The North-Carolinian., 1859-03-19


remarkable case has recently transpired at the
Jefferson Market Police Court in which one of
our most respectable and wealthy merchants
has been innocently placed in a very unpleas-
ant situation Some few weeks since he re-
ceived note, written apparently in a female
hand, requesting him to call at house in
Fourteenth street. He, supposing it mistake,
paid no attention TO it, and in few days re-
ceived a second epistle, asking for money .oil
the ground of bis being the father of child
lie immediately proceeds there in company
with friend, and asked for the writer of the
note In a few minutes stout Dutch woman,
o middle age and quite void Of personal at:rac-
tlon, made her appearance When the gentle
mau asked her if she was the writer of those
! letters she answered in the affirmative.
!. He then dssirGn to know If she would know
the party, if she should see him, to which she
replied in broken English, Oh VOW l noshe
him" Which of US two is the gentleman you
desire to see? The Dutch woman, unfortu-
nately for her case selected the wrong man.
Both gentlemen then left the house. laughing
at the impudence of the Dutch in at
tempting to black mail party she had not the
feresi ight to see before swearing to.
The gentlemen did not expect to hear any
thing more Of the matter-but our Dutch ma
tron was not willing to give it up SO. She
proceeded to Jefferson Market, made COM
plant, and the next morning the gentleman to
his horror, saw his case paraded under various
&c, &c. We understand that he now looks
upon the matter in a serious light and is de-
termlned to have the case brought to the Court
of Sessions-and after thoroughly vindicatng
llimsefto bring the other party to justice.-N.
Y. NewS.
Hogarth once employed by an old
nobleman to paint picture of the destruction
Of Pharaoh's host for his staircase but he was
SO unwilling to part with his money, they were
q to oil
garth's patience becoming exhausted, he agreed
to his conditions. In few days the work was
and the nobleman called upon to
come and see it, whose astonishment at his
was not at all diminished by seeing
the canvas painted all over red
" Zounds !" said the purchaser !; j." what have
you here 1 ordered scene Of the Red Sea"
The Red Sea you have" replied Hogarth.
But where are the Israelites ?"
They are all gone over"
" And where the Egyptians 2"
They all drowned"
The miser's confusion was only equaled by
the haste with which he paid his bill.
AN UNNATURAL DEED.-A young woman,
elegantly dressed and of prepossessng appear
1nce, got aboard the Cleveland aud Erie
ssarss s enss aSn Y"ssasy sSst setose .sey
Of a satchel, which she placed upon the seat by
her side. After the started she went
into the ladies' saloon several times, and was in
here when Mr. Murray, conductor on board tho
rain, came around to collect the tickets. She
appeared to be suffering with pain, and told him
lie would find her tickets in her satchel, which
ay in the seat she had occupied. He went to
he seat and found them she represented.
Mr Murray succeeded by conductor Haght,
Who proceeded with the train to Dunkirk, the
voman remaining in the saloon Of the the
most Of the way. At Duukirk, Mr. Haight
eceiyed telegram from Erie stating that
newborn babe had been found by the side of
he track about two miles east of Erie, and
describing the woman conductor Murray found
n the saloon, who it conjectured was the
unnatural mother, and who, to hide her shame,
lad attempted the destruction Of her offspring
'y hurting it from the cars. He returned
ep!y tina: the woman had departed on the \.
I. and E. road
The child was found by woman who
passing aud although the train was going at
he rate of twenty-five miles an hour, tic cAsf@
eas aliee aehem found! 1t was cared for in u
proper manner and was alive yesterday morn
ng when conductor Murray left Erie. No clue
vas obtained in regard to the name OF the
mother, and it is not known where she came
rom CLcrdamd Democrat.
William Wacutt, of Columbus, Ohio, has
ainted a historical picture representing the
apture Of Simon enton, a blackwoodsman Of
1872, by the Indians.
DR.. Brockett, the literary forger, of Hart
ord, may yet escape unpunIshed, as his trIenCS
ave for some time been getting up subscrip-
ion to take up the paper forged by him.
John f. Brooke, while acting as mail agent
etween Baltimore and Cincinnati, read medi-
inc, and has received his degree from the
tarling Medical College.
Mrs Kemhe was asked her opinion Of Mr..
>eecher's style of oratory, she replied "My
arther and brother studied for the church, and
hen went on to the stage Mr.. Beecher seems
ldapted to the same change of vocation"
Mr.. Pullup coming home late, "pretty full"
inds the walk slippery, and exclaims N-ver-
'ery singular wh-whenever water freezes, it
Illus fr-freczcs with the sl-slippery side up
lem'd singular"
Michael Phelan, the billard-player, is in
raining at Harlem for the great match with
,eereiter of Detroit for S., 900. The friends
If both parties very confident. Seereter
S said to have made at one time, run OF l40,
nd at another, of $50 points in carom game.
Austria is steadily preparing for the defense
# her Italian possessions. The garrison OF
Vienna is fully prepared to march at short no
ice.
Gun-5oats have been placed at themoutl of
he river Po, and the garrison OF Ferrara mas
,een reinforced.
Hon J. CLANCY Jones has recently had an
audience with the Emperor, and presented his
All the active battalions in Paris are to be
increased, making each infantry regiment one
thousand five hundred strong.
A. .+omnt was made on the 10th instant