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office up stairs opposite SCARR'S drug store J A Family Paper, devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, litiralare, and Miscellany!
BY WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOR ANI PROPRIETOR.
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
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T?E. A. YATSS, (
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
(VOLUME 6.
3NTw Series Numr270.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1857.
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Tjand. Sale.
The Bnbscriben offer for sale
i"2iii Arrt'! ol Land
In one body (one thousand or
which is in woods) lying in
(aston county on both sides of the
South Folk of the Catawba River,
1 1 mi , v th-west Charlotte, ami within
ihpt- nsils of tiH- line ol JCailroaa now pniMlng
fft, : Charlotte to Lincolnton.
Also, Two Hundred Acres, one-third of which
i- under rultivalioa.
A;--. ''''' Acns on the South Fork in a good
ilstr ( i-u'ith atioo.
I . tjmwwtt m 1 Fanning; Land.-, and will
- in kits to suit purchasers. Terms eaajr.
On of the tnu-ts tin re is a water power
r.t l t't. with command of the whole River.
penmaa wishing to examine these Lands w3I
t itti add la by the parties :tt Smwesvilh.
J. &. E. B. STOWE.
Pharlaftr . Tnnrt o, ltJS7. 48-tf
3N Head or Keel
Cattle Wanted.
Also, 500 HEAD OF
SHEEP 100 I
Head of HOGS,
And 12 or IS No. 1 Mild tows.
I DESIRE N pmrhsse the above amount of
Siim-U. Thosrhai any for sr will do w II to
give a rail, as I am willing to pay the highest
awrkH price. Fannerswill tind it to their advan-
tfp t sell th. r J'.e- ves. Sheep or ll.'gs to Hie
instead of butchering themselves. SS 1 think I
raa araMtaerate iheui as well if not better than it
th'-v batcbemd th uwelves.
W. A. COOK,
Chariatte, July 14, l--"7. Town Butcher.
BOOTS & SHOES.
ssa
Just Received
r it in E
SPRING & SIMMER TRADE,
As fine an Assortment of
BOOtE CXX3lC3- SllOCS
As has ever been offered t :i
Southiiu People.
Call mm see them at
BOONE A: GO'S STORE.
jrv3" Terms, CASH.
March 17. 185;
. . Ml UrillSoN. A.J. HOW K.I.I..
MURCHISON 6c HOWELL,
r (Kin ri rTTT A 1T''"PO
S R L A M V
.Vo. lot Wail Street, JT. I.
Feb. i:7. iy
DR. R. WYSONG,
Charlotte. Pf.
AVI; located in this place, respectfully
"tfers his ifi wiioasl Services to the citi-
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zeaa ol the town and vicinity.
l & OFFICE in the new brick building,
sppatae the burnt district, Main Street.
April 28th l-."7.
BREM & STEELE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
IS
Hardware, Hat, and Shoes
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
May 5, 1857. 44-tf
MILLINERY AND
DRESS-MAKING,
Respectfully informs the Ladies of Charlotte
sad :einity. that she has returned, and orlers
hi r services to her old customers and friends.
RESIDENCE CPPOSITE THE 0ST OFFICE-
Chariotte, June ;, 1867.
DR. B. CHERAS
51 !:' located at MONKOE, t aders his pro
''loaal services to the t'" ot the Town
:i : surTounduts country, and respectfully soli-
C'I t!i ir patronap1.
I v MHce at J. Uickett s.
Ai" 'l .. 4:?-:?m
Xif' For the Neatest stock of Clothing
v,.u ever saw go to the Emporium of Fash
: of FULLINGS ,v- CO.
Jy Fot the Prettiest stock of Clothing
you ever s;iw goto the Emporium of Fasli-
' w T L i.l.:.N.S ,v:
iCi'" For the Cheapest stock of Clothing
' ! evt saw go to the Emporium of Fa&h
11 of FULLINGS dr CO.
mm
rY re
Bsssag
Country Merchants
Are respectfully invited to
cull and examine my Wholesale
Prices of choice
A1D ItlEOlClNES,
put up in any stylo to order, hy
PRITCHARD,
Druggist and Apothecary,
July 28, 1HS7. Irwin's Corner.
Otto of Rose
A large assortment of Lubins', Glenn's and
J. Hanles' splendid EXTRACT TOILET
WATKUS, Soaps, prushes, Alc, inc., just
at hand, at
Pritchard's Fancy Drug Store,
July 2S. Irwin's Corner.
Port MoMiaiefe
A new and beautiful assortment, just
received at
Pritchard's Drug and Chemical House,
July 88. Irwin's Corner.
Blake's Aromatic Bitters,
Aa excellent Tonic and anti-Dyspeptic medi
cine, just at hand at
PntcharvFi Dcjt of choice
Family Medicine,
July 2S. Irwin's Comer.
Yeast Powder, Yeast I'owdcr,
Now soiling at 15 cents per Box, (former
price 25 cents,) at
J'ritcliard's Homer Store.
July 23.
SOLUBLE ESS. OF CAMPHOR,
For diseases of the Throat, Mouth, Stomach
and Bowels, prepared and sold at
J' riti hard's Drug and Chi inical Store,
Ju y 18. Irwin's Corner.
C'oiBiiitioaa Iotv tiers.
Farmers and others intertsted in fine Stock,
are assured that these preparations are unsiir
psssed as a in alth-ghms remedy for Horses,
Cuttle, and all kinds ot S:ock. For sale at
Pritckmrdm Wholesale, and
K tail Drug House,
Jstly 2S. Irwin's Corner.
Patent Medicines.
Call at PRITQHAKD'S DRUG STORK,
Irwm's ( orner, for the most approved and
popoI.it medicines of the day.
July2S.
OILS, OILS, OILS,
A large and complete assortment for all uses
and purposes, just to hand at
J'richard's Dispensing Drug Store,
July 28. Irwin's Corner.
Dye Stuffs, Jye tutt's,
The very best of tiiis class oi articles, con-
i sisting, in jai t, ol"
.Solution of Tin,
Extract of Logwood,
Cochineal, Bladder, tc,
may bt bought low at
J'i '-it chard's Drug House,
July 28. Irwin's Comer.
" DYSENTERY AND DIAF.RKCEA
CORDIAL.
Jacoli's, Stabler's and Benard's Bemedies
for the above diseases are the best now in
use, at
Pritdiard's Wholesale Drug House,
July '28. Irwin's Corner.
TRY IT! TRY IT! !
HelinbohTs Concentrated Extract ofBueha,
the li'-st uiediciue in the world tor the class of
Diseases it proposes to treat. Try it. For sale al
jf'i ri chard's Drug House,
July 23. Irwin's Comer.
BOOKS
For Sale
AT TIM'.
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
The American Sportsman: containing
hints to Sportsmen, notes on shootinir, and the
habits of the Came Birds and Wild Fowl of
Arm-rica, by Lewis.
The Golden Legact: a storv of Life's
Phases.
h'li i s from the FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, or Ser
mons to Children, by Rev. R. NEWTON, D. D.
Tin. Daisv Chain or Aspirations: a Family
Chronicle.
SmtEFAc Recollections : A Way-Side
Glimpse of American Life, by Waler Makch.
Kathie BkaNOE: a Fireside History of a
Quiet Life, by Holme Lee.
Household Mysteries, by Lizzie Titt.
El GRINGO, or New Mexico and her People.
Paul Fane, by N. P. Willis.
Via , or the War of the Peasants and the
Conscript: two intciestinc Romances bound in
one volume.
Tut: Napoleon Dynasty, or the History of
the Bonaparte Family: an entirely new work, by
the Berkley Men, with twenty-two authentic
Portraha.
CaU at P. J. LOWRIETS
Book Store.
March 31, 1857. iJO-tr"
H.
B. Dowler &. Co's
CELEBRATED
WHEAT FANS.
The subscribers are now engaged stMosrroe,
tin km county, X. C, in patting up the above
named Fans. In their manner of construction
and operations and entire adaptation to the pur
poses for which they are designed, these 1 ans
are urn quailed by any thai ha . heretofore been
off red to the public. They are constructed ot
the best niaieiials, and none bur the best work
men are employed. An experi nee of five years
in the busiuess justifies the belief that entire
satisfaction will be given.
All our work is warranted.
; ;JA11 orders will receive prompt attention
and the machinery delivered according to order.
Jit ftrcners:
D. A. Covington, J. P. Houston, Mucroc, N C.
Janu s B Robinson, Benj Morrow, Mecklenburg
county.
Win t; Smith. Dr Wadk'ms. Anson county.
ROSE & STEEL.
MONROE, Union county, March :20th. Cm
Situation lVa?ited.
A gentlemaa who is comr tent to take charge
of an English school, or the English department
of sn Acad my, d sires a situation ss Teacher.
Sati factory references girun,botha to character
and ability. Inquire at this oft-.ce, or address
JUNIUS.
July 7, 1357. 5t-pd Charlotte. X. C.
John Henry Wayt, H. !.,
SURGEON DENTIST,
(Graduate of the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery,)
Having located permanently, tenders his pro
fessional services to the citizens of
Charlotte, N. C., and
vicinity.
Dr. Wayt prepares and inserts artificial palates
and obturators, and attends to the correction of
congenital and accidental deformities of the
teeth and jaws. He is also prepared to insert
artificial teeth, after the most approved methods.
I ; " Ladies waited ou at their residences if
re jnired-
Office on Tryou Street, in Carson's new
hi ilding, up stairs.
,vov. 18th, 20 tf.
Ready-Made Clothing
AND
Fiirniftiiiisr Establishment.
SPRINGS & HEATH
RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and
the public generally that they have received and
are receiving an extensive assortment of Ready
Made Clothing at their old stand on the north
side of Mint street, to which they invite atten
tion. Gentlemen's COATS;
Anionjr their stock may be found Black Cloth
Coats, single and double breasted; black and
j drab Alpacca in Sacks, I rocks and Kaplans;
j French and English Drap-d'Ete; plain and ian
i cv Cassimere, gotti n up in nice suits; plain and
fancy Linen Marseilles, in suits; -white Linen
Drill and Linen Duck; each style embracing
the different cuts, Sacks. Frocks and Raglans.
PANTALOONS;
Tants of French and American Cassimeres.
black and fancy; black and fancy Alpacca, steel
cloth and French and English Drap-d'Ete ; plain
and fancy Linen and Marseilles of all grades.
They would call especial attention to their lot
of
VESTS,
both shiple and double breasted, embracing black
and figured Silk, black Satin, and the prettiest
lot of Marseilles Vests ever offered in this market.
Gents Furnishing Goods,
The largest lot in this market, consisting in part
of plain and fancy Linen and Cotton
Collars, Byron & Bishop; linen and cotton Draw
ers ; plain and fancy Hosiery ; Gloves, silk, kid,
&C-; a variety of Cravats, silk and linen ; Hand
kerchiefs, silk and linen ; Suspenders, &c, Sec.
AISO,
A fine lot of HATS for the Summer wear, em
bracing all the latest styles of the Silk, Cassitnere
and Felt Hats; Straw, Leghorn, and Panama do.
They offer the above Goods
1 rER Y LO W FOR CA SIT,
or to punctual dealers on tune, with the express
understanding that accounts arc due when they
want tlie money.
They return their thanks to their customers for
the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon
tin m, and hope to merit a continuance of the
same by diligence in business and untiring ef
forts to please. Call and examine their Goods.
SPRINGS 6c HEATH,
Charlotte, N. C.
April 7, 18r7. 40-tf
FOR THE LADIES
"5. 0 I jj 33 'i, o
A large assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth
Brushes of every quality; French, English and
American Pomades for the hair; Lubin'a Ex
tracts of Jockey club, violet, marechale, tea
rose, cedar, heleotrope, rose, new mown hay,
sweet scented shrub, sweet pea, ntouseline,
bouquet Napoleon, summer, blossom, milleflow
ers, upper ten. jasmine, Caroline, musk.
Cologne, Verbena, Jasmine, and Geranium
Waters, Ac. Just received at
SCARE fc CO'S
April 14th. lrug Store.
Temple of Fashion
JS NOW OP EX.
Sometking Eiitirelj' New.
GENTLEMEN, one and all, young and old,
who wish to wear Good, Fine Clothes, goto
J. W. COLE'S
SEW CI.UTH1.Mj! emporium,
First Door above Kerr's Hotel,
formerly occupied by Lowrie's Book Store,
where you can get the best fits and the finest
clothes for the least money than anywhere else
in the State. The good;; are all made up to
order expressly for this market. Everything is
gotten up in the very latest and neatest styles,
and the making of every piece is
Warranted
to last, or otherwise made good. Let all go
and look at his well selected stock of Ready
made Clothing, and be sure to examine his
prices; he will pnt you up a suii so low that you
will be compelled to wear fine clothes.
Gentlemen wishing any particular suits, by
leaving their measures, can have 'hem in 12
days, warranted to suit or no
sales.
He intends to sell very low and conduct a
strictly Cash Business. The purchaser will
certainly find the Cash System at least 20 per
cent, in his favor. His motto is "(ptick sales
and small profits." for CASH ONLY. Yes, if
yon want the worth of your money come to me.
J. W. COLE, Ag t.
Charlotte, April 28, 1-37. Om
DR. II. M. PIUTCHARD'S
DRIG STORE
IS REMOVED to the Stan! on the Xorth
earner of Public Square, known as Irwin's Cor
ner, where he will be glad to set his friends and
customers.
May 12, 1637. 45-lf
Cigar, Tobacco,
FRUITJ3TORE:
THE subscriber respectfully informs the citi
zens of Charlotte aud surrounding country, that
he has just received a splendid assortment of
SPANISH CIGARS
of the choicest brands. Also, a fine article of
CH EW ING TOBACCO,
FUC ITS d- CONFECTIONERIES.
JAS. D. PALMER,
Opposite Boone &, Co.s Shoo Store.
Charlotte. April 7, 1 B57. 40-tf
WESTERS DE MOCRAT.
CHARLOTTEa
Devastation by a Wateh Spoct. The
Quebec Journal contains a thrilling de
scription of the progress of a water spout
which devasted the parish of St. Eleazor,
on the 18th ult, Beauce county. The
information is furnished by the priest of the
parish, who states that the first warning the
people had was a noise, like that of the sea
in a storm, proceeding from a large and
dark cloud overhanging the place. Soon
the cloud seemed to btrst, letting fall
towards the earth a long tram, somewhat
in the shape of a funnel, with the small end
turned downwards. It revolved rapidly,
hissing like escaping steam, and swinging
to and fro, and imitating the contortions of
a snake. When the small end reached the
ground, it lifted and carried away in its
revolving impetus whatever it came in
contact with. Boards, timber, stones and
portions of houses were whirled in the air
and thrown at a distance with a fearful
report. Several houses were thus raized to
the ground. One horse and three cows
were drawn by the power of suction to the
water-spout, and after being raised high in
the air were let gradually down; the
escaped uninjured and were only covered
with mud. Five carts were carried to a
o-reat height and thrown across some fields
into the wood, being smashed by the fall.
Large trees, such as maples, were uprooted
and removed a distance of live acres. This
phenomenon, although disastrous and awful,
must, however, have been a sublime
sigltt.
Animal diet J3au for Children.
There is no greater error iu the manage
ment of children than that of giving them
animal diet very early. By persevering in
the use of an over stimulating diet, the di
gestivo organs become irritated, and the
various secretions, immediately connected j
with, and necessary to digestion, are dimin
ished, especially the biliary secretion ; and
constipation of the bowels, and congestion
of tho abdominal circulation, succeed.
Children so fed become, moreover, very lia
ble to attacks of fever and of Inflammation,
affecting particularly the mucous mem
branes ; and measles, and other diseases
incident to childhood, are generally severe
iu their attack. In reference to this last
rer.ark, a distinguished medical gentleman
mentioned to us that, in families whero chil
dren lived on simple diet, if they were seiz
ed with measles, whooping cough, mumps,
and similar diseases, he never called but
once, as he knew there was no danger ; but
that in families where an opposite course
was pursued, he always expected trouble.
Perpetual Motion. The editor of the
London Builder thinks the following in
stances come as near perpetual motion as
any one can desire : In the rotunda at
Woolwich Barracks there is, he says, a
clock, moved by machinery, which has been
going for more than forty years. He further
states that he knows a gentleman who has
had a watch in his possession for more than
30 years, hermetically sealed, which there
is no means of winding, which tells the day
of the week, the hours, minutes, seconds,
months, and he believes years, and how far
you walk in the day. It cost 500, and
was made by a Frenchman iu Paris. It
was left with Mr. Oldham, of the Bunk of
Ireland, for six weeks, and locked up in his
strong box, when the gentleman weut into
tho country, about 25 years ago, and the
watch goes well, he believes, to this moment.
Summer Luxuries. The New York
Daily News says that, after the Fourth of
Julv, no frequenter of the fashionable
thoroughfares of that city can fail to notice
the sudden falling off on the promenade.
Four-fifths of the fashionables at least,
disappear from the sidewalks. Yet the
News asserts that not ten thousand people
in the city, which contains 000,000 inhabi
tants, go, for any length of time into the
country, in the summer season. They do
not go to the Springs, nor to the Seashore,
nor to the Mountains. What then becomes
of the four-tii'ths who have mysteriously
disappeared ? According to the News,
nine-tenths of them pretend to go into the
countrv, shut the iront doors and bunds,
cut off the o;as and the water, and go j
into the back-rooms
keep up appearances !
and the attics, to
SlMTLE CCRE FOR A Sn'AKE BlTE. Mr
John Andrews, of tlus district, informs us
that a few days since he was fishing; he had
with him a small negro boy, who, mistaking
a moca-in for a stick, picked it up, and was
bi tten on tfa e th u m b. M r A
had frequently
been informed that his grandfather one of
our oldest settlers, who was a great hunter,
had never failed to prevent any evil conse- ;
quences resulting from a snake bite, by j
washing the wound in water, and at the
same time squeezing out the oison. He, ;
in this case resorted to this cure. Holding
the wounded member under water, be
wndird if for some time. Tbe cure was '
complete; the t mi nib
did not even
!. i
The bite of the moc:
;asin is a much dreaded
jsnake. This statement '
that of the rattles
maybe relied on. Mr Andrewsis a man of
character. Darlington Flag. '
COL. YELL'S FIRST COURT. -
FOUNDED OU FACT.
When Col. Archibald Yell, afteywards
killed at the battle of Buena Vista, had taken
his seat for the first'timft upon the Bench,
tho first case on the docket was called,
and the plaintiff stood ready. It was a
case that had been in litigation for five
years. Gen. Smoot arose for the defen
dant, and remarked in an overbearing tone.
"Our witnessesare absentj and therefore,
I demand that the case be continued until the
next term, in course."
"Let the affidavit be filed, for not till then
eau I entertain a motion for continuance,"
was the reply of the Judge.
"Do you doubt my word as to the fact ?"
exclaimed Gen, Smoot, sharply, and invol
untarily raising his huge sword cane.
"Not at all," replied the Judge, with his
blandest smile, "but the law requires that
the facts justifying a continuance must ap
pear ou record, and the court has no power
to annul a luw, nor any wish to see it an
nulled." Tho Judge's calm and business-like tono
and manner only served to irritate the bul
ly, and he retorted, shaking his sword cane
in the direction of the beuch :
"Whatever be the law, I, for one, will
not learn it from the lips of an upstart
demagogue and a coward."
Judge Yell's blue eye shot lightning, but
he only turned to the clerk, and said :
"Clerk, you will enter a fine of $50
against Gen. Smoot, as I see him named on
my docket, and be sure you issue an imme
diate execution."
He had hardly communicated the order,
when Gen. Smoot was seen rushing towards
him, brandishing his sword cane, all his
features writhing with murderous wrath,
and pallid as a corpse. Every glance was
fixed on tho countenance of the Judge, for
all wished to know how he -would break the
coming of the duellist's fierce assault.
But none however, could detect the slightest
change iu his appearance. His cheek grew
neither red nor white, nor did a nerve seem
to tremble ; his calm eyo surveyed the ad
j rancing foe, with as little sign of pertuba
tion as a chemist might show while scruti-
nizing the effervescence of some novel mix
ture. He sat perfectly still, with a staff of
painted iron in his hand. Smoot ascended
the platform, and immediately aimed a
tremendous blow at the head of his foe. At
that blow five hundred hearts shuddered,
aud more than a dozen voices shrieked, all
expecting to see the victim's scull shivered
fo atoms. The general astonishment may
then be conceived, when they beheld the
little iron staff describe a quick curve, as
the great sword cane flew from Smoot's
fingers, and fell with a great clatter at tlve
distance of twenty feet in the hall ! The
baffled bully uttered a cry of wrath, wild as
that of some wounded beast of prey, and
snatched his bowie knife from its sheath ;
but ere it was poised for the desperate
plunge, tho little iron staff cut another
curve, and tho bowie knife followed the
sword cane. He then hastily drew a re
volving pistol, but before he had time to
touch tho trigger, his arm was struck
powerless by his side. And then, for the
first time, did Judge Yell betray percepti
ble emotion. He stamped his foot until the
platform shook beneath him, and shouted,
in trumpet tones :
"Mr. Clerk, you will blot this ruffian's
name from the roll of attorneys, as a foul
disgrace to the bar. Mr. Sheriff, take the
criminal to jail."
The latter officer sprang to obey this
mandate, and immediately a scene of con
fusion took place which no pen can describe.
The bravoes and myrmidon friends of Gen.
Smoot gather around to obstruct the sheriff,
while many of the citizens lent their aid to
sustain the authority of the court. Mena
ces, screams, and horrid curses, the ring of
impending and crossing steel, alternate cries
of rage and pain, all commingled with the
awful explosion of firearms, blended together
a vivid idea of Pandemonium. But through
out the tempestuous strife, two individuals
might be observed as leaders of the whirl
wind and riders of the storm. The new
Judge used his little iron cane with terrible
efficiency, crippling limbs, yet sparing life.
Bill Buffum, imitating the clemency of his
honored friend, disdaining the use of either
knife or pistol, actually trampled and crush
ed down all opposition, roaring at every
furious blow : "This is the way to preserve
order in court;" a sentiment which he ac
companied with wild ncals of laughter. In
less than two minutes the party of the Judge
S .
triumphed, and the clique of Gen. Smoot
suffered a disastrous defeat, and the bully
himself was born away to prison.
Such was the debut of Archibald Yell in
Arkansas; and from that day, his popularity
as a man, as a Judge, as a hero, and as a
politician, went on rapidly increasing, till,
eclipsing the oldest and most powerful
names, it set on the bloody eve of Buena
Vista.
On the 20th July, at the City Exchange
in New Orleans, Col. W. Williams began
to eat a thousand eggs in a thousand hours;
Le fato thoWMnd -m 4,
, , . .
d'vs and 10 hours amounting to one
thousand hours
without the impossible
condition of eating each seperate egg
separate hour. IKe bet is for a th
in each
tousand
dollars between
Hutchison,
Williams and Cr. W.
A MODEL BANDIT
The Parisians quote various whimsicali
ties of a certain Lord H n English
nobleman, now dead, who figured for a long
time in the saloons of Paris as one of the
most honorable representatives of English
eccentricity. Traveling once iu Italy, at
a date when the bandittiwho, whatever
skeptics may say, have never entirely dis
appeared were in full activity, Lord H
ventured one day alone in a postehase upon
a road of very bad repute, not haing even
his body-servant, whom ho had sent else
where on an errand. He did not kow that
the soldiery were at this time ou a vigorous
hunt through this region, and was none the
les6 tranquil for his ignorance : when t.d
denly there sprang towards the carriage,
from a thicket, a man whose picturesque
dress but too clearly indicated his profes
sion. Lord II took a pistol and a cool
aim at tho brigand, who shouted :
"Mercy ! I was not attacking you ; I sur
render. I am pursued. Save mo !"
The galloping of horses was heard at no
great distance. Tho nobleman thought it
quite piquant that a bandit should solicit a
traveler's protection on tho highway ; the
confidence touched him ; the simplicity
amused him.
"So be it," said he ; "jump on tho scat ;
wrap my cloak around you, and draw this
cap over your eyes."
The soldiers appeared. "Have you seen
a man running this way a bandit we are
after?" they asked. u
The traveler made a sign in the negative ;
the postillion always ou good terms with
banditti, and often their accomplice was
careful not to betray the secret ; so tho
pursuers went on.
"Ah, my lord, you have saved my life.
But for your mercy, I should have been
hung."
"Then you have committed many crimes?'
"No bad ones. But I ask nothing better
than a chance to be an honest man. Would
you take me into your service ?"
This proposition, which would have made
an ordinary traveler jump, was favorably
received by the eccentric Englishman. "I
should like to do so," he answered ; "you
interest me."
"Thanks, my lord. It is agreed, then ?
You will take me for your servant ?"
"No, I have one ; and, really. I don't
very well know what place to give you 1
have but one vacant ; 1 havo just discharg
ed my steward."
"Why ?"
"He robbed me."
"The wretch !"
That word pronounced by that man,
pleased the noble lord. He left Italy with
his new retainer, wdio established himself
entirely in tho master's good graces, li.
was such an irresistible oddity to give a
bandit a place of trust. Tlie rich English
man thought it extremely original to givo
the keys of his cash and the care of his
money matters to a man wLo had been used
to stripping travelers on the highways ;
but, what is more extraordinary, he never
had occasion to repent it ; for the ex-bandit,
wrought to enthusiasm hy so prodigious
a mark of confidence, persisted in the good
resolutions which the Englishman had judg
ed to be sincere. Far from continuing his
former trade in the propitious situation of
steward, he became a model of probity,
disinterestedness, and delicacy, and his
noble master's fortune prospered iu his
loyal care.
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A Kidnapper Abroad. A letter from
Rev. J. N- Barker to the Editor, communi
cates the following : Not long since a negro
girl was kidnapped, in the neighborhood of
Elk Spur P. O. in Wilkes county, by some
person unknown.
About the same time an attempt was
made to steal another negro girl, a sister of
the first ; but the lady of the house, a Mrs.
Harris came upon the thief, und the attempt
failed. The man who was detected in tho
second instance is supposed to be the same
who kidnapped the negro girl's sister. His
name is not kuown : he is of medium size,
of dark complection, has short black hair,
black eyes, and very white teeth. The
negro girl stolen by him, is only four or
five years old, and is well grown. Her
name is Plutina, but she is usually called
"Tine." It is suspected in the neighbor
hood that the rogue sold his prey iu Salis
bury. Wo comply with tho request to publish
this account, in the hope that it may possi
bly lead to tho detection of the thief. Any
information should be directed to "Neigh
bors," or tho Po.-t Master at Elk Spur,
Wilkes county, N. C. Raleigh Age.
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The happiest man in the world is the man
with just wealth enough to keep him in
spirits, and just children enough to make
him industrious.
The other day an old lady rushed into
the garden in search of her daughter, on
being told that the young lady had gone
there with a "rake."
The following, is said to be on a
tombstone somewhere in Connecticut, but
never before published :
'Here lies my wife, Adelia Ann,
The woman that I made A. Mann;
She lied alive, and now lies dead.
To prove the truth of what she said."
RENOVATINGJCIiDfLANDS
Editor Southern Cultivator : Please
give the cheapest mode of renovating a poor
sandy soil by turning under green crops, in
your next No., for the information of your
subscribers that cultivate poor sandy land
How would the following process do for
improvement, iu tho absence of manures,
such as guano, poudrette, &c., to be ap
plied, viz : on stubble laud, or land that has
lain idle this year ? To sow and turn un
der peas with the green vegetable matter
that is growing upon it iu tho fall ; sowing
it down with wheat for next yeur'a crop.
Or sowing it down with rye, to be turned
under next spring for plant ing a com crop.
WTilI such a course, aided b- such manuro
as can be raised on a small farm, and a re
gular rotation of corn, wheat and peas, im
prove tho soil and make it productive?
I find by experience that scattering pino
straw, leaves, ice, over the land nnd burn
ing it off previous to sowing wheat, or plant
ing com, has a ury marked effect in im
proving the crop, and, when conveuientiy
obtained, to haul into the field, wiil pay well
on light sandy soils. My method for wheat
is to scatter in the nioruiug as much as can
be plowed in the next day. After sunset
I burn it off, it becomes cold by morning,
and the dew dumps it sufficiently to stick
the afhes to the ground and prevent tho
wind from blowing tlieni away next day
while being plowed ia. And for corn I
open a deep furrow, and fill it full from oud
to end, burn off nnd tarn two furrows on
the ashes as soon as tkey become cool en
ough for a horse to walk, then either drill
or check, planting tho corn on the ashes,
thus covered up. In the absence of manuro
this is a good method on light sady soils.
Would such soils bo benefitted by subsoil
ing? Would portions of Sandy soils around
swamp, and in hollows that are of a close,
loamy quality, with a subsoil inclining to
clay, aud that sometimes, or in some places
seems to bo dead and unproductive, bo im
proved by subsoiling ? Would portions of
low sandy laud, inclining to be moist, with
(in some spots) large portions of the oxide
of iron, be benefitted by subsoiling ; the
application of lime or gypautn ; nnd what
quantity per acre-? Would nny of the
above qualities of land bo benefitted by
sowing down with grass and pastured ?
And what kind would suit the different soils
best. ?
" Vnnrs, most respectfully, S. D.
Sawyer's Mills, S. C, June, 1857.
The course indicated by our subscriber,
viz : manuring and deepening tho soil, lies
at the bottom of ull agricultural improve
ment, and if he follows out faithfully the
different plans ho suggests he cannot fail
to bo remunerated by a vast increase of
product from his lands. There are few, if
any, land which are not benefitted by sub
soiling plaster or gypsum is an excellent
top dressing for growing crops of Pea,
Clover, Arc, and lime aids greatly in de
composing green manures and preparing
them to feed other plants. Ed.
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LE CLAIMING AN OLD FIELD.
Deep Ploicing ffc.
A correspondent of the East Tcnnesecean
writing from Laurel Spring, under the date
of May 18, says :
Mr Swan : Permit me to relate the fol
lowing experiment iu subsoiling, as related
to ino by a Mr. Louis, who resides a few
miles west of Knoxville, and spends a por
tion of his time and capital in supplying this
vicinity in goods and groceries, on easier
and better terms than we have had before.
Mr. Louis had an old field of 25 acres, the
surface soil completely exhausted, he plow
ed and sub-soiled twice and reached the
depth of fifteen inches, and seeded iu wheat
and says it now looks more vigorous, and
bids fairer for a heavy yield por acre, '.han
he ever had on the best portions of his well
cultivated farm. I for one feel thankful to
him or any other gentleman for trying to
blot out such stains, as (old fields) in a
christain and reading community. An ex
hausted and worn out field, with a limestone
base and clay surface, if it has depth of soil
cannot be worn out, for if the clay, which
rests upon the rock should bo 5(1 feet, it
will be more productive near the bottom on
exposure than the top. I could cite you to
hundreds of cases to prove this fact with
out chemical analysis. Look at the cjirtu
thrown from mines, wells, deep cut rr.eif ,
&c, after one winter's frost, it will givo
you a new species of herbs of luxurious
growth. This is one point in regard to the.
true philosophy of deep or sub-soil plowing,
and yet there is another important point
gained by deep cultivation, In an extreiuo
cold winter, like tho past, whero wheat has
been sown on shallow plowed land it is
much winterkilled for want of depth of root.
I yesterday passed through afield of wheat,
sown in corn, the last plowing of the corn
was thrown hardly to the bill, and gave a
deep loose bed near the hill. Now this
wheat looks as if it had been drilled iu rows
4 feet apart, all the centre being winter
killed, it could not get depth of root.
Yours respectfully,
Caevin Post.
Jfcgr When great jtoople are in distress
they are apt to receive very liberal proffers
ofau'stance from little ones. Ah, what
shall I do? exclaimed a horse in a quagmire,
T ike hold of my tail, squeaked a pompous
little mouse.