The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-05-20

tae Governor, IN case n dltOual ia - n
tive Tariff is enacted by Congress, y ~eF' u.
forthwith, a Convention of the people dludes
Carolina, 10 deliberate on the tneesursG-
" TO be taken in defence Of their liEs &c.
4 There should be 10 hesitation, no delay. Every
thing Gepends on taeir bold, Incorporating dc.
clalOu.n
Isa't that Rot ? Earthquakes and volca-
noes Thunder and big guns Fire and
fury
con! We brave;
On 70 elaI} the grave;
Wave, Munich, all thy banners waYe,
And charge with all thy Chivolrg!"
Shut-paa E,yes--righH Forwards
-march
Eriensire Ro5Jcry at Windsor Castle,
EHgidad.--A gentleman holding a very
responsible situation IN the castle, and tho
nature Of which enabled him at any time,
to have access to the crown plate and Jew
elry, has absconded, taking with him pro-
perty Of the above mentioned description,
to the amount, it is said, some thousands.
The person against whom strong suspl-
cions are entertained is a porter in the
stores department, in whom greci reliance
had been placed. The property is stated
to consist Of upwards Of one cwt. of silver
articles, and portions Of silver furniture of
various descriptions. Among the latter is
splendid solid silver table, highly chased.
The four solid silver legs have been
wrenched off, and likewise the top,cb
means of chisel (the marks of wh5P'',as
clearly perceptibie,) from the v! So, I
which It wGs secured. officer
1t is likewise stated that some m,n,ed
silver looking-glass frames have been ID
TALLY stripped, aud portions Of the silver OF
which they were composed iorcTbly drag
ged off, and that several valuable articles
are missing from the plate room.
II has been stated that the table in ques.
ton was one of those richly carved silver
tables which were presented by the corpor-
alton of the city of London to Charles Ii
and William H., but these are both now
in the queens closet, one of the state
apartments shown to the public.
A report has Just reached Windsor that
he was apprehcnded this morning in the
neighborhood of Holborn by the metropo.
lis police, and that be has implicated sew.
eral others in the robbery. Sun.
A MONUMENT TO GEN. HARRISON.
We notice with much qualification, that
the South Carolina Delegation to the Ma
tional Convention of Young Men in Baltl-
more, on the Fourth of May last, have
proposed through the National lntelligen-
Ger, the erection Of Monument to VIII
liam Henry Harrison, late President of
the United States. Baltimore, Washing
ton aud North Bend, are named as the
places at one Of which the Monument
Should be built.
Betpare Of Couatsrfejtsi-We have seen
% cent piece, several of which are in
circulation here, which is SO accurately
oountcrfaited that minute inspection will
alone detect the cheat. The piece is
stamped with the American Arms, and
purports to be eff the coinage of 1885,
Petersburg lntelligencer.
P'S and QS.-The origin OF the phrase,
" M,nd your p's and Q's," is not general.
" known, In Ale-houses, where chalk
scores were formerly marked upon the
wall, it was customary to put these initial
letters at the head of every mans account,
( to show the number of Pints and Quarts
for which he was in arrears and We may
presume many friendly rustic to have
/ tapped his noighbor on the shoulder when
/ he was INDUCING too freely in his pota'
tions, and to have exclaimed, as he point
ed to his score, " Giles, Giles, mind gogr
P's and Q'S ~
Pointed, Terry The following is from
an Exchange paper: i wonder how any
one can eat his breakfast before reading a
newspaper" said an old borrower of this
article. 81 wonder how any one can eat
his breakfast after reading borrowed pa
per- said his more conscientious wife.
a BLOW UP,
: An Albany paper tells the following,
which, if true, is really an unfortunate
blunder: :" A son of the Emerald Isis leit
Dayton, Ohio, in a wagon, BY :he onion
road. He had fur cap on his head, and
in the cap, half pound Of powder done up
in paper. lie iguted his pipe on the com.
, mencement of his journey, and smoked
, along the road until he was satisfied with
5 the recreation, when he pulled off his cap,
} and having deposited the pipe along with
' the powder, replaced it upon his head. Ia
a few minutes the powder exploded, blew
q. off his cap, sioged nearly all the hair oil hIs
. head, and burned his forehead and cheeks
mos, woiully."