Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-04-12
The Curry-Comb for the Nursery.

Everybody knows the celebrated tale of the illus
trOus Mother Goose, commencing with " This is the
house that Jack built From the following extract,
which we make from the letter of correspondent of
the New York Herald it appears that the curry comb
scene at the White House is to be immortalized and
handed down to posterity side by side with the nur-
sery tale before alluded to- The writer says that the
new form in which the history of the remarkable
scene appears, is the work of witty Senator who
handed it to Gen. Foote very after he had adj
ministered the curry-comb senatorial to Senator
Seward. 1t thus:
This is the man that conquered his foes at Mon
terey and Buena Vista.
ss'This is the horse which bore the man who con-
quered his foes at Monterey and Buena Vista.
"This is the curry comb which curried the horse
which bore the man who conquered his foes at Mon
terey and Buena Vista.
;'This is the senator who presented the currycomb
which curried the horse which bore the who
conquered his foes at Monterey and Buena VISTA
"This is the other senator who curried that sena-
tor who presented the curry comb which curried the
horse which bore the man who conquered his foes at
Monterey and Buena Vista"
CIRCUMsTANTIAL Ev1DENCE.-I have heard some
very extraordinary cases of murder tried. remem-
Der, in one where was counsel for long time the
evidence did not to touch the prisoner at ALL
and he looked about him with the most perfect I'M
concern, seeming to think himself quite safe. At
last the surgeon called, who stated that the de-
ceased was killed by shot, gun shot in the head,
and he produced the matted hair and the stuff cut
from and taken out of the wound. A basin of warm
water was brought into the court. and as the blood
gradually softened, piece of printed paper appear
! cd--the wadding of the gun, which proved to be
half of a ballad. The other half had been found in
! the mans pocket when he was taken. Hewas hang
ed-Lord EIdon'S Note Book
| Nor SK1NNED-A story some time since, went
the rounds to the effect that California emigrant,
by the name of WATSON, had been fayed alive by
Indians An acquaintance of the young man writes
to the Chicago Democrat in contradiction of the
story, and states that WATSON is digging gold in
| FL Dorado.
PAYING HER DEBT BY TIE AID OF GUANo-A Lon
don letter in the New York Courier dated 8th ult
saws that the Government of Peru, which for the
last twenty years has neglected to pay the interest
on her national debt has at last agreed to recognise
the debt pay the interest and also create sinking
fund for the purpose of iquidatng the principal by
annual instalments. The rapid increase of the de-
mand for guano, found on the rocky shores of Peru
the sale of which is government monopoly, is said
to have been the of this prosperous condition
of the Peruvian treasury.
A rufan recently bit off mans Strange
enough, he was Immediately bound over to keep the
6 piece. Wonder if he has.
John M. Barrett, Esq, who was arrested in South
= Carolina on suspicion of being opposed to slavery
and subsequently released bail, died at Dublin
Indiana, on the 23d. The New Castle Courier says
he died of disease brought on by long confinement
e within the damp and unwholesome walls of south
ern prison