Carolina Watchman

              . z phe c1bolisj watcejus " ' '. . ■ ■;■ . i :■ irs-i-nj e , two debars , o - • ■ rates b tlie year ,-■ ■ list be ; - : ; : ' ■ kster county tr\gi:i>y 1 ' ,,,,„ ihe baliimore amen the i • t salur day is iho clearest account we i ° 0 e i e atrocious murders perpetra '' j w rk u ;.;,;„ ibe holders of the stale i in resistance of the laws of vs and ol officers employed lo nat int ■ m pntioned in yesterday's ameri ■ intelligence had been receiv , two citizens of rpltimure | in i iheslei con my peon endeavoring lo recover some ..... the confidence which we ex pr rreclness ol ihe report has . by ihe intelligence since re 1 invests the affair with lie one of the bloodiest and mosl bor n , .. the pai liculars which we o gather up to ihe lime of writ ,. in gome degree extraordinary hut ." . exp i ned by further accounts — , is are the most reliable thai i m knowledge : , c persons from baltimore county ', 0 | mi edward gorsuch his son 1 phew joshuajulorsuch dr t • . sathan nelson nicholas hutchins and i ti tdiose name we have been una erlain wenl into pennsylvania lor • of recovering iwo runaway slaves 10 ihe elder gorsuch and wbo were ; irboring in chesler county at a b called christiaua between lan cerauti philadelphia tije party secured ibe aid of a deputy liii jiaies marsha and ol several police offi | im philadelphia and on thursday morn . eded to the neighborhood in which u ie supposed lo be secreted — i near ibe house to which iheir suspicions j redirected they met two negro men one of i v.i recognised by mr gorsuch as bis fe the whites gave chase and the negroes i md succeeded in getting into ihe house i a closed against the pursuing parties k .,, oi bugle was then sounded hy the ne ; e . in he bouse and a billet of wood was ittti iri'tn the windows striking one of ihe ft ol whites in the mean lime a consider i i c,ud mostly of blacks began lo colled i ill house probably called there hy ihe lid ofthe bugle u gorsuch and his parly attempted lo force ir * i in ihe upper pan ol ihe house where , ■ icks had fled hul finding the negroes |, , ivilh guns scythes and other weapons i ■ also finding lhat the crowd on the outside j l rapidly increasing attracted by the con ! it . blowing ol the horn ihey concluded lhat i ui impossible lo effect the capture of the j t.-e and commenced a retreat from the i [■•'. as they lell ibe house and mr ed idgorsuch was instantly shot dead a hall t r big breast near ihe heart and another ing efieci in the left shoulder of his son — f negroes afterwards rushed on ihe wound ' l.-n and il is said beat aud mutilated them ishocking manner the son of mr gor | »...• is reported was entirely disembowelled ■ sweeping blow wilh a scythe mr josh • ii rsuch and dr pierce it is said were al ! i . rously wounded and were lying 111 use in the neighborhood of iho scene of ■ conflict in an almost hopeless condition , aid lo be from baltimore was al ! founded though nol mortally and was af laids taken lo columbia where he was ly 1 i last accounts ■ :■' son d mi gorsuch after his father i ed drew a pistol and shot dead the ue bad bred the fatal sbol he was then \ l n an 1 bai barously murdered in fhe man r ive staled above the crowd lhal icied about the house at the blowing of the 1 reported to have amounted to some iwo i ■:. showing evidently that the negroes i d ol the purpose of the mary t any and had made arrangements to op i hem in the murderous manner which was * > carried out it is also reported lhat f » ol ihe tic nu,es were either killed or ? '■ ■' inded during the affray bul ibis i - i lobe unconfirmed by the more i '■'■•■ accounts among the crowd who and ihe house jfefe were a num 5 who not only refused when call [ i '•) the deputy marshal to assist in ■ ii of the law and ihe capture of but actually encouraged them in ' : ihe intelligence of these her itages has caused the most intense led 1 i baliimore county and this city — i gorsuch resided on the york road about " ir miles from the city where he was h "■ : ' '■ a fine farm and a valuable mill " u '* w*ell known throughout the whole ■"■.'■' a iid we may add and indeed all ihe '- w lio acted in the affair were persons of n d respectability and the outrage d upon them whilst lawfully aud y attempting to re possess themselves )\ canuol of course but be deep it i 1 -' 5 aves they were in search ol ran l year since it is supposed that - which put the negroes on their hem to perpetrate the retur ned was sent from philadel i-h and his friends first ■ procure the necessary legal aid this ion in the statement pub k idelphia inquirer which says : ■ ; l tie best reports we learn thai the ■ ._'■ t"-.rio!i in the vicinity having been k nature ol the visit of the officers kyi a meeting and asked ihe sev era leading abolitionists as lo r j ' j ould pursue the answer 1 ! '"' mosl current reports slate * ; nd their ground accord ■*' t eighty negroes assembled with ■„ * a *| d themselves in the neigv kkc !° h dsa ," d co "* fields the signal of ■ swasthehlowingofahorn • came upon fhe party they ■•■ d upohh « " aluidps ' a d a deadly fire k abdl tloxat pakt.ctt.vus '-'• weriyman conductor on i i road who came through ■ ' * jar i-d'urg yesterday some i n ■ m lo this horri ' ' - dickinson gorsuch we : "'" ** 3l o render hia recovery a j j bruner ) > " keep a check upon am vour e lit or y proprietor ) rulers dothi , \ new series ijo this and libert vis safe < gen'l harrison ( volume viii number 21 salisbury n c thursday septemer 25 1851 mailer nl extreme doubt he was shot in the left shoulder and also badly beaten and bruis ed by blows wilh a club the report lhat he was mutilated by a cut with a scythe is nol cor reel lie is still hing al a house in ihe ueiorh hoi hood of where the affray look place josh ua gorsuch and dr pierce though beaten and bruised by the negroes we learn were not se riously injured the former came on yester day morning with the body of old mr gorsuch : which was buried yesterday afternoon 1 ie funeral took place from his late residence ] on t4.x york load and was attended by a large concourse of persons irom all pails of ihe sur rounding country by whom be was greatly es \ teemed and respected he was shot in the lefl breast the ball entering a short distance a hove ihe heart whilst the surrounding parls were completely rid lied wilh shot with which i tint guti had also been heavily loaded the negroes who were active in the affray are said j lo have all lefl the vicinity making their way lowards philadelphia as far as we can learn no arrests had been made in the vicinity where : the affray took place f-*li may not be amiss to say lhat our ac count published above is fully corroborated by the statements contained in the philadelphia and iiultitiiute county papers — american instead of any attempt to express our own i sensations on ihe perusal of this shocking nar rative we copy from two philadelphia papers what appear to us lo be iheir very just reflec tions upon ihe subject : from the public ledger the tragedy at christiana in lancaster co of which the correct particulars are given in this morning's ledger is one of the fruits of j ihe " higher-law '' teachings of the fanatics j who look beyond constitutions for their rule of ' action and take ihe promptings of an inflamed i zeal as the evidences of an infallible conscience when the law for the recovery of fugitives from j labor was firsl passed by the last congress j these men gut up indignation meetings all over i the country counselled forcible resistance to | the laws and advised such was the excess of iheir philanthropy the colored population o i the commision of various high crimes even in j eluding murder the effects of iheir counsel is lo be witnessed in ihe scenes at christiana a citizen of maryland and his son empowered ' wilh ihe due authority and assisted by officers j of ihe law to capture iheir runaway are resist j ed by an armed body of negroes the father j murdered and ihe son mortally wounded if 1 these are the fruits of philanthropy ihe leach ings of conscience it is full lime ihat the au j thors and instigators of such diabolical outrages were laughl thai the laws of the united stales are the supreme law in this country and every i citizen must eilher voluntarily submit to it or seek some other country where he can dis charge his duties as a citizen without putting his conscience to so terrible a strain as is im plied iu submission to the legally-expressed j will of the majority from the evening bulletin the christiana tragedy — the melanchol ly tragedy al christiana in this state by which two eiiiz'-ns of maryland lost iheir lives has established in tetter ol blood the dangerous character of ihe modem abolitionists the lugilivc slaves in question when they j fired mi ihe representatives of ihe law only j carried on in practice what the abolitionists ] constantly assert in principle for years past { garrison and his followers have been telling : fugitives that ihey have a tight lo slay any man be he even master or public officer who at tempts to impede their flight ; and these delud j ed negroes in perpetrating the attrociniis*mur j der we it-cord to day have only obeyed the ad j vice of those whom ihey considered their friend other negroes too who were in no danger of ; recapture have become under the influence of | ihe saiiu pernicious doctrines accessories lo ibis murder nor do the guilty paities stop here the blood of all whether white or black who ell in this fray is on the souls of ihose who incited the riot as fully as those who engaged in il from the baltimore american the murders in pennsylva nia we learn that seven persons have been arrested — live negteos and two whiles — on the charge of being concerned in the recent murderous outrages at christiana in lancaster county pennsylvania we furth?r learn that in the course of the af fray three . negroes were killed as may be well imagined an intense excitement prevailed tboughout baltimore county and especially in that portion of it where the messrs gorsuch resided a number of respectable citizens of the county have already proceeded to lancaster with the determination to see tbe authors of the outrage brought to a strict legal aecounta th'e philadelphia bulletin of saturday afternoon lias the following late intelli gence by telegraph we learn by a telegraphic despatch to william b reed esq district attorney of philadelphia county that j l 1 hoop ton esq . district attorney of lancaster county yesterday proceeded to the scene of the murder and returned to lancaster city this morning at two o'clock having in custody eleven prisoners charged with participating in the outrage ' the prisoners are composed of nine blacks and two whius tbe , names of the latter are elijah castnor and lewis han naway they were committed to lan caster jail i i mr this morning the u s marshal mr roberts the u s district attorney mr ashmead and a special u s commiss ioner from washington left in the cars lor christiana lor the purpnseol making « thorough investigation ofthe high handed affair and arresting all suspected parties these oliicers with the viewofpropei , ly enforcing iheir authority were accom panied by a company of l t . s marines from he philadelphia navy yard and a detail ol filly of marshal keyser's police it was the intention of marshal rob erts fo scour the neighborhood and bring to justice all the guilty ones we are informed by several gentlemen who came passengres in the one o'clock train from the west this afternoon that the greatest excitement prevailed through out lancaster county the negroes were fleeing in every direction the state and local authorities who have taken the lead in the matter have acted in the promptest manner the united stales authorities have also exhibited the most praiseworthy prompt ness in maintaining the law and ferret , ing out those who have so boldly resisted its execution the officers of the marshal's police who went up were under an opinion of mr reed deputized to act as u s depu ty marshals we understand that judges grier and kane have decided ihe offence of the riot ers to be treason against ihe united states suspicion rests upon some fifteen or twenty individuals additional — we learn through mr merry man who came down with the york train last night the young mr gor j such was still alive and some hopes were entertained of his recovery though his j situation was still most critical his de i position had been taken in relation to the i circumstances connected with the mur i der of his lather mr roberts the u s j marshal from philadelphia the u.s dis j trict attorney mr ashmead and a u s commissioner from washington arrived at the scene ofthe outrage on saturday ' accompanied by a detachment of eighty u s marines and fifty of the philadel phia police and the most active means were at once adopted lor the purpose of securing all supposed to have been con ! cerned in ihe outrage a large nnmber ' of persons from the surrounding country i and from baltimore county were at the ' place and were earnestly seconding the j authorities in their endeavors to arrest the j guilty parties up to yesterday morning the number j of arrests made was thirty only two of j the parties ihose named above being ; whites bail to a large amonut had been ! offered for them but refused among the negroes under arrest is the woman who , blew the horn as the signal for the gath ering ofthe blacks pinckney the slave j who shot mr gorsuch has so far not been arrested the statement that the body of j mr gorsuch was robbed after the murder i proves to be correct and adds another j revolting feature to the affair he had over 400 in his possession before ihe af fray but afterwards the only money found on his person was a 1 note and a blank check from the newbnryport mass herald the execution of lopez we have now full accounts of the bloody scene which has been enacted in cuba and [ which lias been long expected by those who > have watched most closely ihe progress of e j vents in lhat quarter there is it is evident j no seiious disaffection in cuba beyond ibe j families f nmic uf ilii raiiliy creoles in j which the young men ambitious and educated chafe al being under ihe despotic rule of span ish military officers the great mass of the whiles particularly the poorer classes upon whom any great reliance could be had for the revolutionary movements are clearly in the spanish interest and besides entertain from some cause animosity against ihe americans lopez was undoubtedly a brave man but he has shown himself through the whole lo be without judgment and to have deceived him self us well as others with a belief of his per sonal popularity which has never had any ex istance except in his own imagination the escape which lopez and his parly had at car denas was the narrowest ever known and could not be expected lo occur again in a thousand years it ought to have taught them caution in addition to ihe accounts which we give below brought by the empire city we have the following letter from one of our own cili zens a well known merchant who was pres ent at the execution of lopez : '• havana september 1st — 10 o'clock — this morning general lopez was executed as a criminal the scene was imposing although awful all ihe military in the city were form ed in a large hollow square ; in the middle wa9 the machine of death on a plalform raised len feel rom the ground on posls with a railing round and wide steps from the ground in front on the platform was ihe garote an iron seat or chair wilh ihe back in one piece extending higher than ihe person silling on the seat on tlifs back even with the head is ihe apparatus of death consisting of iron clasps which are to fit the sides of the head and a clasp lo pass round ihe throat from behind is a long iron har attached io a screw which put in molion by the hangman giving one linn draws the side and ihroal pieces light and at the same instant sends an iron in lo ihe spinal marrow ofthe neck from behind which causes inslan taneous deaih such was ihe machine for gen lopez he behaved like a brave man through out tlie awful moments he walked surround ed by a guard from the puma fort lo the steps of garote as cool apparently as if he was at the head of an army » he was diessed in a lung while gown and a white cap ; his wrists wpie ied in r °" t and above his elbows behind wilh the cords held by soldiers he ascended the steps wilh two civilians friends r.o priest as common in such cases he faced round and seemed lo take a rood look on the soldiers and the immense i thiong of people outside of ihe squtire.and seem i ed to lake a good look on the soldiers and ihe i'liinense throng of people outside ofthe square and ihen turned round and knelt in prayer for j about one minute he ihen rose and tinned : towards the front and in a clear manly voice and in tones loud enough to be heard hy the ' thousands present for it was as still as niobi spoke as follows : •' countrymen i mosl sol emnly in this last awful moment of my life ask your pardon for any injury i have caused you it was nol my wish lo injure any one my object was your freedom and happiness here he was interrupted by the commanding ffficer in front on horse back he conelud ed by saying -• my intention was good and my hope is in god he then bowed and turned round and took his seal apparently with as much coolness as if he hud taken a chair iu a | room with friends " he placed bis head hack between he iron grasps ihe negro hangman then adjusted the iron throat clasp and tied his feet lo bolls on each side ofthe seat during this preparation lopez was in conversation wilh his friend — j | the tall negro hangman who is kepi as public 1 executioner then look his place at the iron be hind lopez kissed the cross handed lo him ! by his friend ; the negro then gave one lorn of the wrench and lopez died instantly without ibe least struggle this was precisely as the clock struck seven the military at once re j turned to the city he ikind playing a quick ', step the thousands dispersed wilh little or no noise ; some of the rabble tried lo get up a ( row bul it would not go there was a solem nity in ihe whole scene which struck into the hearts ofthe mob which hut a few days previous were in wild ecslacy of joy at a brutal execu tion of fifty human beings on whose corpses ihey could glut a savage revenge by commit ting the most inhuman of indignities " a eve witness to the above scene advice to farmers to the editors of the national intelligencer gentlemen the unequalled circulation of the intelligencer renders il peculiarly desirable for a few hints therein if you will spare the room to farmers and other gentlemen located al in convenient disiance from ail mechanical aid by which to meet the ravages of time incident lo every homestead unsightly dilapidations and casual breakages are often endured by the most exemplary proprietors solely from the difficulty and remoteness of all presenl remedy i there fore respectfully offer the only recipe for this complaint and quite different too from most other prescriptions being as pleasant in ils ap plication as it is grattifying in ils effects the marvel is that it is not more general as the few who rejoice in it as a regimen have never been known to abandon it it is this : for ev ery householder thus isolated to have a " set of tools and habituate himself to their use ; and lei no man demur at this suggestion as of diffi cult attainment ; he will nol find it so while its advantages independent of pecuniary ones are i more numerous lhan room would be expected here to enumerate amusement recreation employment for mind and body and health ro sy goddes wilh her legion of blessed attend ants following in her train are some ofthe rich fruits of ihis great nature's plan as ihe di j vine dr young calls il ; and wilh such a col leagee as him my purpose will be explained and work done up iu half the time taken by my pro j sing he says : " time's use was doomed a pleasure ; waste a pain ; thin man might feel his error if unseen ; and li-eling fly ti labor for llis cure not blundering split on idleness for ease life's cares are comforts ; such by heaven design'd ; ! he that has none must make them or be wretched > cares are employments ; and without employ the soul is on a rack : the rack of rest ; tlie souls most adverse ; action all their joy diyden though perhaps with less suavity of maniier holds the same : " the wise for health or exercise depend : god never made his works for man to mend while ihe accelerated progress of the arts in our country for tbe last half century is a just subject of surprise and gratulation we would acknowledge our dependence more or less on these little handmaids of science ihe woiking tools as our indespensible agents in every en terprise they ate therefore resorted to wilh equal pleasure and profit by the man of genius the valetudinarian the amateur and lover of domestic comfort neatness and economy — they arc moreover of easy attainment a liule fludio or room is necessary in some pari ofthe house or out bouses ten or twelve feet squale with lack to the door a work bench near a window ; also a small solid bench lo chop and saw on and a rack attached to the wall on which the small tools are always visi ble for use our tool-makers have within a few years made such decided improvements in the beauty of iheir finish as imperceptibly ere aies a desire to be handling them ; and with a little confidence and practice they become a fa vorite pastime saying nothing of its rich acrotn pauiments as have been aid or sung these carpenters tools are doubtless lor sale at most ofthe hardware stores in ibis city i was iuduced to inquire the prices of such as would he necessary for a small shop at baden & brother's sign of the golden saw oppo site brown's hotel here they are of fine qual ity 1 hand saw tl 50 1 gouge 18 1 fine saw 1 50 1 rule 37 1 fore plane 1 25 compasses 25 1 jack plane 75 1 square 50 1 smooth plane 75 1 hand saw file 10 1 drawing knife 62 4 gimlets j 1 hatchet 75 4 sprig awls 12 1 hammer 50 1 screwdriver 25 2 augers say 1 25 1 gauge 3i 1 brace and bils 2 40 1 whetstone 25 3 chisels assorted i 00 nails are necessary on all occasions i here are six or seven sizes all al 5 cents a pound i would advise a few of each size as for lum ber while iiine boards of different thickness of ihe'qnality of common culling are used lor more purposes than any others if any happen to be without a grindstone 1 advi-e one 20 or 24 inches diameter 3 or 4 i inches thick sharp grit it can be hung in 1 ' wood as well as iron and last twenty years — : il should be inserted over a solid block of lim ber in which a small cavity has been made to hold the water through which the stone may revolve when used ii any thing can be yet added to this invalua ble list essential to the beauty and comfort of the household ii is ihe whitewash brush 75 cents the wash should be made of lre ? h stone lime with a little salt ihrown iu ogive it solid ify and what a cheap and valuable beaulifier to out houses and fences so purifying and healthful and such a pleasing relief to the sur rounding green now whatever may he the fortune of ihese remarks they hav^rieen experimentally enjoy ed advisedly noted and most respectfully sub mited egilman victoria regia — the president of the pennsylvania horticultural society ca leb cope esq , has at a most liberal ex pense in constructing a hothouse express ly for its accommodation succeeded in growing a plant of this magnificent water lily it is expected that a flower and leaf will be exhibited at the hall ofthe socie ty chinese saloon at the stated meeting 1 to-morrow evening this will be the first ! and only plant that has bloomed in this | country the leaves of this specimen ! now growing at springbrook farm the ; seat ol the president are seven in num i ber the largest of which is six and a half j feet in diameter taller if placed on edge i than any man in the city of philadelphia j of circular form and great beauty ; they ; cover entirely the surface of the water in i a tank twenty-four teet in diameter the flower at this hour is not fully expanded i but from the rapidity of its developments it is thought it will be on that occasion it will then be of the gigantic proportions described above in form resembling the nymphcea adorata or water lily ot this country and is alike fragrant in color it is white delicately tinted to a rosy pink ish hue the size attained by flowers at chatsworth the grounds of the duke of devonshire and at the royal gardens at kew england were fourteen inches in diameter and have been the wonder and admiration of all who have had the grat ification of seeing a living plant the seed from which this plant was grown were obtained from sir william j hook er the director of the royal gardens at kew on the 21st day of march last thus showing the immense rapidity of its growth — evening bulletin matrimonial the alexandria gazette of the 5th instant contained an extraordinary advertisement in letters and figures as follows : " wanted — 4 husband — being desirous of entering into the holy state of matrimony with a sensible honorable man i have adopted this plan to accomplish that which by the cus tom of ihe world i am debarred from doing in any other fashion as no one will buy a pig in a poke or trust to lottery chances i feel il incumbent upon me to say ihat i am what ihe world calls handsome and have a disposition to drive away dull care my husband must be from twenty to thirty ; good sense preferred to good looks ; and no simpering fool who imag ines a lady taken off her feel by his smiles no uneducated ape in lavender kids and yellow stick no maiure dandy such as promenade for smiles of silly gills and impudent stares no ! muslached baboon need apply as no one will please me but a sensible educated gentleman who appreciates domestic happiness by ibe pos session of one heart if such an one is desir ous of taking lo himself a wife who has a small fortune and who wouid try lo make her hus band happy he will receive attention of the advertiser by addressing through tbe posl of fice a note lo ada , as proof of the sincerity of ada we may mention that she accompanied the notice with ihe fee chargeable for three insertions in that excellent journal the gazelle — an evidence ive lake it not only of good sense but of business capacity rarely excelled by ihe opposite sex — the advertisement very naturally we suppose created quite a sensation amongst the bacbe lors in and about the town of alexandria even the smallness ofthe ada's " fortune il will be perceived has not operated as an insuperable objection lo at least one suiter well known iu •' fashionable circles in this slate hear him as he speaks from his famous " retreat :"* to the editors of the wash telegraph : gentlemen : — a lady who is * handsome and has a small fortune advertises in ihe alexan dria gazette for a husband a •- sensible edu cated gentleman who appreciates domestic happiness by the possession of one heart in describing her beau ideal that lady his de scribed myself and i shall at once respond to her card bidding therefore an affectionate farewell lo the many friends i have found io public life i shall henceforth dwell in ihe peace and security of domestic bliss m dream of happiness is about io be realized and i shall henceforth be the possessor of a handsome wife wilh a small fortune — though 1 hope not very adieu ! your obedient servant hickman reb rover retreat sept 4 1851 crime in new york — the rr-port of mr matsell chief of the new york po lice states that within the quarter ending wilh june there have been ten thousand ' arresis made in that city thirteen hun dred of them were for assault and batte ry ; fifty five were for assault with inli ut to lull and thirteen were for actual min der there are six thousand liquorshops 1 in new york one third of them not ii censed and two thirds open on sunday ' this will account for a good deal of the crime mysterious m e are informed that a negro boj 1 ist week foutrd in a budjof wo«-ds belonging to col hurt ifculpppper county 3 pair oi boots in which alter taking ihem borne and attempting lo put ou were discovered some bones of human feel dr welford being informed of the fa '. went in company with the boy and some gentlemen o the woods and there discovered ibe remain ing tiones of a human skeleton with ihe exeep liou of one ol the arm bones in tl search a pocket book containing a large roll ol bank notes and a letter were also discovered no iir irom the skeleton the notes however weie so much mutilated and injured by long expo sure io ihe weather ihat iheir ralune could not be ascertained though s pposed bv the bull to be of larjje amount the letter was also too much defaced to ascertain to whom it was directed portions of his coat which was ol fine material were also found no clue has yet been had to lead to the identity of the per son or ihe circumstances by which be came tc his end — warrenton va whig reduced duty on rice — a correspondent of tlie n \. express writing from frankfort un der date of july j-j says thai the custom league in consequence of a commercial convention with the kingdom of sardinia has reduced iho duty on rice liny per cent or jjrom two prus sian balers to only one begifliing from au gust 1 1851 this reduction mounts to ti pb cent of the first cost of carolina rice at lhal poti and the change will no doubt con sideiably increase the consumption — charles ton courier the sugar manufacture — the baton rouge advocate learns lhat a citizen of that place has discovered a new system for ihe manufacture of suirar by which he can with the ordinary machinery now in use make a sugar perfect ly white the molasses which will be in less quantities than at present will also be changed into the ordinary natural syrup \ not for abolitionists — a wealthy planter in the eastern section of north caroli na who is in the babil of repairing during the sickly season lo nag's head on the ocean invariably takes w ith him some seveniy-tive lit tle negroes whose health is invigorated and preserved in that pure and bracing atmosphere il is quite a frolic for the utile fellows aud they balhe in the briny sea with all the gay disport ings of a school of porpoises we should like lo he furnished with an instance in the free states where the children of laboring domestics are treated with equally humane consideration norfolk herald son killed by his father — $ man named hopkins was killed some days since in iha north part ol slokes county by his own falher the old man we understand alleges lhat he found some one stealing his honey after nighl : that on approaching the thief retired ; he hal looed to him to stop to which no atten tion was paid ; whereupon he shot and the ihief turned out to be his own son who died immediately there are however strong cir cumstances lo show ihat the old man knew it to be his son and that he shot him with malice aforethought he is in stokes jail awaiting trial at the approaching superior court greens patriot the british flag publicly burned in ihe street of montreal a correspondent ol the american celt wri ting from montreal states that on the recep lion of the news lhal the queen of england had signed the bill of pains and penalties a gainst her catholic subjects the union jack was publicly burned on the public square of lhat city the celt.s correspondent further stales ihal in order to keep he matter as private as possible instructions were given at the tcle raph offices nol to report the occurrence ; and lhat in consequence of these instructions the only paper in montreal that referred to the burning of ihe flag was the gazette great yield of wheat edmund p white esq of caroline county va in a letter lo the fredericksburg news says : at the solicitation of some friends i have had two acres ot wheat threshed and intend to have another alter running the wheat twice through the fan ihe fii = t acre marie by measurement 54 bushels weighing 58j lbs lo ihe bu<hei tlie second acre made 56 bush els weighing 59a pounds to ibe bushel the same wheal when thoroughly cleaned weighs 61 i pound to the bushel it is the maryland blue sit m . we are requested lo slate says the abbe ville banner lhal james houston an officer of ibe revolutionary war or it deceased his heirs al law also nam v brooks widow of elisha brooks or if deceased her beirs at law will obtain information greatly lo ibeir in leresl by applying lo i vv selleck esq or dinary ol abbeville district rail r^id investments — i is a well esiab lished tad that at ihe present time upwards of 300,000,000 are invested in the vaiious rail ways ofthe united states baverly ti i ker esq one ofthe faculty of william and miry college has recently died he was extensively known as a poli tician of ihe nullification and seces-ion school he w,s a member of ihe last nashville con vention and was ibe author of a book publish ed fifteen ears age entitled tbe l'artiiaii leader oct the following new post offices have been established in this slate within the week ending august m b 1851 viz : rockland gates s e smith rlu'l's tan yard cabarrus levi klutts soapsione ml randolph m hayworlb harrison creek cumbi rland a melvin sweet wu!c-r watauga thus failing h w brumxf.ll esq poslmaslei a brum mell's davidson county bas resigned and dr john hixes has been appointed in bis place greens pat rd freedom purchased bidding the fugitive slave recently sen from n y to south carolina to his owner will i.e brought back hi freedi ra h tving i chased bv a subscription of$2,000 whifh was finally ma le up in new york • ti sal lay if owner agreed to sell him foi 81 5 10 | rn videc he addi ional sum ol 500 is given to p av ihe expens ■ of his arresl and recovery there is a sportsman in m hi in so lazy ibat he put out one ol hi eyes the other day lo save the trouble ol winking when be lakes aim