... tw i u llar — yable in t not pai i in advance two dollars . will be charged ed at 1 urthe first and 2.7 cts sequent insertion court orders charged ' r than these rates a liberal deduc - . . advertise by the year :. . nr must be postpaid from the n y evangelist maria louisa by rev j s c abbott \ darker day never enveloped in its rp the austrian monarchy than when _\ beleaguering hosts of napoleon en vienna and from their encir "... batteries were showering shot and ijlls upon the doomed city i he armies luslria in repeated conflicts had been own and scattered by the resist ors conqueror as the eagles of napo tered upon the hills which over city the royal family with the ste which terror inspires had fh*d tfoff to the wilds of hungary it is it the sky is streaked with the ferv projectiles which like meteors of ire descending into the thronged r.j dismayed metropolis flamers are ; forth in every part of the city ts arc frozen wiih terror there is no place ol refuge lied hot shells ir way through dwellingsof brick shells explode in the cradle fthe infant and upheaving the most y dwellings bury their mangled in ptes beneath their ruins the clamors if two hundred thousand combatants iiil e midnight air and mingle with the bonders of one of the most awful bom ■ 11 li has ever witnessed in one of the chambers of the royal here lies a maiden sixteen years the daughter of the king her fa tier and mother in the consternation of beir light were compelled to leave be lind thi ick child her cheeks ire flushed with fever and again paled tith terror as the uproar of the assault ike angry thunders fills the air the elare of bursting shells and the flames of t_e spread ing conflagration portent uously fleam through the windows upon the eye af the sick and terrified sufferer she in tin buries her head beneath the bed iothes to shut out the horrid cries of the tssailants and the shrieks of the wounded la the midst of this most dreadful scene he gates of the city are suddenly thrown pen and a small party emerge and with i flag of truce pass through the embat tling hosts till they approach the presence :' napoleon they inform him of the iituation and the peril of the princess — he instantly orders the direction of every un to he changed which might endan ger her person the flag of truce again retire within the walls and the awful lombardment continues for ten long ours this terrific storm of iron descends pon the city till three thousand shells ave filled its streets with ruins and with blood hut maria louisa remains upon her bed unharmed though other parts of ber lather's palace are blown from their foundations little did she imagine in ie consternation of that dreadful night la it was her future husband who was | thus raining down destruction upon her gtf-er's capital and little did the pie man conqueror imagine as he compas bonately changed the direction of his funs that this maiden was to be queen i prance and that by this bombardment > was wooing and winning for his bride laughter of the caesars a daughter ofthe caesars ! what a nysterious influence there is in ancestral tenown napoleon even the creator ol is crown the fabricator of hisglory was dazzled by its glare maria louisa was descendant of the proudest mon ths of home the blood which circu ited in her veins had passed to her from is and through the heroic heart :: mai i theresa she had been cradled ir!'l nurtured amid scenes of moral sub i,l real tn l rice which one ould think would give an impress of pandeur even to lhe meanest soul sure y then her spirit must be animated with i that is lofty and ennobling in human aaracter alas it was not so ' she was more than a mild amiable pret ,';> girl utterly incapable ol cherishing an a of magnanimity or heroism she s endowed by nature only with those - which were most commonplace was entirely unqualified to '-* a noble part in the lofty drama through she was destined to move apoh*on despairing of offspring from pkine and consumed with the most 7*&se desire to have an heir who should rit his glory and perpetuate his name to sever the ties which bind him josephine the wife of his youth and to hln a more youthful bride from the servient monarchies around him he jm thus to secure an heir in whose per * should be allied all that was glori in his own achievements and all that jostrious in exalted descent the re j ation of josephine strong as were 4ipolli0hl motives which led to it is the est sta upon the character of na bruner & james v editors 4 proprietors j " k"r a rj:™n *" m ,. _ new series do this avd liberty is safi { *-**- gen'l harrison j number 46 of volume iv salisbury n c thursday march 16 1848 poleon and like all wrong-doing how | j ever seemingly prosperous for a time it ! promoted final disaster and woe a pique ' , originating in this marriage alienating alexander of russia from the french em peror and hence the campaign of mos cow and the imprisonment of napoleon upon the rock of st helena when the design of xapoleon was known every court in europe was emulous of the hon or of such an alliance the pourbons in their exile would gladly furnish a prin cess of the blood royal as a bride for the mighty conqueror the russian court proffers any of its highborn maidens to the acceptance of the master spirit at whose frown all europe trembles and the austrian monarchy the proudest of all earthly dynasties eagerly seeks alliance with the soldier of fortune who has twice entered its capital in triumph and repos ed with his plebeian mar-halls in its pal aces — after much deliberation xapoleon decided to accept the alliance of austria proposals were made for maria louisa and eagerly accepted maria was then nineteen years of age and was most hap py to be honored as the bride of one who had filled lhe world with his renown — xapoleon was forty-two on the 12th da of march 1810 apparently without emotion she left the palaces of her fa thers surrounded by all the pomp the aus trian monarchy could confer to meet her future husband as the long train of car riages left vienna the people gazed mourn fully upon the scene maria antoinette the last princess austria had furnished for the throne of prance but a few years be fore had perished miserably upon the scaf fold the populace were only prevented by the soldiers from cutting the traces of the carriages and preventing the depar ture the gorgeous procession proceeded on the way towards the frontiers of france napoleon had never yet seen the bride who was coming to meet him she is not beautiful be said as he gazed upon her miniature " but she is a daughter of | the ctesfirs /" when maria arrived at the rhine her j austrian attendants left her and she was ! received by the french nation and con ! j ducted towards paris with the highest ! possibleaccompanimentsofimperialsplen j dor the bells rang their merriest peals ! of congratulation the austrian and the ' | tri-colored flags floated in friendly em brace from every tower triumphal arch ; es illuminated cities and civic and mili tary procession greeted her progress while . the horses of her chariot buried their hoofs ! in the beds of roses which were spread over her path france then in the zenith of its pride and intoxicated with glory \ from the rhine to the pyrenees resound ed with all the expressions and demon strations of rejoicing xapoleon met her near compeigne springing from his own carriage he eagerly leaped into that of he empress and entirely regardless of all the restraints and etiquette of courts folded her in his embrace with the most youthful impetuosity the postillions were ordered to drive upon the gallop to • the palace of compeigne this unex pected ardor was nut at till unwelcome to maria and a few hours in the society of her imperial husband invested her with such a queenly ease and affability that she could hardly be recognized by her for mer attendants the marriage ceremony was celebrated with the utmost splendor a st cloud and never before or since has paris resounded with such an uproar of rejoicing as when xapoleon led his youthful bride into those apartments of the tuileries from which josephine but three monihs before had been so cruelly rejected pour queens held the bridal train of maria louisa and the embassa dors of all the courts of europe revolved around her as their central luminary — but who can tell how dismally these re joicings fell upon the ear oi josephine as she sat weeping in her deserted chamber in one year from that time maria was placed upon that mysterious couch of suf fering from which no regal wealth or splendor can purchase exemption her pains were long protracted and her an guish dreadful the attendant physicians in the utmost trepidation informed xapo leon that the life of the mother or the child must be sacrificed — " save the mother said xapoleon ; but perceiving that they had lost their presence of mind in view of the peril of so illustrious a patient he im mediately added " do as you would with ; lhe wife of the humblest tradesman in the rue st denis the physicians re-as sured returned to their duty and the crisis j was passed the birth of this child was an event which had been anticipated by all france with the utmost interest it had been pre viously announced that the cannon ofthe invalids should proclaim the advent of the expected heir to the throne if the child were a princess twenty-one guns were to be fired ; if a prince one hundred at six o'clock in the morning of the 20th of march 1811 all paris was aroused by l the deep booming of those heavy guns reverberating over the city in annuncia tion of the arrival of the welcome stran ger every window was instantaneously thrown open every ear was on the alert the slumberers were aroused from their pillows and silence pervaded all the streets of a busy metropolis as the vast throngs stood motionless to count the tidings which those explosions were thundering into their eats the heart of the great capi tal ceased to beat and in all her glowing veins the current of life stood still when the twenty-first gun had been fired the interest was intense beyond all conception the gunners delayed for a moment the next discharge and all paris stood breath less in suspense the next moment the guns double loaded pealed forth the most welcome announcement and from the en tire city one universal roar of acclama tion rose and blended with their thunders '■ >. ever was an earthly monarch greeted with a more affecting demonstration of a nation's love and homage the birth of the king of rome how illustrious ! the thoughtful mind will pause and muse up ' on the striking contrast furnished by the death who could then have imagined that his renowned father would perish a prisoner in a delapidated stable in st ' helena and that this child a nation's idol would linger through a few short years of neglect and sorrow and sink into a for gotten grave from the delaware blue hen's chicken the early life of mrs gaines ; as the case of this extraordinary wo man has for a long time past excited the interest of the people of this country we '' think it will not be uninteresting to give j j our readers a slight sketch of her early : , life mira clark now mrs gaines who i 1 is well known to our citizens having in ' j early life resided here was born in new orleans her father daniel well known ' in the political and commercial history of louisiana being a partner of col davis of this country her father died and ; i when only a few months old she was adopted by col davis and brought upas his own child a man by the name of j ralph destroyed her father's will and ob tained possession of the whole ofthe im j mense property of her father consisting of nearly the whole of the new part of xew orleans at that time worth near five millions of dollars and now worth much more she lived in entire ignor ance of her parentage for a long time — . the first idea she had of her parentage was being taunted by a girl at school with the fact that col davis was not her fa ther afterwards she discovered it from some papers which she found while look ing for some documents which she was to send to the colonel at harrisburg they at that time were living in pennsylvania — some time afterwards she visited the sul phur springs virginia and while there on account of her carriage breaking she became acquainted with a young man named wm \\ hifney a son of general whitney of xew york soon afterwards he visited her in philadelphia but the colonel not approving of the match he was forbid the house col davis soon after moved to delamore place near wil mington and miss chirk not being per mitted to see her lover she corresponded with him to prevent detection her letters were directed to miss mary ann williamson now the wife of rev cory chambers of this city daughter of our late mayor and post master she carefully keeping the secret and punctually delivering the let ters into lhe hands of miss clark and sending her's to mr whitney in return miss clark was by this time fully ac quainted with her parentage and the im mense estate of her father at least she received a letter from mr whitney urg ing her by all she held true and the love she bore for him to elope with him the plan was laid and the time fixed mr whitney was to be at xew castle where she was to join him none was let into the secret but miss williamson to pre vent detection miss clark called the dogs together about col davis place that eve ning put them in one of the outbuildings and locked them all up at last the night came and a terrible one it was too the wind howled the rain poured in torrents and the darkness was only now and then illuminated by fearful flashes of lightning undaunted by the raging elements miss clark stepped from her bed-room on the balcony and by means of a pillar of the balcony or rope managed to reach the ground in safety and immediately ran as fast as she could to wilmington it was a fearful night for a girl so small so young ; and delicate to venture abroad alone and unattended on her way if possible the rain became heavier and the flashes of lightning more vivid at last she reached the residence of mr williamson drenched with rain and the top of her band box beat in by the vio ; lence of the storm miss williamson was waiting alone in the passage to receive her ; the key softly turned and the door opened and miss clark pulling off her little kid slippers which were wet through softly ascended the stairs so as not to a lartn the rest of the family the ladies employed themselves until morning in drying as well as they were abb miss clark's clothes at the first dawn of morn ing they stepped out and a hack being procured she departed for xew castle miss williamson gave her all the money she had 5 as at the time she left col davis she had not a dollar at xew castle miss clark met her lov er and they were met by mi-s williamson who acted as bridesmaid on the occasion of their marriage miss clark who we shall now call mrs whitney set about hunting up facts in relation to her birth threats were used and every obstacle made use of to prevent her " her first care was to find her mother and after a long search she was at last discovered we believe in the island of jamaica she almost immediately recognized her daughter and gave her the marriage cer tificates ol her husband j hiuicl cjlark from whom she had been seperated some : time before his death proceedings were : immediately commenced but for a while with a small prospect of success threats were not only made against herself and , husband but against any one who should advocate their cause it was with diffi | culty a lawyer could be procured to plead her cause ; even the judges on the bench were the feed counsel of the other side i and generally supposed to be under the influence of bribery finally her husband was thrown into i prison in xew orleans during the preva lence of the fever and afterwards she was imprisoned with him with a small i child at her breast whitney soon died | not however without strong suspicion of foul play she afterwards was released j and though a widow still prosecuted her suit with determined resolution soglar ing was the partiality of the judges once displayed that the crowd in court could 1 hardly contain their indignation her life i was two or three times attempted her | first acquaintance with gen gaines was i when she was fired at and part of her . dress shot away gen gaines came and | offered her his protection and she soon afterwards married him her opponents dared not use the same means with a gen ; eral in the u s army as they had al 1 ready done with her first husband private individual it would have been too glar ; j ingly showed to the country or there is not the least doubt they would have done | it after going through so many courts we ' now learn that the suit has been dedided in her favor the value of property is now near twenty millions of dollars — mrs gaines is now about forty years of age about five feet high has a sweet ex pression of countenance rather a french cast she has at the same time an in domitable resolution as every circum stance of her life has shown she is very charitable and warm hearted and never forgets her old friends she even now remembers with gratitude the services of her early friend formerly miss william son now mrs chambers and assures her when she comes into her estate she will remunerate her for her former kindness as we see it stated she has lately presented two of her friends with 85,000 each we suppose her bequest to mrs chambers will be considerable we understand she will soon visit her in wilmington is not the life of this persecuted lady indeed one of arc-p romance ! will it not in future be given to the public in an historical novel ! something f a — the scientific mechanic has the following notice of a ve ry wonderful lock •• the most perfectly secure and efficient unpickable unbreak able and unburstable lock ever introduced has recently been invented and perfected l>y mr s l chase of lock-port xew york it issucceptible of 743,000,000,000 000 changes of adjustment ; has no ac cessible aperture into which gun powder can be introduced and could not be pick ed nor unlocked in seven years even by the manufacturer thereof with the key in his possession unless he had locked it himself and as to thieves the more tbey should examine and investigate this lock by indents impressions or otherwise the more thev would'ut know how to open it let it be borne in mind that gen tay lor says over his own signature in his let ter to mr ingersoll that he is •• a whig in principle — nor cur standard jfc-j j__l «*-* k w~w pounds ofcotton and linen raits i_#"l_j t_fvf j for which a liberal price will be paid in trade also on hand a constant supply of superior wrapping paper for sale by p boger &. maxwell feb 17 1843 5t 42 report and resolutions ofthe grand lodge of north carol inn on the death of p g m loi is d wilsox the special committee to whom was re ferred so much ofthe m w grand master's an nual report as refers t,i ihe death of p ('. m louis i wilson iieg leave to report lint from the limited time allowed ihem from other duties it is almost impossible thai thev ran do more than merely allude lo that melancholy event the grand lodge is already aware of lhe cir cumstances under which this heavy bereave ment was brought upon us he died in a for eign land in the city of vera cruz at the head of an army of his countrymen fidelity to the cause of our country eagerness lo repel her invaders has always characterized our f rater nity in our revolutionary stnig<*le masonry had her washingtons and her warrens the committee are informed on high authority that every commanding general ofthe american ar my was a mason of high standing except one whose sa fate is an historical fact of so much notoriety that we may a nothing more than merely to allude to ii hy way of contrast xor is masonary without her gifts upon her coun try s altar in our present sanguinary contest with mexico amongst the numher of those who have learned their duty to magistrates and the supreme government at her altar in their mosl solemn vows may he mentioned the name of our most illustrious p (.". master what was his course when lhe thunders ol warcame loom ears — when we learned thai our na tion was engaged in bloody conflict with a daring enemy f bro wilson left the legislative hall ol his native state repaired to his countv made up a company of volunteers over which he was chosen captain immediately assisted in raising another in lhe same county and enter ed her service without delay of bro wilson as a mason it is probably more pertinent that we should speak particu larly iu the active discharge of those cardinal virtues which the precepts of our order incul cate in every bosom charily was pre-eminent many incidents in his history illustrate the truth of this remark we will allude to but two which are sufficient lo place his name high up on the roll of benefactors of his species on < one occasion when provisions were exceeding ly scarce in the couniy of edgecomb and want was stalking abroad in the land bro wilson generously threw open his barns and distribu ted two hundred barrels of coin amongst the poor of edgecomb donations of smaller size were continually emanating from his liberal hand the second grand charity to which the com mittee allude was the closing and crowning act of his life — the capstone ol his moral and masonic edifice — the magnificent bequest con tained in his will by ihis will he has given o the poor of his county au estate now estima ted from forty lo sixty thousand dollars as bro wilson deserved he was held high in the esteem of his countrymen and any pro motion at their disposal was freely and often bestowed ; in proof of which should any be needed we would refer to his frequent elections . to the legislature from the county of eedge comb — the fact that his mortal remains are to be brought home and a monument erected by contribution to his memory over the spot : where they may find their long resting place we need hardly to say that many of our bre thren will have an opportunity of gathering at his grave to give vent to feelings that with some have found an outlet through more na tural avenues to many this high privilege will be denied by uncontrolable circumstances but that all may share in some general ex pression of our grief the committee recom mend the adoption ofthe resolutions at the end of ibis report the committee have not as might appear to some mentioned the acts of our deceased brother to blazon them forth in a way of vain glorious boasting ; but masonry sets no limits lo the expressions of fraternal regard to the memory of a departed brother who has earned the affections of the craft whenev er the conduct uf a brother through life so con spicuously illustrates those masonic virtues which are lhe pride and boast of our order the craft is honored and ue cm with propriety gather around our own family altar and in a spirit ol emulation peak freely of those virtues resolved thai ihis grand lodge will wear . the usual badge of mourning crape upon the left arm for the space of thirty days as a to ken of respect n ! esteem fur the memory of our deceased brother resolred tint this grand lodge recom mend to the subordinate lodge's a similar coin as soon as ihey obtain a knowledge of ( the course of lhe grand lodge resolved that lhe secretary be instructed to furnish a co 5e res ilutions and ; e ■ j i •-' lhe i ly and elsewhere friendly to our older to publish them respectfully (*.' h jordon john f speight at a commtii lhe brethren of ful ton l idge no 99 > ilisbury he i a tbeii i room on this evening march 8th 1848 it wus unanimously rf sol cl that the brethren ofthe lodgedo rarry the above resolutions into effect by wear • in:_r crape i arm for the ace ul thir ty day resolved th t the editors ol the salisbury watchman be requested to publish the above report and resolutions a m nesbitt sec a simple fellow was walking through a swamp and came to a broad ditch i'll bet y*>u two cents thai i can jump over that ditch "' aid he to himself done said the other side of his mouth and over he leaped " 1 won ihat bet anyhow said he '* now i'll bet you two cents more that i can jump back again and he jumped and fell at the bottom of the mud — '• nothing lost and nothing gained he mutter ed crawling up the bank ; " that account's 1 even c irespondence of he n american and u s gazette the treaty was returned to the senate to day in executive sessieu without any report from the committee on foreign relations in favor of or against it and without amendment it was discussed wiih much mil it ou the " de mocracic side of the chamber entirely with a lew remarks from one or two whigs rela ting to incidental points those who were most conspicuous in opposition to its ratifica tion have reaffirmed tlieir opinions out of doors in free conversations and with no purpose of reserve as to their intentions it is not impro per therefore to refer ro them as every senator has the privilege to speak ol his individual views and actions mr hannegan said it would be au act of fatuity to the treaty ; for in quired he where is the indemnity for ihe past and admitting that to be obtained where is the security for the future ? he never would con sent by his vote to accept such terms after all that had been pledged lo lhe country and after the vast expense of life and treasure which had been incurred mr allen was equally hostile to tie ratifica tion and indifferent t iho concealment ot his sentiments the basis ofthe negotiation was not such as the government bad a light to ex pect and he would not du it oiher gentlemen ofthe same politics but of the oppo.-i:e wing ofthe party were content to take the treaty as it stood though they would have been better satisfied with ies territory or none at all a question was made as to tho effect the striking out of th tenth article would have on mexico and the president informed the chair man on foreign relations that according to his information ; it would not interpose any se lions obstacle to the ratification by that gov eminent speaking ol the tenth article reminds me to conect a slight error into which i think i fell la-t night in stating iis provisions upon one particular feature where occupation was tho condition ofthe grants prior lo lhe 3.ui march 1836 il is provi 1 d thai the same lime as was originally allowed by mexico be afforded to the grant.es io perfect their sentiments dating from tie exehanjje of ratifications it is understood here and known by the ex ectitive that large speculations in these grant were made by ; arties in new 1 ork and wash ington u ho now hold tbe rights and it is hin ted in lhe vicinity ofthe white house and pub lic departments that mr trist had a full un derstandina ofthe value ol protecting these in lerests these reflections upon their com misssioner come wiih appropriate grace trom those who selected him for tliis high and im portant trust it is apparent then there are two se'.s ol interests concerned in the texas lands and both equally dependent upon the rat ificaiion ofthe tenth article iur the security of iheir speculations a resolution was proposed to appoint a com mission ot not less than three or more than five to proceed to mexico or to meet at some inter mediate point commissioners on the part of that government to settle the difficulties in dis pute no action was taken upon the resolution for lhe commission hut the president readily sig nified his willingness to accede to any desire of the senate in ihis respect the obstacle that occurs to the minds ot senators is the dan ger ol delay and the apprehension of substitu ting a chance ihr a certainty if mexico has acted iu good faith in this arrangement and has the power lo maintain tbe treaty this diffi culty it appears to me wuuld be readily obvia ted there has been a misapprehension on my part as well as upon that of all the newspapers that make claim to authentic information on the subject of the treaty in regard to the armistice and general scott the second article pro vides that there shall be a suspension of hostil ities during the interchange ol tho necessary correspondence and so forth on the part ofthe two governments and it was believed and al leged that general scott under his general in structions had ordered lhe armistice this is altogether a mistake an official communication was received from gen scott on saturday at the war department dated tha 2d feb about one hour after the execution ofthe treaty i'or some reason or other this letter was not despatched by mr freaner and perhaps gen scott was not knowing to his mid den departure he tells mr marcy in a word that he had just seen a treaty hut had not time to read it which stipulated lor an armistice pending these negotiations not having been apprised recently of lhe wishes of lhe govern ment he desired instructions as this particular mailer under the public law i presume the commanding general had power to open in tercourse or arrange an armistice with the en emy but ien scott acted prudently in taking ii official part in mr trist s unauthorized pro ceedings this may be well inferred from a single fact which unwittingly leaked out to day mr turney of tennessee said there uas only one thing he regretted about the trea ty and that was that scott hud nol nr^itiated it in ii n-'i i,l prist things therefore remain tn statu quo in mei ico uriiil iho bearer ol despatches who started la-t monday reaches gen butler now in command with full authority to conclude an armistice as there are large interests connected with these mexican claim aud a much inquiry has been : ive to th'-ir adjustment bv the treaty a few words may be desirable on this ernmenl assumes the payment of th n -. and provides for a ns to be estab lish don | - ■ i that adopted in 1843 which r the settlement of by the umpire j the commission ol 1*?40 il ' xceed three millions and a i . rtei iu am \ . nl lo gen butler to 2 ' • -■ the three millions in the event ofthe treaty by mexico — the governmeol thoul some fears that • trist and his associ u i rs on the part of mexico may have convened a quorum at 0 lere ied through tbe form of rut ifi communication may reach i i butler in such i state of things mr trist would find no trouble in negotiation a draft in mexico or \ era cruz for this appro priation will the uninu inform the public why mr polk i so suspicious of mr buchan an's confidential clerk and commissioner — surely tis very unkind towards ihe amiable and interesting secretary of state — that hero who figured witli so much distinction at balti more in the last war as a •• volunteer to ride from lancaster and back again in the instructions to gen butler he is di ted to send mr trist out of mexico to an inquiry iu the senate how this was to be ac complished a democrat of mark replied he