Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-08-27

her teens, with bewitching smile dimpling
her fair cheek, and as each request parted her
coral lips, was there not music in her s,vefy
tones Aye, we thought as much. Weh'
then, we say the young gentleman had ms re-
ward, and was rather TO be envled than pltled,
" What beautiful calico !'' Why there's mel
ody in the very sentence, though we hear moi
the sweet warbIing of the lady's voice. Will
they wash we own, is rather practical and
prosaic, but no doubt her mamma babe her
ask that question, and it was amply atoned
for by the half m!strusting, half confding,
" are you sure~ No wonder that our "phi-
losophical friend % blushed as he avowed that
it was no trouble to comply with the gently
uttered wishes.
Nay, we even 60 farther, and aver con-
viction that the young gentleman gained much
by this pleasant interlude of his daily occupa-
ton. We have no doubt he had his say also
in the matter, which our. neighbor did not over.
hear; or perhaps, overhearing, has " cast dis
creetly" into The shade
| At the least, he had an interview with real
heroine, when perhaps, otherwise, he would
have been coming the pages of some mlsera-
| bic novel in chase of an imaginary one. Be
that as it may, we must protest against any
COMPARISON between the harsh, ungrateful
sound of the printers devil calling for copy
and the feminine tenderness with which the Ia
dy whispered "what lovely lace"
ABritih Outra &c on american SoH.-Pierre
Chouteau, Jr, & Co., the successors of the A
merican Fur Company, have trading estab-
| lishment in the Sioux country, on the head
waters of the Red River of the North, several
miles within the American territory, and from
the line dividing US from the British colonies
For some time past in fact, ever since the ap-
pretended difficulties between the two coun-
tries concerning the Oregon boundary-the
British government have kept stationed in the
vicinity of Selkirks settlement, a body of re-
guIar troops, who, it is now we'll understood
were intended if hostlities had occurred, to
take Fort Smelling and other posts and prop
erty on the Upper Mississippi. A short time
since, some of these troops, as is alleged. de-
serted and came across into the American ter
ritory, and, we believe. some of them entered
into the employ of the American traders. Sub.
sequently, a British officer, with force of re-
gular soldiers, came over to the American ira
ding station, and arrested these men, asserting
that they were deserters.
Against this act of invasion of our soil, and
insult TO our national authority, the agent al
the station demonstrated He had neither the
authority, nor the means of resistance; mol
was he disposed to protect the men against
lawful seizure. but he earnestly protested a.
gainst the British government exercising this
high prerogatve upon our soil, and this, too
without investigation or the shadow of author
ity from the United States His remonstrance
and protests were UNDECIDED; the men were
seized, bound, and carried back into the Brit
ish possessions. The fate of the parties ar.
rested is not known.
1t is unnecessary to dwell upon the Illegal
ty of this act, or the insult it gives to the in.
rlsdlction of the government of the United
States All we now add is, that, for the truth
of the facts, the testimony of men of the high.
est responsibility may be had, if the govern
ment thinks proper 10 look into it.
St. Louis ReDorter.