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a i reDort without expressing convic- of the troe'sublime. Serenityws shortly restored to the akyv tod rra proceeded rjtb- enr jespecfiTe Ironi tba: fcayetteville Observer. --r To aa intelligent (raveller in -the upper part of this Stat we are Indebted for the following letter: Leaving the town of ihe -TJnited Brethren and travelling in a North-westerly direc- tion within six. miles, I came lo Old Town. This place is only on account of its antiquity, it consists of a Moravian Church of veuerable ap-pearaoeeylogether nith some thirty or forty houses, the most of which are los cabins neatly built.

man: most be joking, hiraf and be was juat as much in yearnest as an body erer seed christian man would teJUucba atory in that solemn way. And did yoa bot hear that other mau say be knew i da'ter Nancy I. Mrs. 8. But la'messy Miaa Reed, it can't be so, It doesn't atand to' reason, don't vou know it don't.

if 1 ATr? Weft I wouldn't think ao, but if, hard foe me some howl to dispute a christian mac'. word'-VP METROPOLITAN BAIL ROADt. I. aeoord.oee with prrLZ? h.mber of Detente, from IMon" blink assembled Id LP? byteri.n Church, at It o'ckick. ih July, when on motion of J.VA.

Joh M. DeSaussve. Was called to the Chair, for th purpose of orjtn.xing the Cua- ThTfoIJowing Delegate appeared in Conven-. jvi. Wesley Hollieter.

Esq-IJknOt N. C. Edward L. Winslow and Cflvw 5. Col.

D. S. HarW. a Emb, OenBlakeney.Dr.T.E Powe. A.

McFrland, fc. aCasn. L. T. Prince, O.

H. Kolloek. J. A. Inglis and Ka-ikatto S.

Messrs. W. J. Taylor. A.

II. Boy kin, C. -WmwE. Johnson, -C .1 Tt XT. ir-n- 'P I nr.

I B. McCoy, Lee. J.M. DeSatissare, J- Dan-hp, Joho Roeetsr, John Work mi a. Jame McEw-eo, WC Workman Win.

Anderson, Jamea K. DoagU, Benjamin Win. A- Ancmm, Tht. J. Alteram, Robert B.

Johnson, Win. M. fchanooo, John Smart, John Boy kin, M.Lang, Edward IL Bojkin. H- Deaa and Jauaes Ches- fcavJr: On motion of Gen. Blakeney, a coranu'tee of were' appointed lo-nouainate officer for the Convention, viz Cob Harlee.

W.Sandford, WeaTey HoIIis- ter. Gen, Blakeney, 'and Jamea K. Thi committee nominated for President, Ed-Ward L-VVinaloir. For Secretaries, Jr. and Win.

M. Shannon, which nominations were ananimoaaly confirmed by the Convention. The President, on taking the chair, explained at length the objects of tbt Convention, and placed before the body a vast amount of useful and interesting informatioc. On motion, the gentlemen were invited to take their aeata aa Delegates in the Con. ventkto.

'Messrs. Ezekiel Dixon, Jolin Dixon, J. A Carnes, and Wm. B. Roger tf Bihopille, and Messrs.

John fend Evans of tiociety Hill, and Mr. Joseph A. Norwood of Darlington. On motion of CoL Harlee, a committee consisting of one from each delegation, was appointed in prepare a report and resolutions for the consideration of the Convention. The, following gentlemen were sebcled by their respective delegation, to represent them fa said committee.

Col D. a Harlee, Cheraw; W. Sandford, Fayetteville; Wes Hollwter. Raleigh; J. M.

DeSaussure. Camden; John YViiherepoon, J. A. Carnea, Bihpville. On motion the Convention then adjourned to 'meet on to-morrow at 10 o'clock.

Cixde. S. a Jolt 29th, 1847. The Convention piet at 10 o'clock, A. M.

Col. Harlee, Chairman of the committee to which was referred the duty of preparing a report and resolutions for the consideration of the Convention, made bis. report, which be urged upon the Convention with great zeal and ability. After free and extended discussion in which Messrs. Major DeSaussure, Wm.

Johnsou, Esq. Gen. Biakeuey, O. H. Kolloek, the President and others participated, the Report and Resolutions, with some alight amendments, were unanimously adopted, aa follows The Committee appointed to make a Report and submit Resolution's, in relation to the very important objects upon which this Convention baa assembled to deliberate, respectfully REPORT: That they bave had under consideration, the matter "referred to them.

They find in the subject of tljp connecting link of the Metropolitan Kiil.Road, too many considerations to embrace io any report which their limited time would allow them to prepare: The particular object of tbt Convention, is to jlevise't he ways and means 'to defray the expense, and forthwith to commence an accurate survey of the whole route, from Raleigh in North Carolina, via Fayeuevilie and ChctaSr to Camden in Sooth Carolina, arid thus to spread before their fellow-citizens and the capitalists of 'the country, facts in relation to this great enterprise which may be relied on, and upon which those who are able mar invest their memory. The time for speculating is to the cost and income 'of this connecting link' has passed. The public North and South, is fully aroused in relation to this work. The Rail Road lines North and South, see the vast benefits which its completion, will afford to their roads. The capi-talisis of the country are awake as to its profits aa an investment of money.

The citizens of Raleigh, Fayetteville, Cheraw and Camden, and along the whole line, are joined together in spirit aa one mac, to commence and complete this great work The committee forbear therefore, to enter Into an elaborate report on the subject, believing that when the route shall be surveyed, and the estimates of the Engineer, aa to the cost, income and advantages of the work, are submitted to the public, all doubt will vanish, and all difficulty, as to the necessary fund for building the road, will be at an end. The connecting link on the Me-tropolitan line Rail Road, if promptly commenced and speedily completed, must and will become the great. national thoroughfare for the transportation of the mail," and travel from the North to the South, and from the South to the North and opuo this fact is based the estimate which he 'Committee desire to submit to the Convention. From the public Report of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, it appears that "there were 280, 284 passengers that passed over tfiat road during the past year, and from all information in our reach, and from the facts'tbat the Camden road intersects with, the South Carolina Rail Road, and that road connecting with the Georgia. Ala bama and Tennessee Roads, (some of which are under contract and many In successful operation) that will fierce the great valley of the Mississippi at more than one point, the Committee are decidedly of opinion, that when this connecting link is finished, that it will derive a great amount of trade from the" South and South West, and think they may vety' safely submit that of the umber oft hoso who travel over the Baltimore and Onto Rail Rdati, there will be at least fifty thousand who will fake ibis route: add to this from Wher Northern routes, twelve thousand, from the coastwise travel' twelve thousand, the present travel, through the States twenty-six thousand, making the aggregate or one hundred tbousattd passengers, year (about one hundred aodJlfLjf fassngtrt each way daily,) at three ceots per mile, is three thousand mail pay 8237 50 per mile, freight per tutfe making f3.73T50 income, per mile, per year.

Tbe estimated" expense for this large amount of business, ia $1,250 per leaving 82,487 50 per. teile profit, oa an expenditure of 810.000. cost plthe rod per mile, or a profit of nearly 5 per cent. If tbe data which the VMUe-hav baaed these eateolationa be correct, and that rosuhs they bave.produced approx-towrd the truth, then the committee ack Wterexao be found a scheme presenting so great la iodnrement to tbii Capitalists of the country, for Opportunity for a safe, permanent and profitable tares tment 0f a.otey The- Commhtee for want jf xtn aa before stated, forbear to present the great national ben- fiU of the road, qr to pnipt out the focal adVaau-' pea that would accrue to the whole country along tbe rente, ot snake compariran with other roads by detailing tbe-great aupermrity of this ache me overIl'othera-but the cannot conclude this tiooe4hat the connecting nnlr in tbe Metropolitan, road ia now placed keypad doubt. Therefore, That the Completion of th connecting ter of vast importance to the Towns of Camden, Che raw, FayeUeville, Raleigh' aai the region of the country through which it will pass, aa well aa to the Rail.Reads North and which it will connect, and demauda the most and active mea sures, ior lis speeay eoinmeacemeni outucuau.

RutlveiJ That this Convention dohpresent this, scheme to Cbeir fellowrcstixena of. North Soujh Carolina, and the. capitalists pf the country, as a work that affords an opportunity of a profitable and safe investment of CapiuL Resolved, That a survey of the route from Raleigh to Camden, be forthwith commenced and that the funds for-this purpose paid oyer, ux South Carolina, to the Commissioners at Cheraw. and those in North be paid overt the Conuaiasi oners in the Town of Fayetteville, and they be respectfully and earnestly requested to have the survey commenced and completed Kith the least practicable delay. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Convention, any amount- paid by individuals, in aid of the survey to be made of the contemplated route, night be allowed to each, as so much money paid on the stock in the said road.

D. G. HARLEE, Chairman. Mr. Hollistsk, Comra'r.

for Mr Wmslow, Col. Harlee, Mr. J. Shannon, Each reported that a sufficient Raleigh, Fsyettevllle, Cheraw, and Camden, fund had been raised to complete the survey through their respective Districts. On motion of Major DeSaussure, the thanks of the Convention ere tendered to the President, foe tbe ability and urbanity with which he had presided over the deliberations of the Conven lion, to which Mr.

Winslow replied in a speech of some length and great ability, affording much interest to bis attentive audience. On motion of Major Boy kin, the Convention then adjourned, sine die. EDWARD L. WINSLOW, President. James Chesnct.

Jr. Secrelaries. William M. bHANKox, GENERAL TAYLOR. The tribulation of the Locofoco press at the popularity of Ueoerar TarLOR is pitiable.

It alternately raves and weeps; "'tis sad by file, by 6tarts 'tis wild." It makes desperate exertions to keep its rank and file from running away to maintain a decent show of political organization, for it perceives with amazamcnt that the name of the Old Hero is playing awful havoc with the democracy, breaking up their party cohesion, and detaching every where, large numbers of those who had previously clung to democracy, from nobler motives than the selfish aud sordid love of place and preferment. Foretnoti among the laborers who bave under, taken the Herculean task of preventing desertion, is the Government paper at Washington, and really, albeit little inclined to sympathise with sufferings that proceed from causes so unworthy, we wbuld have a heart of adamant, did we not feel for the unhappy gentleman who controls the columns of that paper, and whose present career 6eema to be parcelled out between the necessity of exhorting Locofocoisrr. to keep its ranks unbroken, and the fruitless etf rt to persuade the Whigs that they cannot consistently support General Tatlor. In this spasmodic alternation of vehement appeal? to his own parly, and solemn counsels to ours, the Editor of the Union passes his political existence. Of a life so profitless in its purposes, eo nugatory in its end, we may say that it resembles the miserable lot of ihoee tenants of Hades, who passed the changeless hours in dipping up water in a sieve Tbe Univn can neither induce its own falter ing and flying partisans to aland firm in the traces, nor couvince its opponents that General Taylor is not the man for them.

Large numbers of Loco foe os go for him because they know him to be honest, capable and trust worthy, and because they believe that a time has come when the interests of the country should be consider- ed paramount to the of party. Tbcy support him, moreover, on account of his personal popu larity, his glorious deeds, his military tame, and the renown of those brilliant exploits which make the achievements of the warrior thrill to the heart and command the admiration of the country. With the Whig party, these reasons exert a prop. er khare ot influence, iut other causes exist for their advocacy of General Taylor more in consonance with their feelings and principles as a political party. The Whigs know Gen.

Taylor to be one of them to be a Whig a good and true Whig a Whig of the Henry Clay school. The first and cardinal principle of the Whigs, is to eschew and abhor that intolerance and bigotry of political faith, which lias been the guiding maxim of Locofocoisra. and has led it to the exercise of the most ruthless system of proscription. The Whigs regard the people, (not a parly) as entitled to the fostering care of Gov ernments, to ns honors and emoluments. Their object is to banish the foul spirit of faction from the land to strangle that vile and unclean Harpy which has fixed its talons on every office in the country, and driven away witb its amors and its cries, the honest, tbe faithful, and the capable.

These are views which General Taylor's correspondence prove him to entertain, and they are opinions v)hich will endear him to the great body of the people and will secure their suffrages, let mousing caucus leaders and political wire-pullers strive aud fret as they may in their bootless attempts to control the voice of the naiifTn. Does not the Union discern in all thu, potent evidence of the claim which General Taylor has upon the sympathies and support of the Whigs 1 Agreeing with them in the catholic and comprehensive creed which they have adopted, he like-wise agrees with them in their opposition to the iutensely selfish despotism of faction. He will go into office, not unmindful of his obligations to the whole people not the mere creature of a self-constituted political junto, nor the swern, supple, mechanical and obedient puppet of a handful of party leaders. all this Gen. Taylor will be aa anlike Locofocoism, as Locofocoism is unlike Whigism and hence the Union should abandon ha futile task of seeking to deter Whigs from his support.

Let it confine its exhortations to its own followers, though peradventure, the labor will not seemingly prove one of love; since we mm mat even the full and entire knowledge of Old Rough AKto Ready's political opinions does not restrain his opponents from openly manifesting their preferences in his iV.O.ffee. ETHTJ5tA8M for Gen. Taylo Nothing can exceed the enthusiasm among the people in behalf of Gen. Taylor. The wire pullers get up before Ibetn, and cry out Geih Taylor ia in favor of the Wilmot Proviso.

Hurra I for Gen. Tay. lor, the people all hout with one accord. He is in favor of Mr. Clay's tariff of '46.

Hurra I for Gen. Taylor, about all the locofocoe-he is in favor of the distribution the proceeds) of the publicNands. Hurra I for Gen. Taylor, sing out the Democrats. Tbe old hunkers look blank, they find that tUrir occupation is gone, and they in turn, with great surprise ask the people what they mean by such infatuation, aa to presume to Choose a candidate without a convention or corn, mittai to support certain measures," which, when literally, translated, means, put certain men in office.

The people ia reply ay, Oid Zach is lonerf, and fce'ia our. candidate, and we tmeud to elect Li lu, irofer rolens. N. O. Tropic 1 i ll 4Vd land Aa.i ciass, inejr.

are uis mwi pwu jiwmwi economv, ministers of comfort, peace, and consolation Where affliction is, there are mey to ujgaie pangs -where orrow-j iailberf are they to aa-ebageviU peine Nor ulgnt, itfr day, nor um-irierVheat, norioterVcojd nor angry etementa, can deter them froai acenea of suffering and distress." They af the? firaTa'rthe fevered dodcbV and the last to leave iu They bold tbe first and the last cup to the parched lip. Ther bind the aching head, close the dying- eye, and linger in thijleath-atfiekea; pouri tbe last drop of consojatkm, afflicted bosom of the bereaved, i candotJ therefor, ridicule them my self, nor beV to heaf them ridiculed in my presence. And yet, 1 am 'often amused at their con-rersation; anehaV imvused.iHKaIiilh) rehearsal of tbeir oWa conversation, taken4lowiiby mo when theyjUttlfe.dTpaawdjthatl waa jistening to them. Perhaps my vereoce for, tbeir character, conspiring with a.oative propensity to extract amusement from, all that passes under, my observation, has accustomed tne to pay uniformly strict attention to all they say ia-my' presence. This much in exiraordinary courtesy to those who cannot distinguish between a simple narrative of an amusing interview, and ridicule of the parties to it Indeed I do not know that the conversation which I am about to record, will be considered amusing by any of my readers.

-Certainly the amusment of tbe readers of my' own times, is not the leading object of it, or of any of the "Georgia Scenes," fpr lorn as may be tho hope, that their object wilt ever be answered. When I seated myself to the sheet now before tne, my intention was merely to detail a conversation be i ween three ladies, which Ibeard many years since 'confining nyaelf to only so much of it, as sprung from the ladies own thoughts, unawakeued by the suggestion of oth ers but, as the manner of its introduction will perhaps interest some of my readers, I will give it. I was travelling with my old friend Ned Brace, when wo stopped at tbe dusk of tbe evening at a bouse on the-road side, for the night Here we found three nice, tidy, aged matrons, tbe youngest of whom could not have been under sixty one of them of course was the lady of the house, whose husband, as old as he was, bad gone from home upon a land-'exploring expedition. She received us had our. horses attended to, and soon prepared for ua a comfortable supper.

While these things were doing, Ned and I engaged the. other two ia conversation in the course of which Ned disported himself with becoming seriousness." The kind lady of the house occasionally joined us, and. became perraa-nently one of the party, from tbe time the first dish was placed on the tabic. At tbe usual hour, we were summoned to supper and as soon as we were seated, Ned, onsolicited. and most unexpectedly to me, a'aid grace.

I knew full well that this was a prelude to some trick, I could not conjure what His explanation (except so much as discovered,) was, that he knew that one of us would be asked to say grace, and he thought be mizht as well save the crood ladies the' trouble of Tbe matter was, however, more fully. explained just before the moment of our retiring to bed arrived. To this moment the conversation went round between the good ladies aud ourselves, with mutual interest to all. It was much enlivened by Nedwho was as the reader has been heretofore informed, of making himself extremely agreeable in all company and who. upon this occasion, was upon his very best behaviour.

It was immediately after I bad looked at my watch, in token of my disposition to retire for tho night, that tho conversation turn, ed upon marriages, happy and unhappy, atrange, unequal, runaways, Ned rose in the midst of it, and asked the land-lady where should sleep. She pointed to an open shed room, adjoining the room in which we were sitting, and separated from it by a log partition, between the space of which might be seen all that passed in the dining-room, and so close to the fire-place of this apartment, that a loud whisper might be easily heard from one to another. The strangest said Ned, resuming tbe conversation with a person's gravity, that ever I heard of, was that of George Scott and David Snow two most excellent men, who became so much attached lo each other that they actually got married' The lacaday exclaimed one of the ladies 'And was it really a inquired another. Oh yes, continued Ned, 'I knew them very well, and often went to the house and no people could have lived happier or managed better than they did. And thev raised a lovely par eel of children as fine as I ever saw, except their youngest son, Billy he was a little wildi but upon the whole, a right clever boy himself.

Come, friend Baldwin, we're sitting up too Jate for So saying, Ned moved to the shed-room and I followed him. Tbe ladies were Jeft in silent amazement and Ned suspecting, doubtless, that they were listening to a laugh from our chamber, as we entered it, continued the subject with unabated gravity, thus You knew these two men, dido't vou Where did they iuquired not a little disposed to humor him. Why, they lived down there on Cedar Creek, close by Jacob Denmaa's Oh I'll tell you who their daughter Nancy married. She married JohnClark you knew him very well.V: 4 Oh said I knew John Clarke well. His wife was a most excellent woman Well, tbe boys were just as clever, for boys, as she was a girl, except Bill and I never beard anything very bad of him unless it waa Lis laughing in church, that put tne more out of conceit of him than anything 1 ever knew of hlou Now Baldwin wlieu I to bed I go to- bed la ileep and not to talk and there from the time my head touches! he pU low, there uiustbe no more talking.

Besides, we must take an early start tomorrow, and I'm tired. So saying, he hepped into his bed and 1 obeyed b-s injunctions. Before I followed bis example, I could not resist the temptation' of casting en eye through the cracks of the partition -So ae see the effect of Ned's wonderful story among the kind ladies. Mrs. Barney (it is time to give their.

names) waa sitting in a thoughtful posture her left hand supporting her chin, and ber knee supporting her left elbow. Her Countenance was that of one who suffers from slight tooth.ache.-Mrs Shad leaned forward resting ber fore arm on her knees, and looking into the fire 'aa if she saw groups qf thildren playing id it MrsReed the landlady, who was the iatteat of the was thinking aud laughing alternately at short intervals. Froqi my bed it required bat a slight, change of position to se any one of the group at pleasure. I was no sooner Composed' on my pillowlhan the old ladies drew tbir chairs close and began the foliowitig colloquy irf a low under; tone, hieh rose aa il progressed Barney Didn't that roatf ay theW as two men that got married to one another Mrs. ShatLlt seemed to ne so rs An r.

ny 10 oc urc lie cuu. Knew. he said so for bo said what their name waa. Br' We)l in the name tense what did the mad mean by saving they raised fine ari eel children: Mrs. R.

-Why, llesi your rheart hooey that's what, Pre beeu'tbiokw about seems mighty curiouti to me, some how or other; 1 can study it outVuo how; lent, thf most ueetui, ana me most, nannies oi tbe bumn family'- Tbeir life is a' life Of godjd pffieefV'At home they are pauerni pf fnduatry, care, econorav. and hospitality abroad they are tanks. Tbe following are some, of tnefiuiw.scer. tamed dreirs the trees, 1551 feet 2. Elevation of the pinnacle on tbe Noatfi side at the place of ascent, 205 3.

EletaUon orthe saWonlbe Sottt ft A side, Ja H' -gOgft Highest perpendicuJacjock on. the JL- SpuA.aide,(rfcv. vAHrA. The height of tbe Pilot Mountain and of its rocky Castle, as Indicated by the foregoing measurements, appears so inconsiderable Jsrban with the summits of the Alps and Andes, thai one accustom ed to scale those serial heights would perhaps smile at the representation we have given, or tne tony emotions inspired by the view irom mis compara- tivelv bumble eminence: but be would; neglect ttte consideration that the Pilot stands alone, and does fnot lose its majesty among the surrounding neigttts that the neighboring country, Kr iorty or nuy miles around, is, with few exceptions, comparatively a plain that those who ascend thls mountain bave just emerged from a region over tfhich for a great extent the prospects are obstructed and even the ho riton concealed, with boundless forests and finally, that the Pilot mountain is a most favorable post of observation in viewing the Bine Ridge in its subli-mest attitude, presenting to the eye at once a varied but unbroken chain of lofty that stretch over 180 degrees of the horizon. While my companions were employed in these observations, I had begun on examination of the geological structure of the pinnacle.

A foot path, running close to its base, conducts one, without the least obstruction, quite around tne circle, ana no opportunity could be more favorable for remarking the different kinds of the rocks and their relative position. In the geology of the pinnacle, there is something quite remarkable and curious and the geologist will linger around its base, with as much delight and admiration, as he gazes upon the landscape from its summit The pinnacle is made up chiefly of mica slate and quartz but each exhibits peculiar and interesting characters. Its rocky wall is full of rents from top to bottom, and it is also regularly stratified, the strata dipping easterly, at an angle of only ten degress. By these parallel seams, the whole is divided into tabular masses. The most abundant rock, is a peculiar kind of mica, or rxf rock, composed of very fine grannlar quartz with flesh-red mica intimately disseminated.

The tex ture is exquisitely fine, and the cohesion is so loose that it may be frequently crumbled between the fingers, into the finest white sand. At a Mill near the River Ararat, I saw a pair of milestones, said to hae been quarried from an eminence on the North West side of the Pilot They consisted of quartz rock somewhat resembling French Burr, and appeared to be of sn excellent quality. Grind Stones are also quarried from the grit rock of these Mountains. HOW MR. PIPKIN LOWED HIMSELF.

Bill Pipkin hadn't been married very long, and hadn't got quite out of the habit of takin little punch drinkin frolicks with his old friends on partickler occasions. He was fust rate at making excuses for staying out at nights now and then be was terribly pressed with bisness, and as he took monstrous good care to never come cross-legged, his wife never spected nothin, and all went on fust rate. One night Bill got rather more'n lie could carry straight, but he didn't find it out till he was on his way home. He would not have Susan know he was in sich a sitewation not fur all the world, and he begun thinkin, as well as he could with his head spinnin round so, what was best lo be done to keep her from fin-din him out. Hie I I've got it 'zactly," see he Hie, Su Su Susan knows I'm (hie) terrible f-f-fond of m-m-inilk.

Well, Til jest take a big (hie) swig of m-milk, and (hie) that'll fix all right so (hie) sh -she'll never suspect noihin, poor gall." Home he went, practisin straight walkin all the way, and studdyin over in his mind how be would talk straight, so Susan wouldn't find him out. When he found the latch, which was on the wronj tide of the door, what opened tlie wrong way too, he felt round in the dark for more doors than was ever in tbe house before, and got into ever so many curious shaped rooms, till he found the pantry whar he 'spected to find some milk. He didn't have no very clear idee as to whar it ought to be so, after feelin about in every place but the right one, he come to the conclusion to go up to his room and ax his wife whar it was. The stairs seemed to be turned up side down, and the bed room was changed places with the cellar kitchen, but he made out at last to find the door. After clearinbis throte, and aayin over his speech so he wouldn't make no mistake, he opened the door, and luck a lean agin the door post, and listened to hear if his wife was awake.

She was sound asleep. All the better for that," thought he to himself. Susan Susan ses he, very low and plain. Eh 1" ees Susan, jest wakin out of a dose Is that you come home, my dear, so late Susan, Susan 1" ses Bill, ribt payin no attention to "what she said, his bead being full of the milk Susan What, my dear?" Is there any in-i-1 in the house 44 Yes, dear but what in the world Susan, Susan "What, dear Whar is the milk In the pantry in the dinin room, dear. But you better cum to bed, now, its so" Bill didn't say a word, but took some terrible long steps in the dark.

He found the dinin room and pantry agin, but he couldn't find no milk any whir. After tryin about five minits, he goes up 6tars agin, and leanin against the door to steady himself, axed his wife ajrm Susan. Susan 1" ses he, very pertickeler "Eh? what?" says she, wakin up agin. Is there any milk in the house?" "I told you, there was some milk in the pantry, dear Down went Bill agin. This time he felt every whar, and upetl lots of things, tnakin a terrible racket among the crockery, but drat the drap of milk could he find.

Cuss the milk 1" ses he whar could they put it?" In a minit more, he was at the bed room door agin. Susan, Sosan-!" see e. Susan snuffled a snore short off in the middle. What!" sea she, sort of cross this time. Is ther any milk in the bouse Yes, I told you." Well, whar ia it.

sea he. told you, on the shelf in the pantry-in the dinin room 1" ses Susan, breaking it off into short mouthfuls of pretty load italic That sort of skeered Bill, and put him off bis grd. Well, Susan eeta he, "ts Ulied up in any thing or layin about loose That was enough the cat was out of the bag, and no help for it. Mra. Pipkin was bright awake in a minit, and the way Bill got a Caudle lecture that night waa enough to sober tbe drunkest bus.

bnd in creation. He never got corned agin and it wasn't inore'a a year after 'fore he could drink milk in bin coffee when. Susan waa at tbe table. Most TeooPs. We learn that Lieut Dancan L- Clinch, with a small detachment of teen (for.

ty-three.) to be attached to tbe 13th Regiment (Col. Echols) of Infantry, passed "through. At-lanta on Thursday last ou tbeir way to Mexico. by rrujeasor a- Height of the Pilot lA ountafu from the most public part of the place stands a stone pfl- commenced 17th November, tttt" --V In travelling in the direction of the Pilot Mountain, the next place. I passed through was.

Haoser Town, within three miles of the last mentioned" place. This is abo.a Moravian with ft Church. On the evening of the 21st ult I reached the Pilot. The eveuiug was serene scarcely a cloud floated athwart the blue heavens. Tbe evening being favorable for enjoying a view of the landscape from the summit of the Pilot, and being provided with a Urge spy glass, about four o'clock I commenced the ascent from the South side The ascent, which for some distance is gradual, becomes quite steep as you approach the base of the pinnacle.

The growth at the base of the mountain aud for some distance up it, consists of large chestnut, hickory, walnut, tulip, mountain locust, Such of these trees as are found on the summit of the pinnacle, Regenerate into mere shrubs. After a fatiguing walk, the last half mile of which was really precipitous, I reached the place to ascend the precipice, which is on the North-west side. You first go up a rugged ascent, inclining to the South, amid the clefts and fissures of the rocks, for the distance of 75 feet Here you come to a ladder probably ten or twelve feet long. After ascending this ladder, you scramble over projections of the rock as you ascend for tbe distance, of some forty feet At this poiut you come to a second ladder, probably twenty feet long, almost perpendicular, and made sure in a cleft of the rock. After ascending this ladder you wind your way up the cliff, securing your feet in natural steps in the face of the rock, and clinging to its projections for 100 feet.

The balance of the ascent is more gradual, and after inclining a little to the North you reach the summit of the pinnacle. I at length reached the summit If the ascent is difficult and fatiguiog, you are richly paid for all your trouble while contemplating the enchanting and unbounded prospect that presents itself to the eye ia eery direction. On the- North-east, the Sawratown Mountains at no great distance rear their giant domes," and by the help of a glass you can discover their rocks and rugged cliffs. From the -North to the South-west the Blue Ridge presents an uneven outline. So unbounded is the prospect toward the Seuth and South-east, that when you cast your eye in that direction, you feel similar emotions to those awakened in the mind while gazing on the ocean.

Since writing the foregoing, I came across the following description of the Pilot Mountain, by Professor Olmsteud. It cannot but interest your readers THE PILOT MOUNTAIN. From Professor Olmstead's Report on titt Geology of North Carolina. In the first glimpse we catch of the Pilot in Rockingham, it resembles a magnificent temple with a superb cupola, not unlike the picture of St. Peters at Rome.

The uncommon symmetry of its structure is preserved on a much nearer view. Nothing could exceed the regularity and beauty of its appearance, as it presented itself to Professor Caldwell, Professor Andrews and myself, on a Summer evening of 1823, as we were approaching it from the East, a little before sunset Its dark side being towards us, we could more distinctly observe its finished outline, which was still illuminated. The figure now presented by its sloping sides and perpendicular summit, was that of a triangle having a portion of its vertex removed and replaced by a parallelogram, while the trees and shrubbery that graced the outline, appeared like delicate fringe-projected on the Western sky. We took lodgings at the Eastern base of the mountain, and waited for morning to make our ascent The sun rose fair, and at an early hour, led by our host, we set forward for the pinnacle. The country round for a great extent, especial-.

ly to the East and South, though undulating, is still so low, compared with this eminence, that the latter seems almost to rise from an immense plain. In the immediate vicinity, the laud descends a little towards the mountain on every side, which therefore literally 'swells the vale." Dr. Caldwell and Professor Andrews had provided themselves with a quadrant and a mountain barometer for taking elevations, while I was to examine the geology of the mountain. A small stream called Grassy Creek, which runs Southerly, being considered as the true base, at this point we begun our operations. For more than half the distance from this spot the ascent is so gradual that one may proceed on horseback, the acclivity being only about 10 until we reach the spring, a post of refreshment which was very grateful to our party.

The water was very cool and pnre, its temperature being only 5S, (June 23.) which may be regarded as the mean temperature of the place for the year. From this spot the ascent becomes more abrupt, (about 25.) and those who are unaccustomed to climbing mouu-taias, find it extremely fatiguing. We" arrived at the pinnacle on the North side, which is the only pass that has hitherto been found to the 6umnrit The foYra of the pinnacle is almost perfectly cylindrical, resembling an eminence in the Western Islands of Scotland, called the Lenir of Egg, hut is even more regular than that. The perpendicular wall is 200 feet in height and many of the visitants, unaccustomed as they are to Alpine scenery, are so affected by the bewildering aspect of the world below them, and so appalled at the idea of hanging on the sides of the cliffy that frowns over their heads, that no persuasion can induce them to ascend the pinnacle. Tbe path is indeed narrow and steep but it appears, when viewed from below, more formidable than it really is.

In some places the ascent is nearly perpendicular; but convenient cavities and projections are found by which the feet and hands may be made sure. The course winds along West-wardly, on the side of the" and at length passing abruptly over its brow we find ourselves on the level or rather convex summit We were too much engrossed by the scenes that expanded around us, to proceed with our professional tasks, but seated ourselves on the North-Western Brow of the pinnacle, to enjoy the sublimity of the prospect The air was stilL but a hollow roar as cended from the plain the voice of the forest and not less sublime than the roar of the ocean, which it seemed to emulate. More than three-fourths of the horizon were distinctly in view. On the South and South-West spreads, an iuterminable plain, meeting the sky, with a few exceptions, like the ocean itself. On the West and North, the Blue Ridge presents an outline of unrivalled grandeur and the Sawratown Mountain relieves the eye in the most agreeable manner, as it wanders over the un defined limits of the Eastern horison.

On he South-West, at different intervals, are caught a few bright glimpses of the River Yadkin. But after a general survey of the landscape, we gladly turned our admiring gaze to the lofty mountains of the West, some of which displayed their dark summits above tht white insulated clouds that were rolling around them. As the day advanced) these clouds began to multiply on the sides of the Blue Ridge, covering its acclivities with chequered fields of sun and shade. A few of tfiem occasionally wandered towards us over the clear blue'sky, projecting their dark shadows on the earth, coursing each other ma iesticallV over tbe sunnv torn of k.m ni rnMut At fcngtjH here and there, a cloud rose above theJ isme mage ana aisuiied a copious shower of rain, as it moved along the mountains from West to East the exact Kmits of which we could easily define, the un still shining on all the regions around. Each successive cloud diverged farther and farther to the East; until a shower, accompanied with light ning and thunder, was approaching the Pilot and forced Ms to descend from the pinnacles and take shelter under its-shelving rocksw Hera we had lei sure to exchange our expressions of delight and ad miration some of the party who bad viewed scenery in populous and cultivated regions that was more beautiful, sUll, acknowledged Ihot they bad never witnessed any that conlaictd more of tbe elementi all over in uiinqsna recKon--uut a oooi say for knowhioi'Mt iWbutl reckon that one of them mn waa a woman dre.

sd itt'nien't elothef -9' women doing-lbem things, and following, their true love to the warsi ind all sich. hkh'w some how ia un way but Would been obliged tobe found outy oattVjodlnowit wouIdl Ouly think how many chiidreoshe bad. Now, it stands to reason at eome' time Or. other it must have be fovndSnit a Mrs. WelK I'm fca'old woman any i0lr and I reckon the good man won't mind what ad old woman says to hifomo bless the Lord, if I live to man, about it.

I knew that" Ned was surpassed by no man living, in extricating himself frbai difficultieA but 1ww; he was to eitJaptf front thlswfch even tole. rable credit to himself, I cbold obt devise. The next when. arose from onr beds, we. found he good ladies sitting around the fire just as we left them, for they 'rose lunar be.

We were hardly seated1, before MrsVlWd ba. gan to verify hef lwhfe.Mr.Tsi-, said she to thHil them was two then that got married) licit one. another Yes, said ffeaiM And didn't you say tl( the jr raised a fine par. 1 of children 1 ce Yesi madam; except'BnTtJveaid, you know that be wag a little wiluVT Well, yea, I know yott aaid Billy wasn't as clever aa the rest of But the old women were talking about it last night after you went out, and none of us could make it out, how they could have children and I said, I reckoned you wouldn't mind an old woman's chat, and therefore I would ask you how it couhl.be I you won't mind telling an old woman how it-was. Certainly not, madam.

They were both will, dowers before they fell in love with each other and pot married. The lack a day I wonder that none of us 1 bought o' (hat. And they tad: children before they got married --Jt I 4 4 Yes, madam they hadnohe afterwards that I heard We were here informed that our horses were in waiting, and we bade the good ladies fare well. i From te MXksCkrwUf'if- i PUBLIC This manifestatiort of 'yesA jaow iiar most distinguished W'liative son of the Old ortb Stated hd jif "the County of Cas. welf, came off on Wednesday the: 4th thsu at.

teuded by a- iargeconcourte of lle "citizens of 'Calvin Graves, Esq. been, selected by the, Corn tnii tee of Recepttpn, delivered an ap-nropriate and very, eloquent address to Col. Mitchell, welcoming bim.t.bie native State, and County, and iu hospitalities. To.whichColone1! Mitchell made a short, Slut yery feeling and hap py reply. The assembled multitude theirt partook of a most excellent Dinher'wbicb served up'for the' Our distinguished guest; CoL Mitchell, having been toasted, after much cheering, arose and de.

livered a most ekcetlent and eloquent Speech, but time will not allow us to give any sketch, of "htt '1 fyp- Wm. Walker, having been sr afihool mate of Col. finade a speech that berfectiy enchaihetl hii Audience. 1. Our Country homeofthe oppressed, and the asylum of the exile niay ber existence be perpetual, vs vt'' and his.

Generals: Th founders of a free Government, they will ever bold a place in the hearts of every 3. Thr Soldiers of the Revolution: The suffered beat and cold, the borrors of famine the result found from the Canadas to tbe Gulf of Mexico, from the Atlantic toUhe Pacific -tl i 4. The Soldiers of. 1812 May theijj recollection ever be fresh in the-memories of their, posterity, and animate them to deeds of patriotism and noble daring. 5.

Col. Alexander Mitchell ue of the heroes of Caswell is proud to claim him as one of her favorite 61 To the memory of Ringgold, Ridgely, Hardin, Yell) McKee, and, tbef other spirits who nave fallen in r'. 7. Gen. Zathary Tavlsf May live lonjr to en joy tbe gratitude of bis country for bis many victo ries gained over the Mexicans.

8. Our Navy A protector1 in' peace. a defender 9. Scott and his General: Nobly 'have they sustained the repu tatloa of tbe American arms. 10 Thi Fair Daughters of First in war, finsin peac and first in the hearts of their 11.

The Volunteers from CamtTl rMay tbey livs to receive av cordial welcome to their bqmes, and a noble reward for' their dUioterested patriotism. 12. Owr Amy Its success in Mexico. EXPENSES TH GO VEttN ENT. Are the public aware- at what enonnous ex.

pense this war is conducted, and what a bright prospect exists of nide-little National Debt to be pid off when we shall have got ten out of it The oftlcial quarterly retura of the Secretary, for the quarter ending on the 30th. of June, estimates the wr expenses ahme at 816,572.504, and the whole expenses of the Government at $22,474,506. There' are more troops now than there were then, aOd consequently the expense for the be.vgreater but allowing them to retnaio in statu quts at the end of the year the Government "will bave spent -mW(M)0U 1 Pretty" welforlka economical Government iThe receipts from eustoms. and other souTcest for the' same time, Were scarcely eight mtllionetf that; )ti rfheeaii If there no falling ofl5 they will thirty two; tmllion-Take 32 from Wibd CCS.IXXJ.OOO -are left of deM'hhU)i1Sikvfatiitfilrto saddled at the end of ihittRhhm mig: GraTATORiWawThe Norristowa HeffJdgiveaJtbXoilbwuri letter wriuenby a Loco Focobow ja the army: 7 Yottlso kiowbetherGeneralTay-lor is aWbig or parties no claim tujB4ii IS WHIG I beard bia ay mjVn ears to an officef ot tl's army. I suppose ou; would likef to' ktWi what I am.

I am loco to the back bone, but if Old Zack runs, I nave to give him hard push, no matter who runs against krm, fori lkinkbe is mors lit for tbe White House than. tbf one who now occupies it. Gen. Wcolii also 4 Wbig-so are aU 4be UScers bf tbe staff, at least all who occory' air proimentVposi-tiea -4 c15 WMiP.HLPLER A biography of aimeare4rm in Irish paper, coucl odes fn tbe following manner: Tbis extraordinary man left no children betia bim except bis brother, who was killed at the sam.