Carolina Watchman

              mk^zov the cabolix watchman !• * ' eari t i dollars payable in in advance two dollars if "'" i ' ia''-v'l ej«««l for tbe first nnd 2oct ■ t insertion courtordeis i gher ti iu these rates a hb u to udvertise by the pear n isl be post | ; tn pavements bv josepn e wake a involves tl question ol economy and ' . i r"ijes more fully lhan lhal of j *'" , v „ r dues anything except it be that hi u ithin itself so much lhe ques 1 '• ",.,,,,, annoyance disease or health j ; he earliesi period ti would ap w e*,"'1 considerable alienmou was paid lo ■ j ','!:. j linn of streets — babylon wiih its ue c i capacious streeis attesls the degree attached to sireel making * and h ' ''' ei lhal ihe fragments now sup ■ ""' . j | ,. remains of pavements musl have lhce many hundred of year prior we rjjieiice of lhe human nation many v " , ... , - were formerly disposed lo de 7in nr persians a knowledge ii ing brick ihe supposition be i brick wen sun dried large ''* , j square masses of brick apparently , i,.,,.-i,i have recently been found af .- ground fur the presumption lhal . understood lhe ait of common • al ihey were in possession of ". |,„| jn use at this day nl moulding and . vi tilying masses of clay larger in i8 | brick makers al this day are dispos al as possible ; ihose blocks being a i through to ihe centre and as haul .. apparentl a quartz the greeks . ,- were famous for iheir excellent icineuls a practice long m llfc , |; mans was lo lay iheii squared stone t .. . |. i,ui with even suiface upon the sub and then pom into ihe interstices a nl ina boiling slate ihis cement when ng as unyielding and durable as lhe i lensiiy ol some of iheir under _• in i v he inferred irom the many i iheir roads were paved iu _ . mautiei fin hundreds ol miles continuously . pavements in ibe world arc those in ..... jn mi in and some other italian cilies ihe . ihis : blocks ol well col stone are bwise in lhe sireel at a suitable dis iart t'1 peitnil lhe wheels ol vehicles ,,,,,,, i 1 1 die eeuiie ofthe longitudinal blocks ith paved as usual wiih oidinaiy ivinjj stones ily i/ii method ihe as ul die paved pari is surhyieni to prevent of animals while lhe purl occupied by els jn •• -** ii t lhe least possible resist ijrh ti system however would nol suit r people unless au expensive police eslab isliuieul was maintained to keep lhe vehicles ■ tn tlicir appropriate irack in loudon paris and new yoik experi neiiis have been going on lor lhe lasi iweniy t^iii jems lm the purpose ol discovering some ; liew and genera lb useful melhod of coiislrucl i ing streets ; thus lai every attempt has been a fa ire wiih lhe exeepi ion ol lhe basaltic rock pavement in london : tin substance is uf greal s und if always columnar nnd augula i imin ihe rock i broken into pieces i*n inches iu length the cross section i i in ei»hl lu i v e e inches ii1j1 expectations weie eulerlained in re lie sy.-lein oi wooden i lock paving en neil into ome fifteen years ago iu europe ' - i-iiuniiy disappoiuimeiii followed and lil lell ihe cause the idea appeals lo iave heen entertained b the projector of this syslein thai il ivas only necessary lo pla<*e ihe 11 blocks hi posiiion lo secure a good ■ 1 cause ovei looked by him soon ren l red lhe system worthless : he failed i dicov liinbei can no only be seasoned 1ml ' thai it aclually coniracis when filled by any ' olhei moisiiire than the 11 ilural sap of uie tree i in shi'uikageof the blocks soon caused loose '"'--• ami ihe aciion of lhe « heels on lhe up ofthe block raused it lo spread mak 1 mire pavement a mass of inverted 1 ready lo spring iiji with every applica essure pieces of plank laid down 1 . ways w re next hied with no better effect tall pavement and a multitude of uiher | * ere iried and proved useless russ i lastly has been in vogue and has : 7 received iis sentence nf condemnation '" niakiii use of tone as a pavement care he laken lo lest ihe s \ to ascer * capacil lor sustaining greal weights as precisive aciion ei|ieiiineuls made with greal exactness it general principles may be laid down lhe exact lensile and compiessive i lhe several kinds ol stone com ged lor paving purposes may be exhib resull is iherefore a follows : tensile compressive 1 469 lbs 6 270 lbs 1 2fil " 7 884 " ?, ' 1 054 " g-likl " : * . marble 722 " b.-l.'tl " st louiss93 " 4 200 '• • li niaierials in every case being exposed to a compressive force thai firsl produced a later j'oh-ergence and then ti crushing into pow er '! '••• lie spen lhal bul three ol lhe kinds ■"' sirenglh sufficieni for macadamiz ' poses the slone used iu sl louis g bul hall lhe sirenglh requisite lo re ressinn and but little over oue ihiid - le force requited ; from this we cau - one laid on lhe streets is so rea i and converted eiiher into mud or '■ p in has lately been produced lor con creels afier lhe following manner : " mole having an inside capac loi ihe size of lhe paving block ; - is lo he filled up with broken stone • - rotuninnly used in macadamizing ; ni is then poured over lhe slone and ugh ihe mass the blocks when re om the in mid are ihen ready lor lay he sireel an insuperable objection a i sell to this method il is ihis : few ' ' ' : he country are favored wiih any other a calcareous ruck the heal of the melted u tt'»uld cause calcination and immediate j hen broughl in contact with mois i he dusl of the crushed rock is a sufti f inn in a degree harmless com ; willi lhe dust of pure burnt lime i'lamv ivyyi'.mr.nts tl ne lntroducliou of plank streets is due lo ol chicago it is now about twelve ;"' * s'nce the ls wmk was done of ihis de • the firs trial being on the side alk c 8al'sfie lhe cil,zehs hal ihe system might in iq6 pp '" he roadway of ihe street — dow 3 *" m'^'itnenttil section was laid n after the lesl of three years the city clp'ed he planked street as ihe best and u pest at ihia titoe len miles of plank j j bruner > . / " keep a check uro.v a;.j tori editor 4 proprietor ) .^ ttrr.ek.-i ( new series ljo tins and libert v is safe < gen'l harrison ( volume viii number 28 salisbury n c thursday november i3 1851 street is wid down w hieh amount will be gieai iy increased duiiug lhe ensuing season the following facts have been established first — that pla k sheets are belter adapt ed io cities than any other second — thai the plunk system is cheaper lhan anything else from lhe lacl that no re pairs are needed until lhe plank is worn oui thud — thai ihere is less dust and mud than is found in connection wiih stone fourth — thai vehicles of every description last much longer on plank slrei-ls lhan upon paved or macadamized streets ihere beiug a perfectly uniform surface and entire absence of johing fifth — that unusual facilities are afforded iu keeping the siieets clean and the cost ol keeping the dust down is incomparably less lhan by the common method ol streel making long experience has rendered il evident lu lhe citizens of chicago lhal the use of plank is a great economy and consequently ihere is a determination to prevent ihe introduction of stone though unusual facilities exisl lor ob taining this material millions of ions being sirown out in lhe excavation of lhe illinois and michigan canal and can be obtained for lhe mere cost ol liansil the chairman of lhe commitiee on streets says : '" we have iiied lhe plan b>r some years and are satisfied and can urge its adoption up on every cily and lown as superior lo any oth er method for making slreels the system has never cosl the cily one cent for repairs aud the plank hut was laid down over seven years ago is peileclly sound and will last eighl years longer when it will probably be worn oui a planked si i eel when worn out does nol require as great a sum as iu lhe first laying ; ihe sleepers being still sound and as far as any judgment ran be formed will outlast three or lour plankings a comparison between lhe commercial re sults of planking and the ordinary method will properly find a place in this connection a square ol one hundred leet ol paving cost 17.00 macadamizing 4.50 planking 7.50 russ paving 45.00 thus far a wide difference appears in the cosl let us carry lhe sullied a utile farther and enquiie what will be lhe lesult alter ibe period ol twelve jears paving costs seventeen dol lars aud mosi be leplaced twice in lhe above peiiod and will co.-i for filling up ruts al least len per cent the entire cost will iherefore be as follows : oiigiual cost for two pavings per square 34.00 annual icpairs ten per cent 20.40 cost of wuleiillg slieels per square nine mouths annual ly iu business parts ofa city at 1.00 pei mouth 24.00 total cosl per'welve years 78.40 macadamizing original cost 84.40 annual repairs s3 1-3 per cent 18.00 watering nine months annually 81.25 per month 31.00 deiei ioraiion of merchandize in tores irom dusl average slock 81.000 one per cent 12 00 total cost for twelve years 60.30 planking origiuol cosl one planking 87.50 half lhe cost of new surface plank 6.g0 3.00 annual repairs watering streets nine months annually 1.00 per month 24 00 total cosl for twelve years 34.00 by adding interest compounded lo the above lhe aggregate stuns will be still more increas ed we have added lo the account of macad utilizing a charge incurred by deterioration ol goods in stores ii will be seen lhal we have placed ihis charge lo bul 81000 capital al one per cent whereas a merchant having 60.000 dollars woiih of goods on his shelves assures lhal he suffers a loss by soiling and deteriora tion ol goods equal lo one or one and a halt per cent annually we have in the above based lhe estimates upon the supposition lhat lhe streets were in business pails ol a cily — willi macadamizing lhe discomforts and inju ! lies aie as greal in remote parts ol a cily equally wiih lhe thronged pai is tbe inces sani clouds of obnoxious dusl arising diffuse themselves and by entering ihrough open win dows and doors cause constant labor in pre \ serving anything like comforl or cleanliness tbe advantages in pari lo be gained from lhe introduction of planking in whole or with pav ed planks are cheapness superior capacities for ihe transportation of freight in vehicles less expense annually in ihe repairs ol streeis and j vehicles greater exemption l""n dust and mud ; greater facilities and less accumulation of din and filth in hiving or reaching waler or gass pipes sewers c and a beautiful aud uniform , ly smooth surface streel juggernaut lift to perish — in lhe house of commons iniely iii a reply to an inqui ry irom sir r ingalls mr wilson staled lhat government had received by the last mail from india the draft of an act re lieving tin indian government irom the support ofthe worship of juggernaut the mainfenace of idolatrous worship by the british government in india was long a blol upon our christian profession as a nation and it will rejoice all who in great britain and india cherish a regard for our religious consistency and desire to s"ee an obstacle to the progress of divine truth in that vast empire done away to learn lhat the connection between our government and the heathen temples in india has been thoroughly and permanently dissevered scottish guardian a person pointed out a man who had a pro fusion of rings on his fingers lo a cooper * ah master said lhe artisan • it is a sure sign of i weakness wheu so many hoops are used from the charleston courier late from havana the sieam-jihip hdb^'oajiv rollins ar | rived al ihis port on saturday evening from ha j vana which porl he lefl on tuesday last she touched at key west on lhe evening of ihe same day she reports having passed ihe schooner cornelia nf baltimore off the moro hound in thu empire city hound lo new j york ihe philadelphia hound lo chagres and the u s ship cyanc all uf whose officers and crew were well were at havana at her depar ! lure for a report of ihe markets and the shipping intelligence from key west we refer to ihe i subjoined favors from our attentive havana ; and key west correspondents full mies of : lhe gacela de la habana and the diario de la marina have also been rwvived the only important item of intelligence , brought by lhe isabel is lhal referring lo lhe case of mr tiirasiiki late editor ofthe span ish journal the faro industrial the publication i of which il will be recollected was suspended j by order of lhe captain general a correspondent informs us lhal mr tiira ; sheb's paper was considered a creole organ i and to he in opposition lo the spanish journal i the diario de la marina lhe editors ol which [ logeiher wiih a clique of old spaniards were consequently his enemies and had influence enough alter the execuliou of lopez io pro ! ; cure the suspension of his paper which was j done aboul lhe lirst of september last this was ruinous lo him inasmuch as he demand ' ; lor his paper had increased so largely as loin ; j duce him lo import a new press from new york and lo incur oilier heavy expenses lo bring out i his issue in pioper style — all of which labor , and expense was ol course lost he however retained the hope lhat the captain genera ; [ would soon allow hitn lo resume his publication i and in lhe mean lime devoted himself lo lhe • i alleviation of ihe sufferings of those of his fel low countrymen who were ihen about sailing ! lor spain as prisoners but ihese very aclsol j kindness lo those whom the spaniards deemed j pirates made him still more obnoxious to his j | enemies and likewise attracted the attention j j of ihe government officials towards him who i i thereupon accused him of having been connec ] i led wiih lhe expedition although ihey could i j not definitely understand in what precise way i j lhe connection had existed i'he police ihere : lore were ordered lo watch closely all his movements his letlers were slopped and j examined at the post oflice but these beiug j merely letters of business and thanks from j ihe relatives and friends of tbe prisoners he j had succored nothing lo eliminate him could be elicited bom their contents — the police weie then informed thai his private correspon dence came lo him by ihe steamers conse ! quenlly when the georgia arrived from new \ orleans two police officers genteely dressed iu i i citizen's appairel followed him on boaid and ; perceived him receive and pocket a leller ban ' j ded him by lhe clerk ol lhe boat the otlieers i followed him lo the shore and on his landing ; i arrested him and look him lo the bureau of lhe ; chief of police where he was searched bul : nothing was found on him bul lhe leller already i i alluded lo which was merely one on purely : i private business he was however detained ; i under surveillance sleeping al the police bu j j reau and taking his meals al lhe different ho j lels always accompanied by a police officer ; i this stale of affairs lasled iwo or three days j when all at once a leller was produced which , : was said o have been found sealed and direc i | ted lo mr thrasher on lhe desk in his oflice ! ! and allhough here was no post mark on il or | i any ihing to indicate where it came from it ; i was alleged lhal il had been broughl by the j georgia lt was ihen handed lo mr thrash er lo open which he did in presence of lhe : officers and lo his utter astonishment di.-cov '■■ ered lhal it was wrilten in cypher he al once protested his total ignorance of its contents and from whence il could possibly have eraan 1 aled bul his denial was of no avail and he was immediately placed in solitary confine ment iu lhe prison where he remained until saturday the 25lh ult when he was removed ; to lhe punla fori and there placed in a dun i ' geon ; which our correspondent has been in formed by ihose who know lhe place well is an excavation iu lhe rock on a level with the sea alwa\s wel below and damp above and having only a small round hole to admit lhe light in ihis loathsome den lhe only furniture is a board with two eleeis on the ends which serves as a bed at night and in the day as a seat lo keep the feet from lhe wet and slime of the bottom no one was aliowed in visit him and mr owe.n slales lhal he applied lor per mission but received as a reply from lhe cap lain general lhal he should be admitted as soon as any one on the day prior to lhe departure of ihe is abel our correspondent saw lhe mother ol mr thrasher in tears al the office of mr ex-con sul owe.v endeavoring lo gel some information respeding her son she wished lo learn from mr owen if she could see ihe captain gen eral he answered no bul suggested lhat the judge would give her liberty lo see him this proceeding of mr owen seems saysotir cor respondent strange when it is well known lhal he could have laken her in a momel lo lh captain general lo whom she merely wished lo stale her desire lo speak a word of comfort lo her son and see whether he had had any provisions supplied him c a reporl was current al he sailing of the isabel lhal mr thrasher had been tried and condemned tothe mines bul although it was believed that such was the case no authoritative confirmation ol lhe rumors had been made known most extraordinary crime a most extraordinary crime was committed in ihe theatre de celesiius at lyons on mon day evening during the perform-uice just af ler lhe curiam rose for the second acl of - adri enne lecouvreur a slight cry was heard in the principal gallery and it was followed by extraordinary agitation the cry was uttered by a young woman who had been stahhed in tbe breasl wiih a large poinard knile by a man sealed behind her her blood spurted on the i persons nearest to her and she was immedi i i aiely conveyed lo a saloon where a medical ' ; man paid her every attention : but all his effirls ! were unavailing and in a few minutes he ei pired the assassin who made no attempt lo i escape was secured the performance after being suspended ihree quarters of an hour was resumed ; and lhe spectators not withstanding ; ihe leailul drama which had passed before iheir eyes paid gieat attention lu il the muiderer i l was subsequently ascertained is a young j man named jobard aged 20 clerk to m thi beaud a tradesman of dijon ' having embez zled some money belonging lo his master he i feared delect ion and rssolved to ei rid of life but having received a very religious education he could not reconcile himself lo the idea of '■ suicide because as he says he would have no * time alter striking the fatal blow to demand pardon of jod accordingly he determined lo commit a crime which should cause him to be senl lo lhe scaffold ; lhe period which would elapse be j i ween ibe perpetration ol il and his execution : being sufficient he said lo enable him lo make his peace with lhe almighty he hesitated : some time as lo who should be his victim first he says he though of killing the presi dent of lhe republic on his vi?ii to dijon ; bul the reflection lhal il would bring disgrace on his mother who lived in lhe town prevented him then he entertained ihe idea of murder ing a priest as he was returning from celebra 1 ling a mass and had said lo himself lhal such a crime would nol compromise the victim's sal vation as he would probably be ihen iu a stale of grace ; bul ihis idea he also abandoned at last he resolved lo kill a woman — but without , fixing on any one in particular he thereupon determined lo go lo paris but instead of taking lhe railroad iraiu for lhal cily he took lhe slea i mer for lyons immediately after his arrival he bought a i large poinard knife and then proceeded lo a house of ill fame wiih lhe intention of killing some girl ; bul his coinage failed him he then proceeded tothe lliealie he quietly wil ! uessed lhe first acl of lhe piece and on lhe commencement of the second drew his knife he carelessly picked his nails wiih il for a mi j nuie or two and then suddenly plunged il with all his force inlo lhe lell breasl ol the victim j her husband who was sealed by her side not j seeing lhe blood cried : " what have i done j that you strike my wife nothing said lhe murderer wiih greal sangfroid noth ing ; i don't even know you the unfortu ■ nale woman had sirength lo pluck lhe knife from lhe wound ar.d she was then removed ; shp was lhe wife ol m ricard professor of maihemallics in the licee of limoges and 1 daughter of ihe proviseur of the same college ! she had only been married six months and j was encienle she and her husband had only i arrived lhe previous evening at lyons from limoges on iheir way lo visit some relatives at avignon one ol lhe lyons papers stales lhat lhe morning aller lhe crime the husband disappeared and ii could not be ascertained i what had become of him the murderer ex j presses not lhe slightest regret for his horrible j crime gallignani's messenger i pio nono — dr coxe of montgomery ; attended a festival at st paul's church near rome and thus described tbe appear j ance ofthe pope and liis equipage '* pope pius ix is a man of good stature : full round person with a kind benevo j lent expression of face which bears a few marks of care or abstinence and is young looking lor fifty eight he left the church ! like a military conqueror amid the sound ; of maitial music escorted by a regiment | of soldiers cavalry and infantry his car riage was a splendid affair painted wiih j gold and crimson bronze the iron work : and hubs gilt and trimmed inside with j cherry colored silk damask with hangings of rich lace embroidered with gold — hitched to it were six black stallions — the harness was ornamented with heavy gilt mountings upon one ol the leaders , was mounted a postillion on lhe box were a coachman and servant and behind were three footmen all in liveries wliich would eclipse the uniform ofa major gen j eral then followed a long line of sim ilar equipages in which were his great ' cardinals in their rich crimson rubes it was the most magnificent cortege 1 have ' witnessed in europe and i have seen sev eral ofthe crowned heads and their re tinues work work .' — i have seen and heard of people who i bought it beneath them to work to employ themselves industriously in some useful labor beneath them to work ! why work is lhe great motto of life ; and he who accomplishes the most by his industry is tbe most truly great man aye and is lhe most distinguished man among his lellows too and the man who so far forgets bis duty to him self his fellow-creatures and his god — who so far forgets lhe great blessings of life as to allow his energies to stagnate in inactivity and uselessness had better die for says the holy writ " he umt will work not neither shall he eat an idler is a cumberer ot the ground ; a wea riness and curse to himself as well as to those arround him beneath human beings to work .' look ' in the artist's studio the poet's garret where the genius of immortality stands ready to seal his works with her ineffa ceable signet and then you will only see industry standing by her side beneath human beings to work what but work has tilled our fields clothed our bodies built our houses raised ourchurch es printed our hooks cultivated our minds and souls.7 — cornish banner 1 hints to farmer's boys there is one thing that i like to impress upon the minds of the farmers of lhe coun try to all of you who have boys that can write get each one a memorandum book a few sheets of paper will do if nothing better can be bul and in that let each one keep an account ol every day's wotk done in the year the kind of wotk employed in ; and the day of the month and date o the year if in sowing mention the kind of grain and amount of seed to the acre — the lime of planting and of reaping in fact 1 should have them note ali the passing e vents of the farm ; and as tbey grow old they will find more of importance to note five cenls will buy a book that will last one year to commence with ms word for it if the farmers will but adopt this course their sons will be much belter farmers lhan their fathers it may seem like a dry business to commence t lie lirst of january but as the spring opens the green appears and the bright prospects are in our paths the task will be more pleasing every day until the close of the year who would not give twice what lhe paper and ink cost could he but ob tain a memorandum book written by his grandfather a hundred years ago george washington one of the best farmers in america kept a journal of his farm try it farmers young and old ; keep a journal ol every day and you will become a race of scientific book farmers net to be imposed upon fatal gexeuosjty the negro preachers at lhe south are often marked by great shrewdness and molher wit and will not only point the truth but barb it so that if once in it will stick fast oue of these in old virginia whs once descanting with much earnest ness on different ways in which men lose iheir souls lender one head of remark he said that men often lose their souls through excessive generosity what he exclaimed you tell me you never heard of tbat before you say ministers often tell us we lose our souls lor our stinginess and for being covetous ; but whoever heard of a man that hurt himself by going too far t'other way j tell you how they do it they sit down under the sermon and when the preach er touched upon this sin or that sin they no take it lo themselves but give tbis part ol tbe sermon to one brother and that part lo another brother and so they give away the whole sermon and it do ihem no good and hat\s the way tbey lose iheir souls by being too generous there is great truth in this remark — the want of a self applying conscience causes much of the best of preaching lo fall like rain upon a rock from which it soon runs oil or if a little is caught in a hollow it only stagnates and then dries away leaving no blessings behind a sermon however true and forcible thus disposed of does no good to those a mong whom it is so silently distributed while it leaves him who squanders its treasures to perish at last in the poverty and emptiness of his soul outdoor preaching we learn from the new 1 ork spectator that the clergy of lhe church of england are beginning to preach in the public streets thoroughfares and open fields and lanes a work which has been unli recen tly left to the dissenters we rejoice in this as a token of good for old england and we see in it another proof that john wesley was right when ix dared in op position to the hostility of lhe english cler gy of his day to adopt this me hod of com pelling by moral suasion the outcasts to enter lhe ark of safety — christian ad direct trade we have published in our columns several articles from ihe charleston papers ou the sub ject of direct trade with holland logeiher wiih a leller from a commercial house in am sterdam and a circular issued by jas gadsden & co of charleston the charleston papers urge with great ability and force th necessity of engaging in a direct trade with foreign coun tries we hope the planters will see their in leresl in it and ak hold of tin propositions in good earnest — s c tern advocate what next — the cincinnati nonpa riel savs by invitation of mr wood we yesterday had the pleasure ol witness ing mr mccormick's experiment ol walk ing on an inverted plane th experiment was a private one only a few persons be ing present and was made under very dis advantageous circumstances the prepara tions bring necessarily incomplete and the health of mr mecormick beingsome what feeble the experiment however passed off lo the entire satisfaction of all present a heavy frame was erected with a slab of marble nine feet long at the top the under surface being polished like a mirror we saw the experimenter mount his plat form and adjusting his unwieldy boors then placing both feet against the surface of the marble he swung himself otf with his head downwards disconnecting one from the slab and placing it firmly several inches in advance of the other he contin i ued the alternate movement till he had taken ten steps and arrived at the other i end of the slab i " we held our breath during lhe expe riment expecting momentarily that he would fall but he appeared lo walk as safely as a fly runs along the ceiling af ter his descent however we noticed that he was much exhausted owing to the ex 1 eitement and exertion a petirfied human body — several streeis being about to be opened through ihe methodist episcopal graveyard light street baltimore a large number of the ivrnains ofthe dead have been removed by the relatives antl friends last week in taking out the coffin of mrs yansanl.a lady who has been tlo.nl seventeen years the lid being partially broke in mr van sant the husband of the deceased and the rev joseph shane who were present no ticed that the body appeared whole and on examining ir found that it was petri fied as hard as stone and perfect in all it parts thn only change being that it was nearly black the grave was in a wet place sons of temperance the grand division of the sons of tem perance bas been in session here this week on thursday an addrca was deliver ed in the commons hall atfde ven o'clock by mr he.vlett ; and in the evening ad dresses were delivered by rev w a shaw and prof deems the audiences were large and appeared to be deeply in terested in the good cause on thursday nighl a party was given by the sons at the masonic hall which i we learn was weil attended we learn that there were about one hundred members ol the grand division in attendance the procession which moved horn lhe masonic hail down fay etteville street to temperance hall and thence to the capitol presented quite an , imposing appearance mr john 1 odom of northampton was elected grand worthy patriarch ; mr luke blackmer of rowan grand worthy associate and mr a m.gor man of this place was re elected grand scribe we learn that the next annual meet i itio of the grand division will be held in ' salisbury — rul s iml ird the scientific american in nn article sustaining the priority of thi american in i venlion of the fire annihilator by dr graham of n c over the english inven tion by phillips expresses its doubts of the practical utility of the invention on ac count of the great cost of manufacturing \ or producing the gas some unusual importations have been lately made into london a vessel irom alexandria broughl liliy cases of eggs one from new yoik broughl twenty bands ol elder the pro ; duce ofthe united slates ; and another arrived , from another city wiih 14,000 packages ol but ler as a poi lion of her cargo this is lhe larg : e.st importation of butler which has taken place from lhe uniied stales pleasant — an indiana piper refuses to pub lish eulogies gratis bul adds : ' we will pub lish lhe simple announcement of iho death of any of our fiiends with pleasure wants — \ piece of lhe astonishment the i man wasslruck with the hinges ol a lady's gait a piece ol leather from lhe bool the man ' got in irade a portion of the lasi link that i was broken the key that will lit auburn locks 4 bob is that d'ig of yours a pointer ' xo ; he is half hunter and half-seller he hunts for beef when hungry and sets by lhe stove when | satisfied assassination at havana — a despatch from new orleans oclohei 20 mentions lhal a lei ler irom havana says lhal iho spanish officers who captured lopez have been secretly assas sinated doubtful the trial of morris fot his alleged partici pation in lhe rescue on lhe j-vh ol february i lasi of mr de trees lave shadrach com uienced at boston lu day an unsuccessful attempt was made to quash lhe indictment red lit m spell murder backwards and you have its cause spell red rum in the same manner and you see its effect oct3 the charleston mercury admits that the secessionist have been vanquish ed and cannoi undertake to carry out tbeir views tbey must now look to tho successful party lor ihe propositions of ac tion a house ih stint fl lo a mi tear the english papers received by the steamer america state lhat a house in westminster street london belonging lo a carver and gilder was set on lire and nearly destroyed by a meteor which de scended upon the iuof in tbe shape of a ball of lire the maine liquor law — the mayor ol pun land has issued an address to the people of that ci ly upon lhe subject ol lhe new liquor law ii says alter an expe rience of three months be i urai la lhe law as successful and ihinks thai it will en tiielv suppress the sale ol spirituous li quors exept as permitted by law for me dicinal purposes xt^h-e yearly meeting of friends in norlh carolina has been in session at new garden meeting bouse in this coun tv the pasl week several ministers of the denomination from other spates wn understand were pn senl ; but none from europe — greensboro pali < of it never was a wise thing yet to make men desperate fur cue who hath no hope of good hath no fear of evil he who defers his charities till his death is rather liberal of another main's goods than of his own the man wiih a brick in his hal passed through this place on la»l monday he was inquiring ihe way io the and had a hole in his c">at •' the man that pays lhe printer is eipect . ej lo arrive to m no v