The North-Carolinian., 1859-08-27
NC. l,o5.

closed knife, or something else hard in his hand
+ " e happened to have cur Colt near at hand,
which we got, and as we could cxtri-
cate ourself we accidentally puiietl the trigger
some four or five times, putting one ball through
his coat aHd shirt sleeves between his arm ana
body, another between his legs, piercing his
coat tai just between the skirt and waist and
a thifa somewhere else. lie Isaraged to
cape unllurt. however by lodging out side
door, aud jumped from height 81 some ii 10
% feet, hatiess with his coat tai shiyerina il,
the breeze
t IMPoRTATIoNs FOR 1S59.--The Custom Mouse
returns show. q largely increasing advance over
the last years itnportations In fact there woulG
seen % be another ''criss" getting up. # the
Assaal14nG nQgssAQn~ CT -the Year sni! sheNg as
great an iictease IS that Whith III asc,7s ~
there will be a heavy balance against the couu-
! try which will absorb much Of our gold to meete
We don't know that anything can be done to-
check these excessive mportations but it is well
/ for prudent men to lock out in time, aud avert
from themselves SO far practicable the evil
consequences which SO naturally flow from this
oyer-trading.
| ExrRAoRDINARy 1NsAN1rY.--A woman eyi-
IDENTIFY insane, arrested yesterday morning
on Stockton street She was engaged when
arrested, in throwing her money into the street
! for general scramble. She was conveyed to
the station-house. Her name is Leeds. Her
husband is at sea. She is apparently, net more
than twenty-five yeare Of age, and her appear
ance is unsuay prepossessng She seems to
be almost unsconeious OF her actual surroundings,
and entertaius herself by singing necessarily
some old ballads, the recoliectons Of happier
days, which seem to haunt her menory.-San
| Eranciseo Uerala.
TIE ISLAND OF ST. THOMAS. The telegraph
| brings US Intelligence that the island Of St.
| Thomas, in the West Indies, has been cedtd
| by Denmark to the United Ssates. This island
! lies about 3S miles east of Porto Rico and in
| lat Is 90 north atla long. Ga So west. The
| greatest length cast and west is 2 miles, and
the average breadth less than miles
It appears, upon examination, that the
!average issue of copyr,h for books for some
years past, far may be ascertained, has
| been about three thousand per annum. New
York leads in the number Of copyrights, and is
followed by Pennsy sylyaa;a and Massachusetts,
THE BIBLE IN CHINA Tile Crefzand Friend
of China, in an article referring to the great
! rebellion in China remarks that there is no
very clear evidence that it would succeed, or
no great certainty that the government would
be able to subdue it. A letter from one Of the
provinces in partial possession of the rebels
ff5iat,ssE issdsssss ss ,,ea
schools, &c It is said, however, that the III
surgents have imbibed gross, and that the
! Bible printed by them is the version OF Gutzaf
in whole or in part, in which his phraseology
and that of others are bendcd perplexingly.
NIAGARA, August 18th
BLoND1N Crosses NIAGARA.-B Bondn eros
sed the river yesterday, with ra;.u his
back. During the performance occur
red and man co years old, named Colweli
was thrown over the river bank and killed.
! Professor Maury of the National Obscrvato-
ry, has. been invited Dy the directors OF lha
Atlantic Telegraph Company, to form one Of
the consulting committee to investigate and
| advise the directors to the best arrangement
of the external form, specific gravity, and
electrical construction Of the next cable.
/ PoMoLoGIcAI. SOCIETY The Pathological So
ciety of \ orth and South Carolina met i'll this
City yesterday. We learn that although lo
was not well attend by representatives from
abroad, yet quite an interest manifested,
and large variety of ch,sice Fruit was exh-
bited, land several Interesting Addresses were
delivered .-CAarlotts Bulletin.
Cardinal Antenolli is said to contemplate
resigning his political position fapa Soregn
Secretary. This learn through private
5 letter. Whatever people may find reason to
, say politically against the eminent Antenolli,
personally he is NEST amiable gentleman and
, Il most accomplished schollr-
VICTOR EEMANuEL AND Francis JOSEPH -
A Turin letter in La N0rd, of Brussels, says
that Victor Emanuel had interview with
2 Francis Joseph after the singing Of the pre-
1 limlnaries of Nlllafranca, and that these per
senages have perfect understanding with
, each other to the affairs of Italy.
A man calling himself g. II. Knapp was ar
rested recently in Hartford. ct, for passing
counterfeit bills to the amount of $40
Among them were l 0s the Bank of Cape
Fear, Wilmington, y. c.
The present white population Of South CaraIina
including St Thomas, s.. Dennis and Prince vii
liam Parishes, from which there are as Vet no re-
turns is 3O4, ia In 1850, it was 274 G23. From
this, it will be that the tide OF ei grafton is on
the wane.-S. Cdr0tiun.
CELEBRITIES CoMISG.-Prvate letters from
Paris inform that Madame Ristori has made
y up her mind to visit the United States for the
purpose Of giving series Of her grand persona
tiOns.
r Dickens will be in America in eight weeks
a Flour is rapidly falling under tbs promise 0.
: : the new crop Most kinds can xsle brought
in New York at three dollars g barre! cheaper
e than during the first week in April!
,, ,. The following is bit Of sensible advice ia
y young men Live temperate, 20 to church
attend to your affairs, love all the girls, marry
one Of then, live like man, and prepare to
u die Christian
|, There 20 less tlsar 600 lodges Of Free
| MaSOnS in the United States nearly all O