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I'ic lures, just
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work are ui.-KATKit than ant estabi.ishmkxt South,
doing carnage j
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lie terms.
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irPiisv fierman Vinegar, au article not known
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CARRIER'S 31ESSASE.
. rf . . . am V . Trf 0 W Itl IF
I EX LOW CITIZENS, AL VUt.MBloa "& 1 " " " f
The Carrier's of the North Carolinian, "hae
the honor of renewing to its patrons, the assural
nf th.-ir mrvst distinguished consideration, ar
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fnl salutions of the season. a x.brt curst:-
. njpV new year ! ! .
T . , , ne tv. pM.nU A
T ., . . , e PrcUn(a VT4
the becoming language of the PresidenU Me,
sage we iaKe greai pleasure iu Msuing juu u.
Throughout the year since our last meeting, t
..otr'-jW hcr. c-unHr prauak!"imXiBa;f. 8 UTm!:na Krea ereluliy into tne JUhom-
t plenty smiles throughout t!e Ubu, Altbo wi U
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I deference, the Newsboys are reluctantly compel-
! led to stHte that their own "experience confirms the
'fact, that the -Money Market" has had rather a
"downward tendency," and that they feel authorized
' iJi calling upon their friends in assuung them that
' if they can do a little by way of "restoring coafi-
' deuce and creating a ''better feeling, tle act win
! . . , , .
be reciprocated through the lengtn ana oreauiu oi
the laud.
Jt is for this reason "that discontent now so ex
tensively prevails'' among thewi
and we suppose
I you have all learnt b' thin time, that secession, co
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j erc'ton, nullification, "Constitutional rights" and
State rights,'' "South of M.ison & Dixon's line"
j means something, and if we do not secede, coerce,
or nullify yet if you make up your minds to with -J
hold our "Constitutional rights," we shall no longer
"petition for redress in the most humble terms ;
I but endeavor to right ourselves "among the privu
J I-eges to which wo have iteretofore been accustomed"
by leaving the money market to take care of itself,
; and to work out is own merits.
There is nothing new among our "domestic rela.
tioiis since we called upon you last year, that we .
j have not already posted vou about, unless we might
! Roggest the recent r' in the poultry market, the
! trouble being principally ameng the CJmnfmi
which we trust however will be duly allayed as
become more abundant, aiid that a positive
..,
t'"':j inhty will
cJdeken interest.
be restored so necessary to ilie
would call your attention to the condition of
our country at the present time. Thirty tw o State-' t- ourmayeur. It was a glortous morning and prom
l.ave seceded from South Carolina. The mere ex- I w f,,r ur xpeKtion. Our road, for about a
, , , I halt iui hour, was along an uneven path skirting the
.sa uce of such a state of things would not cause g,aokx. wWjh jy ug Qur ,eft hand? ery
the uiliicuH v to askUJJie so threatening au aspect, mueh crev.-iRssd and covered with debris. The path
but for the recent secession of Aiajor Audersou from ', then came to an end. and the guide said we must
Fort Moi'ltrie " nove tft to tac glacier. We descend on to it, and
, ' " 1 ' ,, , . . , ,., .. I tradei our way among the numerous crevasses.
e respectfully ask, tnat, in your deliberations j lhe ccurii;on; to the Mer de GUce not being look
yoti will look to thu interest of South Carolina, and ed upon as a regular glacier expedition, is not made
1 zTr -gjjMpM MMMSSMI
has taken to preserve the interest of the Common j
South. Permit us to mention by way of recouien-!
dation, that, all the uicmie-s now due the Republic j
... . , . , , , ,. i , t , i u,.
ot South l.uroluia be refunded to her bv tue seoc-
. j
ding States. This course of action, carried out
vi'orou.-lv, will teaeh the Northern seceKskmLt that
tbov have lived upon our fatness.
As to our foreign relations, we arc enabled to
tale by bst adv ices that th?y ail comtMtuG n the
uninleri npted enjoyment of good health, and we do
not altogether abandon the hope of eventually re
ceiving fi om them a modicum sufficient to relieve
us of our present temporary embarrasinents.
In the uieantiie good patrons, and one ought nt
to be too curio s about such things, you know!! and
we merely make the suggestion in the right spirit,
lest the exchanges between us and the North, should
iuterrupt any future negotiation, that, by any
Iuannwr of accident, you find yourself the lawful
t owner of an odd shilling, or so, which it would be
perfectly convnient to lend until to-morrow morn-
r-g. or about the iwiddle of next week, any quiet in
timation of that fact will be thankfully received, and
duly appreciated.
We " coidially commend to your favorable regard,
the interests of the people of thu District," and
wish you again, one and all a Merry Christmas ; a
happy New Year.
Cave ix Florida.
I rend an account of the dis-
.,,.,,.
r of a cave in Florida, in which was founds
Letii;illscription, certifying that it was inhabited or
J (n fhe eleventh centry. Of
this now. there can be no doubt, if this be true ; and
rnnKcnui'Illlv. OUT HHIUUlin una .ov.
of Europe before its diseovery by Columbus. But
that is not the only point wnicn i warn. iu nonce in
this connection. My object is to direct the attention
of American historians or antiquarians to a similar
statement in Cardinal Wiseman's treatise on The
Connection between Science and Revealed Religion,'
in which that accomplished scholar and arclueoloist
state it for a fact, when speaking of the'aborigines
dieease el any kind and j of America, that there are manuscripts in the Vati
, tree of charge, will be cay library, at Rome, which say that this country
j was known to Missionaries otthe f.ternai iiyintue
! tenth centur-, and concludes his remarks on the
1 subject by asking the question, 'Who can enlighton
j us on the subject V"or words to that effect. (I have
not the work now before mo.) The record found in
the Danish archives since this work was written,
thirty or forty years -incc, prove that this country was
known to the Northmen beroro it was discovered y
i Columbus; but this last development, if true, as I
i have above, said, re moves all doubt oft hat interesting
fact."
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i The r-itoMPT Ci.f.kk, I once knew a young man
fsa d an eminent preacher) who was commencing j
, life asa clerk. One d iv his employer said to him.
I -Now tomorrow that "cargo of cotton must be got ;
out
and weighed, and we must have a regular ac-
count of it."
He wus a voting man of energy.
I .. f r-i
Th
uic
first time he had been intrusted to superintend the
eveenti..,, of this work, he made his arrangement
! over night, spoke to the men about their carts and .
!, b , 1 , - . . x i :..
morning, instructed all the laborers to be there by
i...if...JV r -,r. r.v.b.et- tbpv -oi to wiirlt n,l tUc
thing was uor.e; ar,d about ten or eleven o'clock in
the day, his employer came in, and seeing him seat-
ed in the counting house, looked very blank, suppos
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nig that ms commnnus nau not oeen execuieu.
! thought," saidTio, "yo' were requested to get
ed that cargo of cotton this morning,
"It is all dene," replied the young clerk,
'and
here is th account ot it
He never looked behind hirt, from that moment
.
never ! His character was fixei
(thlished. lie was found ti
; do th.i thing with prom
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i soon came to be tuo ono iuat cc
. . ,
I iie was as necessary to the iiri
iracter was fixed, confidence was es-!
to bo the man to
jmptness. He very
-oulfl not i.o snared
Irui as any one of the
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part. tors. He was a rcugious man, and went in
a life of great benevolence. Monthly iaiktt,
I. - Froifl.All the Tear Round,
v DOWN A CREfASSEj
L .Ilnri7?d in Chamooni on the 6th of Aagust, 1359,
' t- nd nd oompanion, an Knglwhman, like
inygelC Wm two had ben abomt At week in Swi
yTland, and in that time had "doo eierrthing
considered necessary by our countrymen. We had
acquired some experience in glacier work, haying
ascended the Alitech Horn, whosesummit had been
reached for the first time by an Enelishman. a mem-
berof the Alpine Club, onfr two months before.
We mad the ascent aucfnll- nm,.,! I
Of caving been the second exploring party to sUnd
OB tl lefty peak, nearly- fourtnet thmi
j On that occasion we Dassed two wholu dava nn th
j
t Mul(anbered first limDBe Thadhad intoone
4 tboae terrible crevasses which intersect elaciers.
vi ettiwg a guide to hold my hand, I leaned orer its
ywsj. x n ta MruciHseaxr vmr r hm m.
pr&reu tx join toKether about three hundred Kit
j down ; an appearance resulting from the conTexity
o the crevasse. Usually, I believe, the. great split
! where acicr toUch" the &OUDd
j .No wJlo falIg jBto Qne of these eTer comM
; out alive," Baid one of our guides. "Yes," snid a-
j nother, 'amanouce escaped, and lives Hill at the
. , , . r i-
coming home alone over the glacier, his feot slip-
, pf(j anJ he wafi precipjtsted into a crerasse. His
fall was broken by projecting ledges and blocks of
ice ; wiiien, However, save way as he clung to them.
A f. t- fulWtwr tlir. 1. . . .. . 1 .v.l f U - l..l !.
r i. :.t. J ... ..t.i.
iolu 01 ku giuiv, iui uu arm aiiu leg uru-vu.
: lie found a tiouow space between the ground and
' the ice, through which a stream of water rus. In
stinctively ke followed ita course, despite the great
pain he endured, and after crawling along for three
j hours, found himself freed from the glacier."
Ordinary crevasses are from three to eight feet
j wide at the top, but tb sides approach each other
rapidly, so taut a man would be wedged in between
the two walls of ice long before he could reach the
bottom. And then, unless there should be ropes at
hand long enough and strong enough, what an aw
ful death. An unfortunate Russian gentleman per
ished tiius in a crevasse only last year, half frozen,
half squeezed to death, the heat of his body ever mel
ting the ice, he ever sinking deeper and deeper into
his dreadful grave.
-My coipaion and I ascended the Ltrsvant, and
' as few climbing travellers leave Chamouni without
! visiting the Mer de Glace and the Jaxdin, we arran
ged to make taut excursion. To shorten our day s
work, we left Cuamouni in the evening and slept at
Montanvert, a solitary little mountain inn on the
edge of the Mer de Glace
We were up betu.es in the morning. We provi
ded ourselves with stme eatables and wine, and star
ted with our guide, whom we bad brought from
"., It'" I.
Wo wce in tsiKh spirits, and went
i . .ilnr t f. r.lk-tf- T". . us nilift'lv 1 n II tl t.lim.t. mir
who hllj tuUvtl behind, cautioned us once or
twice, and requested us to allow him to take, and
tlie lead.
.lust then, our prosress wm arrested by a wide
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crevasse. Lookiug to the left, I perceived that it
terminated, some twentv ft-et from us. in a steep
slope of ?ce, which 1 thought I could easily climb.
s the cruvasse was about sixty yards long, I de-
! termined to try this slope rather than g" round by
! the other cnL Using mv Alpenstock instead of an
x therefore. I be.'an m ikincr foot holes in the ice
witu it. ltte guide had now come upwun us. ite
looked at the ice slope and the wide crevase, and
said, very seriously, It is dangerous, let us go
round." By this time I had, with the aid of my Al
penstock, climbed about half way up the slope. I
liad already come to the conclusion that it was much
too steep to scale without an axe. and had determin
- . ... . . . .
ed to retrace my steps. So when the guide had
speken, 1 carefully stretched uact my ngnt leg. reel
ing for the last hole I had made in the ice. My toot
went past tlie place, and I felt that I was slipping.
There was not the least projection that I could grasp.
The slope became perpendicular, and I fell head
foremost into the yawning crevasse below.
J heard a loud cry from my fellow-traveller and
guide. My own sensations cannot be deccribed, or
erendistiitclv separated from the whirl and shock. I
flt that I was being bumped from side to iide be
tween the two walls ot ice ; that I was being hurled
to utter destruction to a horrible death, that I hung
suspended. I was able to take breath, and to call
out for "A rope t a rope I "
Ily the most extraordinary chance my fall had
been arrested by a little ledge of ice which spanned
the crevasso like a bridge. On this frail structure,
not more than two inche wide at the top, and (as
well as I could iudire) about two feet deep, I had fal
len so that my head hung down onona side, my legs
on the other. Instinctively and immediately, by
means which I cannot at all recall, I raised myself
from this ledge, in which there was a little niche
sufficiently wide to admit oue toot. 1 was now so
fir collected that I could hear my fellow traveller
saying from above. " c never hoped to hear your
voice again. For God's sake take heart. The guide
is running to Montanvert for men and ropes, tuid will
soon be back.
" If he is not," I answered, " I shall never come
up alive."
My position was an awful one. The little ledge
was so narrow that I could not get both my feet
upon it. I was, in fact, supporting myself on one
leg, half leaning against one side of the crevasse,
and pressing my hand against the opposite side. It
was perfectly smooth, and there was nothing to grasp
A stream of water poured over my shoulders, dren
ching me to the skin, and freezing me with its icy
coldness. Overhead I could see the long narrow
strip of blue sky, bounded by the mouth of the ere
yasse. There was a terribly stolid, unrelenting look
in the intensely blue ice that surrounded me on all
sides. The grim walls of the crevasse looked as if
they would unite to crush me rather than relinquish
,l1'ir victim. Numerous rills of water poured into
he cr;evasse bu 5n he wholo sixty yards of its
pntn, I could see no projection except the little
leaSe on which I had so miraculously chanced to fall.
. ;--reu to ioo uown, oiuy . ...
: me ieariui chasm in which l was suspeno.cu.
the dentli tn -bb I K-irl fnlfon the crevasse was
ii... x . v . m i .
. . " .
" we wiue, put
rapidly, and about two hundred feet below me the
appeared to join. 1 believe that u 1 nau ,aen
SIX IDC he rr !fhr ara nf the little lod-B I mUSt
I . . . . . w i fl.il
, inevitably have been jammed in head downward, at
a depth where no rones that eould have been brought
tVtpra --..- 1 1 l-ar f--ii ma
I had now been about twenty minutes standing
-- avaawpi sifw f -aytv n v
in this perilous position, straining every nerve to pre
vent myself from giving way, looking np at the blue
sky above me and the clear ice on all sides, but sel
dom 4ring to cast a glance into the abyss below.
Blood was trickliqc over me from a cut in my cheek
i - . w ' Te . . . a v
and I felt that my ritrht lee (fortunately th? idlelone)
! VI .J1 a . 1
wa "Q17 oruised. in the meanwhile my uu ieg
wa bocoming exceedingly painful from tbe strain
upon it, apn was afraid of losing my balance ii i
lneu 10 venove myself by t-hauging to tue otner. i
leu uiat l was crowine benumbed ov tue intense
1 co f the ice against which I was leaning, and of
auui.t .iiu n . iJ ' 1 '
tUe stream of water from under which I durst not
move.
I called to mj fellow-traTelle'- to ktpw if any one
were in sight? Ther was no answer. I called
again. No human, seemed to be within hearing. A
disiinnesa came over me, as the thought struck me,
-He bap gone to look if any help is cotnjng, and he
cannot find his way back to tho eroTasse.. There
are hundreds of them. I am lost."
JLeain I had to strain every nerve to keep myself
'T kin;- 1 mt hoP?5 1 ftit ,ochn-
t n?f,!.do,rf nd .hT' .th ,T
Vbat time, I suddenly heard my friend
nou,u, irom aoove. xie nau gone o iook u ue
fuh! u,setrn.t?? u,.ae; na. u t(arn7un1
r 1- - iuuiiui-ko iiuouici, on: u:icic aim inujiei.3.
the surface of the glacier intersected by inmuner-; Life everywhere! on the earth, in the e.irth,
able crevasseR, all so similar in appearance as to leave crawling, creeping, burrowing, boring, leaping, ruu
him no landmark by which to know my living grave. if tne se.iuesteied coolness of the woo I
Thank Heaven I he had caught sight of a little knap- tempt us to saunter into its checkered shade, we aro
sack left at the mouth of the crevasee by the guide. ': saluted by the numerous din ot insects, the twitter
This had directed hun back. 1 called to luin.to look 0i birds, the scrambling of squirrels, the startled,
at his watch five minutes more were past. The rusn ot- unsecll beasts, aU telh.ig hov pouulous
Tr.1 JtSJZ W of ! thi3 4ng soluudJ. If we pause before a tree.
:!rr"riil U'rZu' T
veins.
wi- in -! ft wk thirtv-five minutes aiiiet tlm
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ur. ' ; i i --.m T :
vuHie nail aMikm. uuk .J b m v.. viae, . i.iiuiv. L
was most unlikely .hat he could be back so soon,
,, . . .. -
for we ourselves had been three-quarters of an hour
in coining thus fax.
I felt that I could hold but a very short time
longer; and besides that, 1 did not know at wjiat
moment the little ledge, wiiien wus uiy ouiy saiety,
mieht cive way under my weight. 1 remembered
that I had a large clasp knife in my pocket, and I
deteruined to try to rescue myseit wun u aiu. t
called to uiy fellow-traveller aobve that L was g.nng
to attempt it. He imploreed me not to, try; but
my situation was becoming so desperate, that 1 did
try. I began by making a little hole in the ice as
high up us I could reacu, large enough to admit one
hand. My next endeavor was to cut a deep foot-
hole about two feet above the ledge. I succeeded
in this ; and found t.iat by placi.ig my 'oot iu it,
holding fast by the place i had made tor my hand
and, at the same time, pressing with uiy back against
the opposite side of the crevasse with all my strength
I was able to raise myself and stand firmly in my
new position. I again let myself down on the ledge
and commenced cutting another foot hole, about
two feet abova the last. It seemed to me possible
that in this manner 1 mig:it escape from my icy
prison ; but. a single slip or a false step, and 1 knew
1 must be precipitated down the crevasse. I was
working diligently at the foot hole, wneu 1 heard a
joyful shout from above. " They are in sight three
men with ropes running as bard as they can !
1 steadied m3'self on my terrible narrow and slip
pery footing, in order to be able to siczc and att.c.i
the rope when thrown to m. 1 saw the end dang
ling over my head. " Merciful Godl It will not r.acii
me 1 It is too short I" ' We have got anotner rope,"
was answered from above ; and it was knotted on
and lowered. 1 caught tlie end, and tied it firmly
round my waist. Grasping the rope above wun
with botU hands, I gave the word, t he strain be
gan, and I feft that I was safe! In another minute 1
was standing on the glacier. I had been fifty min
utes in the crevasse, during which time 1 had not
lost consciousness for a single instant.
When I felt myself once more upon a firm footing
an a.I-pcrvuding sense of gratitude lor the wonderful
escape I hail came over ni and made me faint, anil I
should L av talleM il'lhey tuul ltoth-ld me u l lii w
oo ort, kimI r (.rapMvd t tor o.invrt.
It.Ar- leaving 1 -took a l.t look at the ni-.tt.ix vf tire
crevasse, which had so nearly been my sepulchre.
I saw that it would have been utterly impossible to
cl:mb out, as I had been trying to do. The mouth
wus so wide that, as I approached it, could have
had no support from behind; and without such
support, nor even a cat could have scaled the per -
pendioular wall.
Our guide was in a terrible state, and had run the
whole way to Montuuvert, but could find no rope fit
IT . I - ., ,
ior tne purpose in uic nouse. lie was in dcspai
:. He was in despair, and
starting off to Chamouni, when two muleteers met
him. Their mules were laden with wood fastened
on with ropes ; he begged hard for those ropes,
telling tne men tnat a young Lirglishmau was being
frozen to death in a crevasse. They threw the wood
from the backs of the mules, and came to my rescue
with tlie guide, bringing the ropes with them. Kot
tep together (it seemed there were threa in all) they
made up a length about sixty feet enough to reach
me.
With the assistance of my deliverers, I was able
to walk slowly back to Montanvert. where I was im
mediately put into a comfortable bed, where the in-
. a ..... '
jut... i uu receiveu .;wuicu were iiis.gniiicaut con-
we ueptu i nau miien; were eareruny uros-
, . . " -"... vn . ovi
bud fii.i,r. .! I. ... . 1..;.. ;n , i. i i l t I... !
dreamed of it iu mauy beds since. I believe that
nothiug would induce me to go auioiij ice aud snow
uow, without a long and strong ropo. I offer the
caution to all travellers iu Switzerland, out of a
great experience and a great escape.
G knbkal J acksox and tdk Ii"Li.y. On his ret urn
from legislating, Jacksou was elected ajudge of th;
Supreme Court of the State, and one day a great
U..IL-:-.. r..n.. .. i .:i. i i . . . i. -r.
u....s FM,u. uuu ovne-aniie,
a i i j
court-uouae .ua curseu tne juoge, jury, ana an
there assembled in set terms - aher.tr," sang out
the judgs arrest that man for contempt of court,
and confine him. The sheriff fou-d it "nposiblc
Summon n posse, said the judge. The posse did
"U aaaar mv v a'vaaww ssji CdtViiVU av ri lkJJ , I
the first skunk that cauie within ten feet of him." j
U. Utiai-iff" irl ll.. i..A... ... ' "V..- I
well, judge," said the sheriff. "I suppose I must."
Jacksou walked up with his pistols and said, "Now
.u. tiat u, J'''-, 3UIIIIUVII u.v. 1 J
surrender, you infernal villain, this very instant, or I
I'll blow you through." Th man put up his pis- I
tohs, at the word. "There, judge, it's no une; I j
give iu. A lew days afterwards, being asxed his
reason, he said When he came up I looked him i i
the eye, and I Haw shoot, and there wasn't. shoot in
nary eye in the crowd;and so I says to myself, says
I, boss, it's about time to sing small, and' so I did."
KINDNESS.
Kindness touches the chords of sympathy, and
attunes them to the harmony of that moral and in
tellectual dependence which binds man to man, and
the creature to the Creator. It is a sunbeam to the
heart which has been frozen by desertion or neglect
that warm it to new life and vigor. It is the exact
opposite of that social antagonism which leads first
to mutual indifference, and afterwards to hatci and
misanthropy. It expels the moral poison ot the soul
and gives it health, and colours it with the rainbow
tints of hope and love and good will to man. Tho
world appreciates it beneath its value, because it is
unfeeling and cold. The heart that feels its rays is
the symbol of heaven ; and he who practices it de
serve to be orowned with jewels and diamonds rich
er than those which glitter in any earthly diadem.
Oh, how repulsive is winter upon "the human brow,
and the ice which freezes the human soul ! Kind
ness is tlie armour of heaven's mercy, while indiffer
ence to the wants, the misfortunes, the sorrows of
our race, however it may be arrayed in wealth
which glitters in the sight of the friendless, resem
blea the bautiful apples of the salt lake, which yield
nothing but extreme bitterness to the taste. Hate,
war, human antagonism, fill the world with groans
and griefs. Kindness garlands the rude hovels of
poverty with flowers, and makes music amid them
sweeter than the harp of -Rolus. M Smythc.
Thus far no estimate can be made of tbe amount
if Kitl for thft new Traiirv nnti.a or tbnV.t liieL
i v. " , . " ' ' , - .
they will be taken Ten per cent, is suggested to be
toe raw b niuca leouing oius win ue m-ioe,
LJFE-EVEKYWIIERK,.
" Life every where 1 The air is crowded with birds,
beautiful, tender, intelligent bird$, to.wluiu lifj is n,
song ani tlirilling anxiety cf love. The air in swr.ii-
ig Wlix insects those little animated miracles. L in
waters are peopled with innumerable form? fi.n
the animalcule, so small tint one hundred and liitv-
millions of them, would not wai -h a srr.dn to t .fo
h1c, ,o large that it seem an isU.id a it .sleeps
aP" the wav0!S Thj beJ of tllc 3J;i is ilivtf Wit!l
poiypj, carpSi 8ur-fishes and with shell uni.ndm-
ies. The rugged face of the rock is scarred In - tlu
'let bori.ii of soft creatures, a:J blackened ,vith
;'T-Urh. orpUnt.our cursory and half aosua. teJ
eiance detects a colon of r-.ho..J u.
. ,1 . , .." .
a I,ovver' aaa 113 Djsoiu st miw char
i " "isbu uuv in lis a
, . . i . . . . . i - .
atPOIIltetl labor. We nu k
a lallon leaf, and if nothing is visible on it, there is
probably, a tra.e of an insect larva hidden in its tis
sue,, and awaiting their development. The drop ol"
dew upon this leaf w ill probably contain its animals,
uuder the microscope..
"The same microscope reveals that the blyod-r.iin
suddenly appearing on broad, and awakening super
stitions terro.s, is nothing but a collection ofininute
animals Jfonas pro.J i..jo, and that the waste tracts
of snow which are reddened iu a single night, owe
their color to the marvellous rapidity iu reproduj
tion of a minute plant (Pmticeus nicali.) Tho
very mole which covers our cheese, our bred, our
jam, or our ink, and disfiures our damp walls, is
nothing but a collection of plants. The many -colored
lire which sparkles on the surface of a summer
sea at night, as the vessel ploughs her way, or wiiic.i
drips from the ours iu lines of jeweled light, is pio
duced by millions of minute animals."
THE NEWS- &C.
I The exports of eotlon. from New Orleans the past
week emoraced fort v-c-ue thousand b ales to 1 1 rea t
Dritaiti, and lifteen thousand to France. The re
ceipts continue- to show a material falling oil-, being
now- at all the pen tully halt a million bales lu.a
than at the corresponding period last yea".'..,
At a meeting held in Daltimore last evening, it
was rosolvei to hold, during the coining weeK, a
mass meeting of the friends of the Union. It was
also resolved that tiie nicetin approved of the course
of the Governor of Maryland in refusing to call a
meeting of the Legislature.
The report of the auditor to the Gunvral Assembly
of Virgiua notes an increase in lseio u ibe value of
property in that State, other than lands and slaves,
of $35,9G,420.
Twelve hundred and fifty bales of cotten arrived
in Norfolk on Friday aud Saturday last, from Mem
phis, Tennessee. This is the (irst iutailiiiaut ed
twenty-live thousanel bales that are to come over
this route from that city, from one house. Another
Iioucc is to Keiwl lu'dK'i ili.itKfiml 1 . . 1 . . ..-i-.l lin
dred of which have arrivetl and beou repot ted.
I Letter trom .lapun to Oetolier MO, 8ltc t.Via.t tlia
rrii saiaus have bewi positively refused a treat v jiiij
the commissioner, Count Jvuleiiberg, who is supplied
j with two ships of var, finds himself in an uiipleu
sant predic uuent, not know ing what to do. l'rince
i Mito, the great enemy to foreigners, and thehead of
tke recent rebellion against tUo Tvcoor's miuis.iw
is dead. "
- , ,
Imi-oktant fkom Brazii.. e learn from n Rio
Jnei circular, th a new fiscal law had r.ceutly
burn Promu,Sateu t that place, which requires, iu
I " " ...... ..... w.uv.7. nt,n.i
"- '"- nh uu.wi tu uie
ports oi tnat iunpirc, that the marks, numbers and
contaents of all packages shalljbc fully and minutely
stated and declared ; and a failure to comply with
these requirements involves huavy pjnallien. The
vague uccl-ration that a packages contain
merchundi.se will no' do. The contents of cvrv
package of a cargo must be clearly and distinctly
staled on the manifest The export duty on colir'o
was to be raised to 1 1 per cent, ad valorem, alter
tho first of Jauuary, by a decree lately promulgated.
THE FALL OF 1'EKIN.
A few lines of telegraphic news, brouirht bv the
J'crsia, narrate one ot the greatest esents of modern
hi.tory. The proud capital of the Chinese Empire
lltj city of I'ekin, has been captured bv u small torc
0 untisn ana frencti troops ; tho Emperor s
mer palace has been sacked and immense spoils
secured, and the Emperor himsell is reported to navo
ffed to Tartary.
The news lias taken the world by surprise. So
easy and complete a victory could not have been
axicipated.
'lhe British have truly secured full iiid;iiniity
for the loss th y autfered through Chinese treachery
in the I'etho forts affair. They seem to hare thw
Celestial Empire itself iu their grasp, and it is not
j improbable tnat it will become eventually a part of
tl . aomininion, just as India is
We shall
1 oow. wua
anxiety for the progress of events, trust-
tht theru be no j Aud llooJ d
j conndent that the world will o the better for the
subtitutmu of the enlightened system of European
civih-ati lor the BCTiii-barbaric-yste.u that has
for BO t centuries prevailed in China.
SOL'TIIERN CALENDAR FOR JANUARY
January 1.. Missouri, Legislature meets.
2.. Georgia, election for Convention
" 3. .Florida, Convention.
" 7.. Virginii, Legislature meets.
7.. Alabama, Convention.
" 7.. Mississippi, Couve lion.
" ..Louisiana, election for Convention
" 7.. Tennessee, Legislature meets.
" 8..Texas, election for Convention.
" 10.. Georgia, Convention.
" 17..Ken.uck3-, Legislature meets.
' 2if..Leuisiana, Convention,
' 2..Texas, Convention.
The Union party of Kentucky holds a State Coii
ven'.ion in January.
COMI'KOMISB OH No CoMPKOMISE SeNATOI! S"AIE:
WADE.
Therefore I say to you, as far as I am concenif u
I will yield to no compromise. I do not couii here
begging one: It would be an indignity to the peo
pie 1 represent if I was to stand here l ecieunt to the;
rights of my party.
This sentiment of Wade's is endorsed hy the
Tribune, as expressing tlie senium nt of tho Repub
lican party generally.
It is understood that Gov. Drown of Georgia ha
solicited from Floyd, the Secretary of War, and ob
tained a year's leave of nose net for Col Hardee, late
Commandant at West Point, lo yo to L'urupe ( pur
chase guns and munitiuns of icarjor the SUt'.c of
Georgia.
Louisville, Ky-, Friday, Dec. 2. 1SC0.
A large Convention cf mechanics and workmen
yesterelay passed strong resolutions favoring a call
for a National Workingmcn's Convention, and dis
caqnter-aficing the uitra politicians both North and
South.
Richmond. Friday, De, 2i, ISO .
The seizure of the forts at Charleston by South
Carolina gives great joy here.
Tbe secession fceliiur here has
attained an iotensi-
ty which no one could have pi
redi :ted a wee a.0.
I obscr. e many lu
sion rosettes.
dies on the streets wearier. se . s
oe l' i on