1 >y (ho 1
Court, and the jury rendered a verdict <>l
guillv. A motion was made to set a-ide ;
the verdict and grant a new trial, for a va- !
rietv of causes, and, after a lahor argument, j
was overruled.
I
The next day the prisoner and another,
who was convicted of murder. w?-ie placed
at tiie har to receive the seiit?-ncc of death.
'I I,,. Court, having rc<xnl:irlv pronounced J
judgment upon tin: murderer, then said to i
lvliiili?>i-<>iii>li :
'JMiiihoroiigh. stand up! ?u haw.
bot h regularly indicted, tried l>v :i jury o!
your own selection, ;in<l hy them !<>und
guilty of the crime of arson. Tin- puni-diin*'i,t
for that ciiinc i? death. Vmi have
had nil!.- counsel who have conducted voiir
cause with unmistakahle sddil ami ability;
Imi! if vmi have anything to say whv tin- '
judgment of this court should not be pronounced,
the law gives you liberty lo speak ;
for yourself. have vou to sav
'1 lie negro advanced a step or two, so as
lo face the stand, and expressed 1:is thanks
to "Massa \\ ilev,' tor it appears he had often
seen and heard of the Judge, and it was ;
ipiite natural that lie should so address him. I
Said he: "Massa Wiley, Kdinborough glad .
lie <xut a chalice to speak for hcsclf. ease, 1
Massa Wiley, Kdinhorou^li no hnriice de .
?fin. l>;il iii?;?jer tell you lie when li<; sav '
Ivlinl'orou^li hurneede n ; lie git. he hack
whipped. Kdinborough! old ni?j?;i r, he
^it drunk. overseer whip him, den Kdinl*titirrli
<],) I,,j,| iij.ir. lie urn away. 1 Jerry
had! hut I'Miiilntrough no huineo de j^in : |
lie see no ijiii Oat -lav. Youtiij niasvi and I
"V? r-?'< r tell Irnf, dev <li'l see nie <ial "lay, 1
lit I hide in ili; swamp till ni^lil, and den
ti> tlie cotton lioii?rand y;'.t undei de c:??t:on
to l;ee]? warm. Kdinhorough wanted |
l?> u<> l?ack to !? massa hot;?e. but in?'feared I
? lie stay in ile cotton lmit.se. Uyinebv, '
.li^lit come on, Ivliidioroi^h see niir^er* i^o
o "in, and want to iro dar, l>nt lie *i*>-ared |
lij oveiM.i-r whip liiin. Xejfnrpack cotton, :
legnr load wa<;.?n, iit ^nr smoke, pipe and 1
iad lectio lire to warm ho lingers when lie 1
o-L co'i!. N~>j;ur stay longtime, den when
even stars i i?*!it over !io head ho no to i
jnartcr. All (lis time Kdinborough lay in ;
le cotton house*, ami presently wlion ebery
iiiiT ssili, K1 in bo rough look towards de n '
in.l see big light. Light get bigger. Den .
? ? 85 : I
Minborough say to lieself, you go put fire j ;
ml?no den (ley say Ivlinborough bin nee 1
le jjin. 1 stay in cotton house, and af- : '
er while Kdiuborongh hear oherseer and
Mass Henry coming. Dev say "h<* here;" ,
)iie say no, den d?*y say, let's hmk in <le col- ?
on house, and dey find me in do cotton /
ioii.se. Oherseer whip me for run awav 1
lat night. Den when wo going to deqnar- (
er, l'diiibnrough link with lieself dat if he ,
av '*Kdinborough biirneo de gin," den de i
hers.eer no whip?ease den he had good 1
xense to Massa. So T say, "Kdinborough J
uiruee de gin," and don dev bring me awav ,
. . " ' '
md lock up in big house. l>ut, Mass ,
Wiley, Kdinborough tell lie when he sav ".dinboioiigli
burncc de gin, case Kdinbor- ! 1
?ugh no bnrnee de gin. Dat gin ketch fire 1
in'jjurs pipes, and dat leel!? lint i(
ley l-'ave dare. J5ut, Mass Wiley, Kdin- .
orough old negtir; let up die ; no count. >
I Slit lie no hurtiee de (j:II. I'Min borough '
i?een <>ii tin- liavni Pierre longtime ; hut >
10 Votitit now fur make cotton ; let mn die; |
[?nt lie no hurtiee de gin," ifce. l
Tlie defendant continued after lliat man- |
Her in his broken lingo for an hour and a j I
. 1
lialf, and seemed particularly anxious to ! 1
. " 1 i
sonvinee the. court of the truth of what lie \
j i
aid. J le did not seem to hope lor any tiling, j
nid seemed perfectly unconcerned as to the ' ,
. vent. Jlis style was uncouth, his geslicttlation
impassioned and wild, and his whole j
ippearance forbidding. He took his seat
without seeming conscious of the fact that ,
ihe numerous auditory had been interested, '
nnd that a great majority of them were convinced,
if not of his innocence, at least that
llierc was reasonable doubt of his guilt.
rri n yv. . -
j uc ^ouri secmoa much MJeeted, find Hftked
the District Attorney if lie had nny Iliin?f
to pay in reply. The Attorney, with much
luprise, said "no, that lie deemed it tiniio* j
cessary, that it was, he supposed, mere for-' j
inula to give the defendant, opportunity to
speak."
Then, said the Court, he hns improved
that opportunity. After a pause he said to
the prisoner, "Edinborough, you have shaken
greally my conviction of your guilt, and
not for any thing laid in the motion for new j
trial, hut from your answer at this bar to-day, |
I will change my ruling upon the motion j
I will grant you a now trial."
The largo crowd breathed, freer, and
many ft heart went forth in its kindliest sympathies
to meet and commute with the charity
which dictated such high-toned clem*#1
cy on the part of Wiley P. Harris. 'Upon
a second trial the negro was acquitted,
thus vindicating the wisdom of the Judgo.
MM?- jLlki ifti * ii r Jim mi i i i
1 have loail tlio philippics of I ><'inosth nes,
the orations of ("ieero, the elfoits < !* i
Huike; with ytMii lit'ul enthusiasm I have
upon tlio m:t-t"?!v of Kinjx
("liarlt's lifl'oiv 11m? Ili^jh (*oimni>-ioti ; have
heeu tourhe<l witli the pathos of the"l>!iml
preacher" in the l'iiti>h Spy ; have felt all
nf :i li.iy's p.'stilotistn htirn within ine while
reading after our own Hctirvs, Lees, Lowttiloscs,
('lays, \Yel?>ters ati<l 'alhoun?, an<l
have alleina'flv wept atel shotitcil lieneath
tin* dear aii-1 silvery eloquence of l'reiitiss,
hnt I insi-t say that, un?h-r all the eiretitn- 1
stances, this nii|i?, u11K-tt< io?l rheioiic an<l
natural pathos of the Afiiean slave fascina
tii] mo Im-viiii'I ilcM-ription. \Vh:?t :i tribute.
too, tn the humauitv ami eharitv 'if
\\ ili-v I'. Harris, who, 1111 1 'i* the magical
iiillucne.c of the i mi 11. took the rosj?oii?il?*.lity
to answer tin- dictates of men y in this 1
can*. wln'ii tiie bare record was conclusive
of ?;uilt ! .
Such i.. tin' narration as far a* 1 can rc- :
member : i's truih i- indubitable, as all the '
ai'toi" in tlii* scene are now living with the
( \<:<']>!ioll of till' pi i 11 i J *:?1.
A Mi Mt!i:it or in.; Mi-.-i-vii'i'i 1 > \u.
-o- c -o~ - Comfort
of a Small House.
We confess t'i besnj; altogether of tin? ' .
way of thinking expressed in tin; following (
extract from t)n;<>i>io Fanner:?
l
l\\ e CMiifi-ss to a likitiii for small houses
ami small women. 'i\?in-hiiiLr tin: fotincr.
we will here frivo seven pood, ami. as we
think, siilliricnt reasons, for our preference. |
In the first plan*, thev imply small, cozy j
rooms. Not cratne?l, but mciiMirablc. So i
small that the lijjlit anil heal are ivflecleil '
ami railiateil from all paits. Family com!*
lit r'!ii>nnl lloit'.. In ti-.lt fi l l T
. ^ , ? ......V ? IIIIM W* .? Ill'l'l. 1 1111"
agim? thai the hov who ilifi not fed sniliriently
neijtiain!e<l with hi* father to as|<
him for a now rap, liw l in'a palatial ivsi- 1
ili'iK'.-.' I <lotiht imt, for tin; same ica^iii,
people living ainoiii; mountains aiv m-ny '
^ufial'!** than who live on j Iai:i?
AO'eetioji. like a ~ini!.?, <li<-s nn!i-< it i< re- , j
il.'cti-ii. Seromliv, we Iik small houses
|iican<i> thev ! ?..!< pai<l f.?r, an-1 a small *
linu?e paiti for lioUs more happiness ami '
val fiifti is than a lar^e one unpaid. Ai.viini*_T
nnpai'l is nneomfortahle. To an lion- 1
st man riulits are demons, ami an imh-l>t -?I
liou?c a haunted lionsu full of ?;ivcp:iii;
lorrors ami iii-|'r."tu<lvs as that ?l?*><iri!?'-<|
l?y 11m,il. Thiolly. w?; like small lion-?-s 1
erau^e I hey look sympathizing. Thev an- *
ik<- pfopli* not ovcialih'sm'.I, more r<*;i< 1 \* to '!
make afiitinin'auee. A l?i^ heiiso is like a
?ijj man?iinaefo?.tal>!e. Statelv jMiticos v
iii-i loiiilv l.alls arts 11!;< 11:? titi.? 1). I >. ''
I.I. I >.. etc.? ii'UMi>inif, distant, an.I indi- "
w..5 I.. I... ...m i.. . i. - I - i v
. %. . / v. .? j? 111 uu; in!|iui pi.l
at like a .'ma'! house, because it excites no
nvy. Ii matters m<t how !y it is "
"urni-hcd; !i<nv tastefully surrotridtd ami v
iilorned l?v shrubberv ami {lowers, its ?. !>- '
crvi'is an; its admirers an<l fiiemN. It. '
Iocs not la!l uinlcr lli<! 'evil eye,' ami no ,
nan who has a soul would wish even his
louse?his home?the abode of liis wife w
u< 1 children?to lie an object of envy.? j !'
Evervboily can say, ami is encouraged to : 1
ay. "1 ran build such a house,'?which
tvord* arc equivalent lo a blessing. Fifthly, '
ve like a small house, because it must :ilivays
remain the people's house. The in- *
lnMiiotis mechanic can earn sueh a house.
The diligent laborer can own, by patient
mltistiv, such a house. The widow can *'
ivc in such a house; ami wlia! a rich, ra- i '
ioii-.l comfort it is to live in such ac.com- '
no-lations as of necessily must be the dwell- j
n?? places of nine-tenths of the race? Six- j c
lily, we like small houses, because in such (
nost of us be-_jin life. It is with small
louses (hat tlie ailed ions of younif couples, :
he fiist care and joys of married life, are ' .
nostly a--oeia!ei|. Most of us he<rin 'in a '
mall way.' In the I;i>t place, we ptcf<M?
he sni;ili house, because it is tint so far to- i J
iiiivimI from our last narrow home. Only
i few steps down and our weary feet art? 0
lu-rc ; but from the largo palace to the
;rav? tliechange is tooabrupt. I've grown
sober over these orders of architecture, and , |
|\ ill Mop.' j >|
Bonaparte's Wound. , ]
Napolen showed me the marks of two ( '
ivouieU?one a verv deep cicatrice a hove ,
he left whie.h lie said he had received in '
It is campaign in Italy, and it was of so se- ' '
lions a nature, that the surgeons were in ' '
lonht whether it might not hit necessary i |i>
amputate. 1 le observed that when lie was j !l
wounded it. was always kept a secret in or- 1
h r not to discourage, tint soldier. The ! other
was on his toe, and was received at j '
Kt inul. 'At the seige of Acre,' continued , '
lie, 'a shell thrown l?y Sidney Smith full at j '
my feet. Soldiers, who were close bv, mm- '
zed, and closely embraced me, one in front '
and the oilier at one side, nml mmlo n i
part of their bodies for me, against the of- c
feci of Ilie filiell. which exploded and over- t
w helmed me wit!) sand. We sunk inlo i1
the hole made by bursting; one of them ; *
was wounded. I made botli officers.*? j 1
One has since lost a leg at Moscow, '
and commanded at Vinccnnes when T left j 1
Paris?when he was summoned by the Riis- '
sian<, he replied that as soon as they had 1
sent him back the leer he had lost lie would
surrender the fortress.' 'Many times in my j
life,' continued lie, 'have I been saved by f
soldiers and oflicers throwing themselves i ,
before me when I was in the most imrni- : (
ncnt danger. ! ,
At Areola, when I was advancing, Col. ! I
Meunon, u>V nid-de-camp, threw himself
before me, covered me with his body, and | I
rPfltitf'fl fYl/? UiAlin/l tul.IS.lt lllflfl /l/.ijli?n/l I*'- i -
me. He fell at my feet, and bis Wood s
pouted up iu my face. lie gave his life i
to preserve mine. Never yet, I believe, has i
there been such a devotion shown by sol- I
diers as mine manifested (or me. Tn all
my misfortunes never lias a single one of i
my soldiers, not even when expiring, been I
wanting to me?never has man been served
more faithfully by his tioops. With i
the last drop of blood gushing oat of their
veins, they exolaimed 'Vive 1' Emporeur I'
Romace in Real Life?Th<! "Dutch" Girl.
'J lie; Washington (O.) **ltrr* lias j
<;00ke<l up llio lV.?llt?willtf bit Ol I'UIIKIDCC ;
:iinl :111 iijus licit it i-^ iniiiu*.
\\"?i have l.itt-lv <j"<>t in possession of some 1
facts relative to thrilling inehhiit, \viii?-li
conclusively (U-uioiiitiat^s that 1 ??-rm!v ami
worth niia-Iorm <1. arc far more valuable
than all the tiuseh-'l drapery ??f earth. Not
oxer ten miles from Washington, on one <.!
the??c undulating f.irins thai looks so pleas- 1
ant out. when covered with the verdure of
June, is a pretty foilntrv i?--idi nee, where a
retire'! trader ami hi> wife live, with their
only son, in the enj jvnieiit of wealth ami
ca<?\ As we are not permitted to jjive the
leal name of the parties we will rail tlie
L-ent li-nian Mr. hidden. Anions the'helps'
in the house was a (lennan iriil who pos- ,
ses^e'l 1' inaikl'le ln-atily. There was an
air of superiority in her manner ami a<li!re?s
; hut tlnj 1 .'iihIi'iis wens somewhat a
|>r?n 1 1 ]>' ?.|>I?* :itsil always treated Iter, as
many folks often do hired yiils, witli dis- ,
taut /niHft'ur. t <
< >ii<4 pleasant day last simiiwr, the ladv i
mi-1 iX-'iitI'-niriti Ira ! <r->iie to vi-it a fri?*i??l
? in ! ? distant. hut Frank heiiijj hiisy
;it !iin?j diil m>L aeooinpanv them.?
S.miii after I lie carriage wa> >: <*? Frank
If aid the sound < !' music. SoiiK-wli.it | J
ii>!?>ni >hed, lie Mule into tin; house,and ?- .
l'i| silently into t he I lie sit t iiiLj romii. I here (
- it .Marv (as we will call hei) with tin;
!ar, which -lie played with a-Kill alimM
utistie. After executing a hlilhant piece, 1
in.1 glided into a sweet Fivneh air, and then , I
ivitli a rich voire, lull of pathos, Mliijj one of ,
In; rha-onetts of 1 ranker. ;
Tile yollth Was entranced, and when she .
oiM'Iuded, hu roil Id not foi hear all exrla- 1
nation of surprise ami admiration. The '
{ill tinned hastily when she see the voun^ 1
nan nt the door, whom she thought was ,
nit with his parents; she turned pale with |
lismav, tottered and f>dl fainting oil the ,
ofa. Frank ran to her aid. hut. was in a s
'oiidit'oii no! uiiieli more ratioiial ; he had '
iiinMiiin^ Hi Mm- i.i;n:ly J>i i< I:u; I u ,
hy, I-'*: i i; i. _f ?11 ?-?ti? ?ti . Ima??ino t j
i!n?liiiitT* < ?voiini; man supportii.ij
lith hi- arm the I'unii of a lively ?'jil in
I'liiiMiii; fit ! Frank had never >io !V-It '
he j. i\v? r of |.i-:iiily, I>nt ho was ik>{ over- .<
rheimcd an ! l,.-r..iv ^j,iiiik'.intr some ?11?;i
!' water on !i.-r t ic: in-1 >.>lc a hasty 11:rili- ;
Hi; lir-ila!iti^r ki-s, 1 !>;il ki?s was fatal.?
larv r. iM\? !? ] lY.<m tin- swoon, l>tit Frank
s 11 I it'll, escape l!i.- (.till.! '
i<>; stil ly wrythinij was .<
I a stand ; lie. s.-<-n>-d t.i Ue walking in a j
ream, an 1 1 ?niie.i in resiles* lli<?nj>lit. lie (
. nil liave tr?-:it?*il ill."; ?;*11 with some at n'ion,
|.ut. hi.! a word, not a look could lie
in In.m iier;slie j?tii.-u<-ti her occupation I
11!I her 11-a il ill licence, ;il|.] acte.l a> if f;
lie ha.I fur^oMeii tin- i?uitar scene. Seeing
o other means, Frank one day took a I j
nutate of the absence of his parents :niil
andidiy avowed his all. etioiis, making :l
ouoraMc and frank jooposals. i v
Wu haVo ti )t space to ilesc-li!>i} the <iii !s ji
mifudoii, nor tins avowal tin; eajjer lover ,,
. ... t i?
...in 11*9111 uvi u? iiiy c.\:-ieii<:e 01 some verv
mder sentiments in her own bosom ; a!?o \J
er own narration of how she came witli 1
oipiir<-mciils in such a situation, Her fa- i'
lier had been driven from Au.stiia for libe- c
ulisin and poor and broken heailed in
>uw Voile. Mary went to Cincinnati ami ' .
lion came into the country to hire on!. i
When ail had been explained, she inMs- v
d on the whole thing being openly d"- t
hire*I to Mr. an<l Mrs. Lauded; she wotii.i j %
e a party to no clandestine measures.? i
'he disclosure was made ; tlie parent* beanie
indignant, and Wary was sent awav. "
Months <>|* despair cn?ued. Mary would s
onscnt to no hidden correspondence.? i
'rank's health began to fail ami the doctor )
> shake his head. The. crisis was irreds- ! .
ilde. Mary was sent for, Frank got well,
ml they are, now a happy pair, and Mary i '
> the alleetioiiato daughterdn-law ofa coup- 1
i who think her the greatest blessing heav- ; ^
n ever sent them. Truly 'lowntss is young (
tnbilioti's ladder.' : j
Cotton.?In 1770. there were skipped t
o Liverpool three bal es of coil on from X gw t
i 11ru ; ionr oaies iron) \ lrgnna nu<l Alaryand.
and throe from North Carolina. In '
7K4, tin' year after tlie treaty which closed
lie 1 {evolutionary war, and secured the rc- i *
ognition of the American Independence i
?y <ileal Britain,a vessel that carried eight ' j
ales nf cotton from the United Slates to,
-iverpool was seized in that port on the !
ground that so large a ijuantity of cotton in '
i single; cargo could not he the produce of
he United States?so humble were the he- j i
finings of this now extended culture. The1 i
mention of the cotton-gin l>3' Whitney, in : ^
T9D, hy cleansing the cotton at a very >
heap rate, most powerfully stimulated pro- j (
I net ion. Mr. Burn, in his valuable statis- '
icsol'lhe cotton trade, said the cottonwool j
mported into Kngland, 1781, only amount- I <
d 14,003 hales; in 18.10, it had reached i j
he enormous quantity of ] ,800,000 hales, I
hi example of extended commerce, in some j ^
omparativelv a short period without a pa- ] i
el!,.I. In I he s:ifr?i? vi.jir I In* <>ftii?iiiiinl i?n : .
- ? J ' ^ I" ! I
ii Franco, in the North of Kurope and in j j
lift United States amounted to 1,073,000 j
ales, making the total crop of the year 1 '
1855, 3,475,000 hales. ' j The
Inst word is the mnst dangerous of; I
nfernal machines. Husband and wife j '
Jionld no more strivo to g<^t it than they I
A'oiihl struggle for the possession of a light- <
d bomb-shell. Married people should j
study each other's weak points, as skaters <
look aft?rr the weak parts of the ice, in or- \
ler to keep off them. Ladies who marry I
for love should remember that the union <
>f angels with women has been forbidden
?ince the Hood. The wife is the sun of the 1
social system. Unless she attracts, there is i
nothing to keep heavy bodies, like husbands,
from flying off into space. The wife who 1
would properly discharge her duties must
never nave a 60111 -aoove duuoda.' Uon't i
trust, too ijpueh to good temper when you
get into nn argument. Sugar is the Bnb- i
stance most universnlly diffused through all
natural products! Let married people take
the hint from tbia provision of Dature.
Edward Evorett on Iho Atlantic Cable. '
The I'..Mowing passage lYom I ho oration
lelivered 1 >v Mr. KvcreM, on the occasion ot
this inauguration ol'tho I'n-llcv Observatory,
at Albany, more than a year a^o, is onite
ajijiiojirialo at the present time. In enumerating
the achievements of science, he
sa'nl:
Sin-h is laii^ii'i'^o, Iho representativo of
l!i?>n^ht. I Kve'l upon it, I pr.tv von, a mo
im nt l-ui^.'i ; it is a ?fieat iny^tety ??f our 1
brinjj. |?v the 11 >c of a f<-\v wiitten or
printe-l lilies on paper, so like ? arh other,
that in lansfuairo with which wo are f.imihar
? witness a M t!ay ora-lnpanese mann-'eript
1
? iiich: seems scarce any cr.ijereiioc L?**
I ween them; this un-een, intaii^ihic, mysterious
mental e?>o?ee, ?-<>!np:n 1 with
w|?i?-!i ;i peifuino, a soiiinl, a lunar rainbow
is l;!').--- an material, expresses il-i lf to th?*
r-vo; I>v the ?_j?':itli! impulse, the soft vihraliotis,
which the lips i in part to tin: elastic
;iir, it expresses itself Io the ear. '] o give
lii'; spoken wonl <!iiration, 1 translate it into
written character?to -rive the written sijj!i
i vital emphasis, 1 translate it into vocal
-p'-eeli. Iy one tlivinc art, the dead letter,
!i:ir?e.! with a living meaning, si-andllii*i>ii<;li
echoing halls, an>l win-. ?.r .stormil*.
way to sympathetic. lieait<; liv another,
lie fleetinj; wavelets of the air are cry>ta!i/. 1
into a nio?t marvelous permanence, ami
>eco:ne imperishable ^'.'insoi'iiiou^ht, whose
nslre no lapse of lime can ohseiirc: while, 1
y tl.e union of both, this incompiehcnsiltle
einir, tho inin.l, gently wooed from the
estal hanihers of our iumo;t nature, comes
>rtIt like :i hii<le ailorned for her lorJlv
poii-e, the wo id ; cla?l in the iich vesture
>f conversation, of argument. of eloquence, ]
>1" poetry, of so;: In walk with him the
?:i<v or the reelu<h i paths of life; to in-'
u nci an<l tliu living general ions;
tir-rcal e-^cnce* as 1 !ifv are, to outlive j
>luim;; < f bra?an 1 pyramid* of granito; 1
in i to <!<'?:<isnl in eternal youth tt?o tuie?;..!iilt
highways of the ages.
1 iivs it seem much that lli?* sb '! !* men
cis in th?-?" r *! ?\ eoiitiivi'i] i! - : m< ans
if communicating iiiielii^Miec almost with 1
he rapidity of ihouuhl, across the expanse
if continents sitrl b?-ne:ith the depth of ocean
>y the clec'iic wire ' That a message deslatched
from liu-ton at mid-day, will so ' i
ii out-travel the* sun as lo reach Si. |
ti hour hi.-fort- she arrives at thai nwiidiaii ? "
t ic much, ainl we contemplate wit!: j'.i^t
mazement the wonderful apparatus, which,
i lien laid down, as sooner or Inter it will
eihaps be, so a.-, to connect the lltieo coiiti- 1
lenls, may, by possibility, send the beginning '
fsuch a sentence as I am now pronounc- ! !
ng around the terraqueous globe ati'l return |
L to the lips of the speaker, before he has
omplctcd its utterance. 1 Jut this amazing j i
is mil uuouicr lonn 01 language; j
t IraiiMnits intelligence onlv as it transmits i ,
' ' '
voids. It is like speech, like the pen, like | ,
lie press, another piece of machinery l?v ! <
Uiicli language is convey oil from place to
dace. The really wonderful tiling is language
itself, I>y which thought is m ule si'iiible
and communicated from mind t<> mind, j
lot onlv in the "Treat living eotiirre:*;ilioii of
. . . !
lie civilized world for the time being, lint ,
11rough the va-t general asr-emldy of the j
igcs; by which we are able at this moment,
iot only to listen to all the great utterances
vhich express the thoughts and emotions
>f the present day throughout the world, |
?ut to soar with Milton to the green lields j
>f Paradise, in the morning of creation ; to !
lescend with Dante to tlic depths of* penal ]
voo; to listen to tin- thunders of Tullv and
Demosthenes, and by t lie gold'.-n chain of |
homology, trace ttie alHtiity ami descent of j
latious hack, through the l:il>yrintli of the
>a?t, almost to the cradio, of the race.
1 hold in my hand a portion of the iJenical
electrical cable, given ir.e by my frienJ, '
dr. l'eabody, which i-> now [April 2'J, 185H,| I
11 progress of manufacture, to connect 1
\merioa with Knrope. I read upon it the
ollowiug words: "A part of the submarine
fleet l ie telegraph cable, manufactured by
dessrs. Glass it Co., of London, for the
\thintic Telegraph Company, to connect ]
St. John's, Newfoundland, with Valentin, !
Ireland, a distance of sixteen hundred and
orty nautical, or nineteen hundred statue
nilcs." ] >oes it seem all but incredible to
,'ou that intelligence should travel for two- "
housatid miles :dong those slender copper i
.vires, far down in the all but fathomless I
(Vtlantic, never before penetrated by aught
lertnining to humanity, save when sorjo '
'oundering vessel has plunged with her
lapless company to the eternal and
larkness of the abyss? Does it seem, I sav,
ill but a,miracle of art, that tin: thoughts
in living men?the thoughts that wo thiuk
up hero on the earlh s surface in tho cheerful
light of day?about the markets, tho
sxchanges, and tho Reason- nnd the elections,
and the treaties, and the wars, nnd all '
llio fond nothings of daily life, should clothe
themselves with elemental sparks, nnd shoot
with fiery speed in a moment, in the twink- t
ling of an eye, from hemisphere to hemis- i
phere, far down among the uncouth mon- i
Biers that wallow in the netber seas, along
the wreck-paved floor, through the oozy
dungeons of the raylessdeep?that the last
intelligence of tbe crops, whose dancing
tassels will, in ^Jfew months, be coquetting
with th? West wind on these boundless
-.A. .. nitiiii'.iaiintanii.iiiiii'Mn'ri'M!
plains, should go ll.i-liin^ along I lie slimy j
locks of ohl sunken galh'oiis, which hav? j
lycii to*ling forages; that messages of j
friendship ami lovo, from warm living l?o- j
solus should hur ii ov<-r thcrold uruMi holies
uf nivii and women, wIki-c licarls, oiicc as ,
wa'i'i a-?ours, hursi a? the eternal gulf eloM'd
aii'l roared over them, ceii'tuies ag > j lie.
hold another phenomenon ?.)' a sure?v not
i.-vS surprising?an iiiullvilual eleeliic
t?;J"jjr:iph?-if I may so call i; n->t
111.11 v? Im.;i- ! I lie liit!?: Volume whvh i h<>M
in inv hall-! c>niain< ti.o two it.tm->r::.l
p<..-n;s of ll iiiur, tWoi!.'. r> iihwik 1
strain-. \v! 1:? h ?>ai* 111 ?_ impciia! iiuii! of
otir i-ici', >r S. iVir Irom lliiilv reti'litii-s ?.
|??in1 l"? !' 11 ;:i ti:?- ?!fiij?!iti*i! fit - of In-tua*
\v!ii!<; tin: si>l*l''st ilnwu of vou'li v.
upon 111<; <:h*vk of i!s vi.hi / v -t!i<>
f?.i|i].'U m'vr-'u-?ti::it nmvi :< 'v:i uia!it
of A? !?i!lt v. iii- li
" shall Iiiirn 'i!i<
I'd!:. I ik* ! >;l'liu! thiol ii :?1J >
thf pat liner 11'etor ami Amirnunitlic a
scone Io which tin' sad exportcm : of (! !?
1 !i<years could lu?t ;nl<l one i?.f
t< nd-. i ncs? and *01 row ; tin: thtvits'if.Iupili-r
|o tin* :tv, -'nick wi'l", v. < Vf; v peak
of Mvtttjitf- was al>!:;/<! with hi* 11i:
thundvis ; t: pii?ou? s?t{?j?ii?::i?i*'ti-i ?.!' a-' !
I'ri-mt. l?i- itr.f 1 li?: ! ???? ! and liatliif^ w til,
I,is tears t'lv' l">'l ' ! t'.i'' rrtn i chieftain. who
had ilr.'iif^Oi! ilii! |i?rt? lio'Iv ' ! his tt??l !. mil
tlii'times rontt-1 tli" llian w iil?; t!i - w.-ai\
:l!; ] si-iiv.wul! \vav. Ii;l ill^s if 1 i v'ses, w hit;ll
every stil>?o.|!!":il a of im-inicii li:i< retraced
with 1?-1 i^* I ? the-" ail, like the can
nin^ly imprisoned airs of a tun- < .?! !i i\.
breathe to us in < in: pcient.i.J Mt.-in oi
nn ! i.lv ftoin within tin- cov- i?. of ll;: : tinil
voititnc. l*y ti c simple a?< ncv of i v.
fi'iir liitl's in irks s-1;t:nJ? <1 on tl.i* written >.i
tin; printi1*! pa^e, tli.- immortal le?jcnd I.as
lla-ln- l down to lis tiuou^li tin.* vu:is?i;ii'h s
ofempires inn] < i i> ? a< im < ill'.- va?t < \
pattsi; of enlightened at; I benighted p.*sio !<
of history ? from region to region, fiotn his
own locky i-Ift in tin1 Kgean to shores unknown.
undreamed of, |?v l.itn?1 jti---i11?
I lit* overwhelming !>:!l.?ws ?>f three thousand
wars, where peoples whole hate sunk ; and
it. now I.y the ?joM?*ii wires
of intellect and ta<!e, tin* mind uf Kuiop :
and America. at this tm-ri dim of theiv re- '
linemen!. with the mind of every intervenincra^u
literary ? ??!:;nc* l> u !; t<> (he cradle
of A :> 1 uhi'o at niir
places of cducati- >11, we ilinvesti^a'e
t!.-> w? ?? !- ?I i! |-ertof matter <!? vc!<im
t-d in tin: j>!w.iK>ni '!in of the plsvMcal
d.all \v<! not, my ftieisd , deem a portion of
our time :wiii aMen'.ion w.-1! bestowed upon
lie- miracles of the word, written am! *pi?!;e:i
?the phenomena f! latii^napo which lien!
he foundation of ail our intellectual irn!>roveinent,
of a!i our literature and science i
?:it a woid, of all rational communication ;
>etween man an>l nrm.
A Course of Reading.
What is a suitable cotir.se of family li!
rrary study is a point as to which those i
ducatin;; themselves, as well as those havinj;
char^o of families, are often in neeil of
itifotmalixii. It may liot be out of plaee
for u?, therefore, to suggest a few works
which ou^jht to be found in a judicious
library. i
11ISTOI! V.
i?.. _ii ?:i
i'lmmni o k* n/t/'/ll. IM ill! ,'iVUMl
Llio original <?il?l?>n. The notes are ol>?.*ciig
: tins text skeptical. I'tirije the booh
of these two taints, it is not only made
morally iiiH'l'j<r;iu'.?:ilil<,I hut its historical
value i< imptoved. As (iihhon wimio it, it
was mo?t peniicioii-: as Milaian has ji-!: :>led
it. it is iiidi>pens:d>!e.
Mt/hi" n't ('oust i hi liffiml /Us!or'/ <>;'
JJn'/ftiii'f. IJy ail means avoid Ilmne.
11 is epicurean theology. it is trin?, appears
in such liiitni'e particles to he capable of
but .-light harm; hi* epicurean politics so
pcrmea'.u his pages that the unwarned reader
liud- his whole syMem charged with tinvirus.
llv uco it is that those who je.-id
Hume in early life with implicit confidence,
come away, withoiit perhaps any fai'h in
tins power ami wisdom of <!od, but with
great devotion to ami sympathy with the
cause of tiie House of Stnnvts. Tli?'y h ive
learned nothing ahotit Cod being Supreme:
hut thev sincerely regret that Charles I. wa*
not permitted to 1 .<? despotic. llaliam
steers clear of this fault. lli< error i* that
he leaves no room, in the stalely development
of his second causes, for the introduc*
lion of a special l'rovid- iiiv. This, however,
is rather an error of emission than of
Maconlay's History of I.H'iLnnl. In
nil matters of Church polity Macaulay may
be accepted with but slight qualifications.
There should be great caution, however, in |
receiving I is portraits ?>f religious men.
Tlie case is rare in wliie.li lie permits a man
of positively religions character to pass hefore
his notice without a most prejudiced
scrutiny. In this way great injustice has
!>cen done by him to Craumer, to l'eim, to
Hurnelt. On the other hand, his views on (
civil polity are arc eminently healthy and
| ust. lie possesses, besides this, the ad van- ;
I age of a stylo so brilliant and so attractive,
that what he says is acquired hy the super- '
ficial or untrained reader with a facility !
which almost entirely destroys the difficulty I
of perusal l>y which history is ordinarily j
reached.
(Juisot and Carlyle's Lives of Cromwell.
Miss Aiken's Memoirs of Charles I.
Mr. Fox's Memoira of James II.
Sir James Mackintosh on the lie volution.
Thcs<5 may ho taken as substitutes for
Iluine, so far as concerns his later periods.
lord Mahoris History of JSngland.
Ill is work, which begins with the Hanover
fa.nily, is also free from the objections
which exclude Tlunio, and has positive
ulaims of its own from the perspieuousness
mid soundness which it unfolds an importnnt
era in English history.
Sou they't Life of Wesley. Watson's
Life of Wesley. Isaac Taylor's Wesley
and Methodism. These three books may
betaken together a? giving',"fw>in three
stand-points, views of a most critical period
in English history.
ninv.m mm iMiiJi, r rin- ?ir
Character and Caricature.
Poor human nature! IIow it cheats and
deceives itself, even on to feeble oM age.
Usin<; the word conventionally, a "Character"
i-> a one-siiled personage ; or, rather, ?
pelsonajje in whom a certain foible, weakness.
or fancy, predominates. Sometimes
the 'Character*' is a foj?, sometimes a dashing
belle, >oini-times a pedant, and sometimes
a .lt ~p".- r of common social usage.
Tim "Character" i-, in most cases, remarkable
f..r one thing, complete self-approval,
lb: imagoes him-i iflo be always standing
as well in the estimation ol other people, as
he do s in his own regard. Vou cannot
ii.;... i? ' - -- ' > *
_> t ii-ni hi ciiiM'ule, lor nc
i-i. i- <- mi :i.? i n.| l!n m as applied to what
it.; think* lif.iiitv, \ accomplishment, or
' .. il'.-tion.
< >111.1 y. '.ii <'ii.uru-tcr always presents
:i ?-:n nr.i ly ovei -?K?1ii;.j. 'l lio vitality
thai :!i..isM !l.>\\ to :i * I pans of his mental
ami in ; i' sv-!< ni, to t!io whole bein^
:i w -!i !i:t!:i!n-c.l lilV*. Hows uncinly, or
in-?il.i.i.-?, in i>m> isi|-. riioii, over-stimulaliiiLT
:i par', :iii.! l?*:?v:ti?r ll.? rest fcehle.
Mv nii.'l') smil Amii Kastcrlv, were hoth
< !?:? :i. t? ' I in-ir t'i hit; \\as :i love of personal
:i.l- iiiii< ii*. As a young man, my
tiiii-l.- a!wa\- .lii's-ci ? !> ^:;!ii'v ; as a voung
woman. my tin.i '. .ji 1 i_'?l i i < i so J t* with tinery,
nil-! :i i- ? ! ! i person \vi;h that excess of
ijvii:i;ii'"ii w ?: ? !i i alwav* in had taste. As
i tli v :nl\an.c in v.:it?. the foihle c?f each
^aiiu.l stiength, and one was familiarly
kii..wn a tin' < >]i! l'.u 1c, ami I lie o'lier as
the <%'!H-.-n of S!i.-ha. Yet neither seemed
in I!i h-a-t i: of the i idiculu'.js figllle
tlil-V ? in -1 >ri?*l v.
*11 >\\ do I .I'r.i'ph ?'* 1 onceoverii
-ir 1 ii!\ anvt ask of her hu-haii'l.
Si:.- v i- !I (' ! a hall, anil they were
waitii.g liie anival of a carriage. I was in
tin1 in xt. room, .-ii.il i-citl.i hoth see ami hear.
Mv aimt wa-. .iiv-si-d in a heavy, tlounced
siik, peach hi-itn in color, ller coilluro
11:iiI been made by ;i fashionable hair-dres<er.
and rulmiily arranged so as to conceal
every sign ? !" ^r?-y haits. Marabouts featli? ! ?
waved aii<l iivli!< (l above the abundant
an I t?ios*v eml*. T<? mo. she looked like a
fright . 1 waited for my uncle's reply with
--iijf interest.
"< 'harming ! ' wu?? I' nele's bland answer.
"liuiiiiiuir! Why, volt look us well, Kitly.
a-. y?i'i ilid thirty years ago. Age deals
!.ii:?!ly v.i'Ii j<>u. And how do you think
! v i!i (In
Yo-.t are per!"said my aunt. ''Pcrf.
et as you always were. The)* called you
the bisi dre.-seii man in society, at twenty*
live : avd volt are still the best dressed at
tv five.""
And so they flattered each other; no,
finitely i> too strong a word ; they wero
s'nccie, and simply uttered their mutual admiration.
I repressed my desire to laugh oiil aloud
otiiy by a strong efluit, and escaped as
piiekly a-> possible from my close proximity.
It was twetitv-fivc years ago, when I looked
upon my vain, weak, wordly-minded, yet
not had-nalnred, Aunt Easterly, as she sat
ready fur (lie hall, umler tiie approving eyes
of my uncle, ami the image is a perfect picture
in mv memory imw. They have pass? <
1 ti? their long homes, an<l left behind them
not many good deed.-, for they were rather
selfish in their vanity and love of personal
adornment. Those who remember them,
speak still of the "< >I<1 Uuck," and the "t>ueen
ol'Sheba" with a smile. Only yesterday I
lii-aid an allusion to them, whieh was folic
wed li\ the remark :
' They were < 'haraeters.''
' <?r (' nieatun s ?" was smilingly queried.
' l'.ot!i," said the first. speaker. And he
was about l i^ht.
- -??- o
t'nim.St ?; \n ("am:.?The Salisbury
\^'a!i bmaii. speaUiug of the importance of
cultivating iiie sti-jjir cane, and of tlie npparent
nejjlec.t of many on the subject, says :
A moiig-t tlio<e whose experiments with the
i.uK-, i i-i lviu, ?1:1 is Miusiaciorv, we navo
heard nl'uiily one, Mr. Kohurt Ramsey, of
Irdell, win) is cultivating the plant tliis season,
with tin* expectation of making it profitable.
It will I*?s remembered that we
|iul>li.-lR':l the lesnlt of his la-t years experiment,
tn wit: '200 g illoiis of excellent svrup
from It-.-s than one aero of lain). Mr 11.
sold enough of his crop to pay for n large
cast iron cane crusher, ami all the expenses
incident to the introduction of tUis new
branch i>l business on his farm, and still had
left, more than enough to supply his family,
white and Mack the year round, llis first
tiial of the cane, therefore, was entity
successful, ::nd was so, doubtless, because ho
took the necessary pains to insure it. IIis
syrup was cipial to the best New Orleans
or sugar house molasses, and from ft recent
dial of it, we lind that nge has improvetPits
ipiality. This fact maybe of interest to
those who have had reason to complain of
theirs becoming sour. Mr. II. has had
cause to make n > such complaint?quite
the contrary. lie believes that if time
would produce nny change, it would convert
it iut** sugar, of which his hogshead
..n'.... 1 ?r ! 1 1 ^
niium.1 ; j/i<./ >>, m inu oiiuuuuiictj ui crystals
which are obtained nt everj' drawing."
ilo has pitched a crop of cane, this year,
which he thinks will yield from 2,500 to1'
3,01)0 gallon's.
Willi so striking an example before the
public, we cannot but hope that this plant
will yet become a favorite with the people
of North Carolina, and that the day is not
distant when she will, at the least, put n
stop to the importation of foreign syrups
and molasses, by producing enough for our
own supply.
Old and you no Friends*?Old friends'
aie the great blessings of one's latter years.
Ualf a word conveys one's meaning. They
have memory of the snme event*, and have
the same mode of thiuking. , . . 1
have young relations that may grow.upon
me, for my nature is affectionate; but canthey
grow old friends ? My age forbid*
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