Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-10-17

Pity weeps for thee!
At the bottom of thy cup.
While the festal wine laughs up,
Still the dregs see;
And thy cheek has that red light
Which foretels the coming mig ght.
Youth thou fairy king of kings!
Angel with the golden wings,
Yearly earth renews her springs
But thine more!
Thou, with thy light, buoyant heart,
Thou, the monday dreamer art
When the flowers DER.
Well-a-day the dreary doom
Withered leaves and blighted bloom.
A "RARA AvIs."-The influence of maternal sym
pathy upon the unborn offspring is one of the most
lnscru'able mysteries of nature The instances record
ed OF 1t, IN medical books present interesting and
wonderful phiosogical study. Mrs. Sairey Camp
whose extensive experience in such matters entities
her evidence to great ghtnforms of the strange
effects produced on ladies in an interesting situation,
by the sudden appearance of Newfoundland dog.
and the affecting consequences of the abrupt vision of
dancing monkey. All the world has heard the won
drous story of the lady in Dublin, who born with
pigs face, fed from silver trough, and built
lying in hospital. Equally we'll known is the case,
recorded in comic song, of the Irish matron whose in
satls te love of roast pig stamped generation
OF her prosterity, each one of whom
Had in eye nate pig-sty,
In the t'other pig a-roasting.''
But these vagarles OF nature. strange as they are,
dwindle into nsgnifcance when compared with one of
her unaccountable freaks played last week. hum
of active abotionst presented her liege lord with
blooming boy and the three children
ted like infant Hannbas, the altar of niggerism,
TO the perpeuation of the holy of abolition and
amalgamation. Again was the eloquent and energetic
dame
''As ladies wish to be who love their lords,''
and the fathers heart beat high with the hope that
this time his eager desire TO receive daughter would
be realised His wish was gratifed--a daughter was
born sure enough; but fancy his perternal horror
when being presented with it, he discovered that
the little helpless wretch was "quite black in the
face.'
The doctors aid was Immediately demanded. SIT
must be apoplexy-a rush of blood to the head the
poor creature would die!" The cold -booded physi-
clan merely smiled at the paternal agonies, and with
sardonc poteness informed the distracted husband and
ither that 60 it the natural color of the child ~"
The poor man was completely staggered, and positive
y commenced tasking his wife with-excuse US!
But then philosophy to his ad,''
in the shape of learned ansary men, both black
and white. Philosophy reminded him OF the wond-
sympathy we have spoken of above, and recapt-
ulated the examples we have alluded TO, with many
others; yet the won't be convinced. He is ready
to believe almost any absurdity earth that the
Constitution of the United States is vile humbug-
that modern religion is much worse. He even believes
in the Spiritual Knockers, and Davis. &c the seers,;
and still he is increduous respecting the Legitimacy of
this very dark complexoned" infant 1t is supposed
that his wife will convince him when she RECEIVERS her
strength but at present he is only able TO believe that
ssThere things in heaven and earth,
Than dreamed of in has philosophy
This, regret 10 say. is no fancy sketch, but Sc an
DER true tale"-N. Y. Times.
ATLANTIC Waves Their Height, Length. Sc.-Dr
Scoresby, in two passages the Atlantic, had
celent opportunities of making observations on the
magnitude velocity and phenomena of the waves OF
the Atlantic He found that during gale, the
mean height of waves, including a depression well
altitude, 80 feet, while some waves rose
about 43 feet above the level of the hollow in which
the steamship Uhe Hibernia) was at the moment of OBJ
servation The total distance from the crest OF one OF
these great passing through the hollow occu-
pied by the Hbernia to the crest of the next ada
cent, averaged 600 feet
Other observations proved that the waves traversed
distance of 1909 feet in l64 seconds of tme which
is rather than 329 English statute miles to the
hour.
DIED FOR WANT OF BREATH-The following is the
verdict of Jury of twelve women, who held an IN
quest on the body of Elizabeth Hunt, in Newbury
born in 1893 1t must have been very satisfactory to
her friends:
"We Judge according to our best light and CONT
nents that the death of said Elizabeth rot by any
vioens wrong dun her by any parson or thing, bu
by some sudden stoppin' of her breah.-History O
| Neubury.
| ALMOST FIN1sHED--If there is any one in this neck
of Uncle Sans woods that has never heard of Old
Spraaker,' up there at Speakers basin the Erie
Canal, it is undoubtedly his own fault for the old
Duchman has done, and said, queer things enough
since the discovery of the Mohawk, TO make himself
known semi universally.
! A good many years ago, sometime before the mex
war, the old fellow undertook 10 tell some travellers
bout fine large barn which his brother John had late
! " built and this is the way he did it:
" Hansh hash got crate pig parn put ofer on de-
panks uf der Waikiki. Tish not puiIt yet; put den del
post pc dere unit der shnkles pc dere he's solt em a
gin, put den be puy more. Ish not dat a parn "
ANAcHRoNIsMs-Ag gentleman of this city, says The
Drawing Room Journal, distinguished for his brilliant
wit, as we'll fire legal attanments, told us that he
once met with old painting, (by French artist :
which possessed considerable merit. of The Lord:
Supper and that both ends of the table were decora
ted with tumbers holding cigar lighters. Such ana
chronisms very common. There is, we believe
picture in this city at present, OF the Birth OF Christ
where the Virgin Mary represented sleeping
French bedstead of the most fashionable mode while
Christ is lying in a modern washing tub, "in the gar
den of Eden" Adam and Eve, of course, accupyine
position in the fore ground, WHILE in the back
ground conspicuous, from his hunting costume, stands
a German student, deliberately shooting ducks
HoGs-The Terre Haute 0a.) Journal, of thu
26th ult.. says:
ave learned from one of our extensive pork mer
chants. yesterday that contracts had been entere,
into for hogs at S4 and they were not to be
at those figures Holders are now asking 81 %, witt
+ efro-,r r-oba hsI;tv of retinr that price Z,