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jTvTHlRD HERlEa. " SALISBURY N. C.-lnE fog, ? N4 -WHLTa 88 1 ' . 1 " " i--1 - - ' PUBLI8EDED WEEKKT : J. J. fiRUNEE, proprietor and Editoi . J, J. STEWART Associate Editor. .y B VTF.N OF M B WIl'tlOM WEEKLY WATCHMAN. .! navabie in advance. . . . ,$2.( 0 m 1I..VHK ...... iiTEBTISISO RATES t 8,0A(nnch)On.ilnrUo $100 " ... II . . rpter number 01 lnneruons The House we all Live in. BY BISHOP CLARK, OF RHODE ISLAND. It is a very extraordinary edifice sometimes beautiful beyond discretion j but, not goodiy to look upon, when the outer covering ia removed, and the beam and rafters are exported. The human skeleton is the greatest of all marvels in the wmf of mechanic art, and yet it is uot attractive to the eye. This, however, maw De attriuuierr to the taw ot associa tion. There is a great deal going on in tin- habitation, over which the tenant has no direct control. It has its cookius apart' v a ctnU per a Z Special notices 26 per cent, more f 7,U,BU "TT TUJ . " . 1 omuar adrertisementB. Reading notice, his part, all sorts of articles are in the "ZTT i.np for each and every insertion. process of manufacture tissues of won derful texture and fineness, solid beams and rafters and arches of bone, hinges, bolts, escapements, valves, springs, flexi ble oords and bauds aud ligaments, capa ble of bearing an enormous strain, all made out of tbe raw material, and in the most finished, workmanlike manner. Every principle in mechanics which sci ence has discovered seems to have -been TIT Mwi a m i VI (WRITTEN rOKTUI ivimn., FOLKS AT THE PAIR. CANTO VI. Spring -miles again ceased constant rain And floods, that, by the pow'ra. sir, Bared Adam's bones 1 What dulcet tones Of bees among the flow'r, sirl Ths pets of science roam abroad Both Linneim, and Godman ; And, with the drying of the road, Tbe famous lightning-rod man ! Oh I when his great long wagona come, And halt beside your door, air, Thank Qod he's found you have a home, And knows' you aint dog poor, sir! Reward his zeal now to protect You, nome one's interested And wondering poor folks' eyes attract By greenbacks thus invested ! On thing at least we know full well When Jove's red flash descends, sir, Ws fool clodhoppers never fail To seise with both our hands, sir, That safety rod for we can swear, By Maia's Jove that sucked her, The bolt will strike just ev'ry where Except on that conductor ! And late in June, with fuss and froth, Look out for little peddkrs, With book and map and table-cloih Confound the prating meddlers ! If I was (irant, I soon would plant 'Em all at Rumple's bridge, air Qivs Banquo McFee good company Prom Erin and Bandy Kldge, sir ! Then in July, when suns are hot, Collie literary codgers, A -searching round ihe drug-store lot For Messrs. Klutts and Rogers! Then In July, they cry, "Shoo-ffy ! Don't bother dis poor nigger ! Dey am, Sir The, too hard for me Gumjogriffy snd figger !" Late in the fall, we'll have a tall Ftnce-building round the County1 Rail-splitters and Commifchncra all To draw a gen'rous bounty ! Who lets his stock desert the flock Be fined for misdemeanor ! Root little pig root round the rock, And lift the acorns cleaner I We'll do and dare, and have a Fair Somewhere in J u vein ember "Folks at the Fair" may then be there Some few things to remember The hairless horse the gambling wheel The old gas-blowing winner The Yankee notions that appeal So strong for Ksrollner I When cold winds blow, and drifts the snow, Wil! matter gun's resound, sir! The poHMiim be will laugh with glee When 'tSiramon time cornea round, sir I We'll shoot irum taw, by the partridge law, And net him in the brake, sir! He'll wih and ery it was July, And be a big black unake, air I anticipated in the work-shops ol the human frame. It also has its laboratories, where salts, acids, alkalies, and numberless other sub stances act upon each other, in strict accordance with the laws of modern cbein istry; gases are resolved into fluids, and fluids into solicit, and then the solids are resorted to their original molecules; biil liant hues are extracted from metals, to color tbe blood and give cbartn to -the eye; and eveu the elixer of life after which the old alchemist toiled so long and so vainly, is evolved in the processes of transmutation that are going on there. Long before the electric aire was stretched in the air or laid in the bosom of tbe deep, this wondeiful house was fur. nished with the most perfect batteries, and the magnetic communication carried lustant orders from one story of the build ing to another, and brought back the response, with the greatest possible accu racy. The! whole principle of the steam-engine is also to be found its i he .-:ruct ai e which we wiH inhabit. There is an interior turnacfe which we furuirth wit h stated sup plies ot fuel a regular draught of air feeding the flame motion is generated by the combustion, aud the wheels of life turn mote or less rapidly, as this central engine happens to be in good or bad ol der Ol these departments, as we have ai reuuy shiu, loo occupant of the house has uo immediate control. His presence is indeed indispensable, for the moment that he moved away, everything that is going on there ceases, the work shops are quiet, tbe. fires go out in the laboratory, the batteries aud engines become useless ; but, as long as he remains, all the mechan ical and chemical processes will go ou, in some fashion, in spite of him. But it is possible for him to disturb the orderly workiug ot things, by bi folly of neglect. He may withhold tbe proper supplies, and et the fare buru so low as to impede tbe actiou of the machine; or be may intro duce vloleut inflammables that subject it to a strain which it cannot bear. When the Mississippi engineer empties tar, pitch, and turpentine into the oven, you may a rm ooit out tor an explosion, l here is many with their ha ds, with snch rapidity that the eye could uot follow it. On express ing my surprise at the marvelous skill, I was told that instead of its being a difficult thing to do, it would be only by a possi tive resistance of the will that they could avoid doing it., whenever the position of tbe machine indicated the time for its preforraance. I once delivered a lecture automatically. Having an engagement to speak iu Phila delpbia in aid of the Gettysburg monu ment turd, 1 found my sell without any manuscript. Although I had given tbe lecture a number ot times, so that it was familiar to my mind, it would have been impossible for me to repeat it me mo r iter alone in my study; but, trusting to tbe law of association, and trying to avoid any positive effort to recall the language or the order of thought, I started tbe auto matic machine, aud it ran for more than au hour with only one or two breaks, and these were occasioned simply by a feeling of anxiety, which led me to try and an ticipate what was coming next. So far as I was conscious, the wh"le thing was purely mecbauical, aud, perhaps the audi euce thought softoo. Some men tell us that everything is automatic; thought is only a flash of phosphorescence in the brain; affection a nervous deposit; conscience a certain condition of the glands; body and soul are the same thing. ''Instinct, passion, thought, etc , are effects of organized sub stances. I feel that I am as completely the result of my nature, and impelled to do what I do as the needle to point to the north, or tbe puppet to move accor ding as the etriug is pulled, i cannot alter my will, or be other than I am, and cannot deserve either reward or punish ment." What do you mean when you say "I I" Who or what is this Egot If you "canuot alter your will," your will can alter you, aud th it amounts to the same thing. According io these materi alist, the bona -, then, in which we all live has no inhabitant. This, of course, is nonsense; but the Btbl tells us to "an swer a tool according to his folly." Perhaps you have heard of nonsensical In other words, sensible nonsense ; Of men who in speaking e'er made a pretence To skull with a vacuum of gone sense ; The wise, as a rule, should take as a fool, In order that they mav have hearers For the men who talk sense, by a malice prepawe, Will be met by an army of sneerers ! Burlesque is better than reproofs 8atire than downright scolding Punch darts bis rags thro' mental roofs. With fogy mildew molding ; One hearty laegh has done more good Than forty-1 even sermons--Schools cheered by music's merry mood Have clothed with might tlie Germans! Then dont be scared, thou Sunday bard, If 8unday-go-to meeting Clothes not my rustic verses hard ; From rhetoric retreating, Mt Mum tails back, till ahe, alack! Fights over her last ditch, sir 1 Confound my Muse, by my old shoes, I'll swear she is a witch, sir I E.P.BL r 1 aw . dUr , RtspzcT asd Good Ordeb. Tbe correspondent of the New York Herald, lo bis account of the Charlotte celebration pays the following tribute to the ebarac- w of a Southern crowd. It confirms jlly what we Lave already asserted on we subject : : f 'Ihe complete good order and sobriety rosin tai tied by this immense assemblage strikes me as something remarkable in a Bntry which is supposed to require tbe presence of troops to keep tbe peace Ww but few policemen, constables or sim Mar officers, and no arrests. This volun T food behavior on the part of so great oooy ot people, of all sorts and coudi and of both races, is a significant -anioiiion of that pecniiarl American "Of self-government which may be id to constitute the noblest feature our democratic-republican autonomy. "J people uotd no rulers but them I bey realize the greatness wbieh wt are fold, la superior to him that "ta V city." y0 disturbance or affray 7T onto ward incident baa marred Pio current of tbe obsefvaaee." '.'CENTENNIAL" COURT RECO BD S. The fallowing interesting extracts are taken from the original Records on file in the Superior Coart Clerk's office of Rowan County. "North Carolina To wit : Jane 1st 1775 Proclamation being made and silence being commanded, the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer was public! v read, in which Commission Alexander Martin Esqr., was nominated one of the. Judges of a Court of Oyer aud Terminer, ap- a a m a . i pointed by Act ot Assembly ot said Province to be held at Salt-Inn v on the first day of June for the XV year of ihe reign of our sovereign Lord, George the third, King of great Bi itaiu 3cc, for the Counties of Rowan, 'Ansou Meckleuburg, Tryon, Surry aud Guilford. Tbe Honorable Alexander Martin, sqr. took the Oaths prescribed by law for the qualification of public officers, and an Oath qf office, and repeated and sub scribed tbe Test (u), took his seat aud a human being, who tampers with the del- j proceeded to busiuess. The Court appoin tcate organization ol his body in that way aud bums out 'he machine uermaturely. - - w it he does not blow it up. What multitudes ot people th -re are who seem to forgrt that their welfare is contingent upon rue care tuey take or the house in which they live 1 hey are bound to keep it iu good repair or they may for feit then lease. It they allow the timber to rot the whole sti ucture may suddenly ted Adlai Osborue, E-qr. Clerk of tbe Court (b), who qualified according to law. B'.-ujamiti B. J3oote (e), Esqr. produced a deputation from Thomas McGuire, Esqr. j his Majesty's Attorney General for the f rovnice ot aorth Uaroiiua, appointing him the said B. B. Boole, Deputy Attorn ney for the Crown for the District of tumble about their ears. If they permit Salisbury, who qualified by taking the vermin and tilth to accumulate ou the rv.il. .-o-,.,iil..d U l,w f,,- th n,i;A... premises, it will breed malaria aud make the buildings uninhabitable. 1 here are. some very strange things pertaining to the bouse in which we all live. One of these is, that we cany it about with us wherever we go, and this by a process ot locomotion which although very hard to learn, when once acquired, is conducted without any act of consci ousness, l tie operation or waiainsr is a . very rigid piece of science. No mechan ical skill could ever produce a walking automaton that is, one that moved in accordance with the laws of our locomo tion. In fac, it would be impossible to make it figure that would stand upon its feet as we do, for to do this without sup port requires a constant play of the most delicate counterbalancing forces, the use of which is attained only by a long and somewhat painful experience the chMd learning to stand and walk mainly by tumbling down. And yet we do these things without auy conscious action of the mind, after we have once found out how to do them. You may travel for miles, absorbed in reverie, or with your intent upon the surrounding scenery, and all the while you are preforming a eorstant series of the most, complicated mechanical move ments, which it would require the closest attention to conduct, it you were not ac customed to them; the whole thing being under; the direction of a set of uerves having their seat in tho epinef far away from tihe center of conscious celebration, at the same time, if you meet with any obstruct ion, if there is a rut to be avoided or a gutter to be crossed, you adapt your step to the emergency which would seem to require some ex rcises of judge ment. It is worth noticing that those automat ic movements, which it requires tbe great eat effort to learn when ones acquired, may be tbe hardest to resist. I onee observed a row of girls, standing behind a machine nted in Um manufacture of silk thread, ho, at eTrtaio stated intervals, preformed a most complicated dperaticB tion of public officers aud au Oath of office and subscribing the Test. The Sheriffs of the several Counties within tbe District of SalisLury being called, and required to make return of the several Venires, aud tbe other process from the said Counties and returnable here this day, Thomas Harris, high Sheriff of the Couuty of Mecklenbuig tailed to appear aud make return of tbe process to him directed. Therefore or dered by the Court, that the said Thomas Harris be fiued 50 for bis not attending and that be be cited to show cause &c, next Court. The Sheriff of Mecklenburg returns the Venire. 1 hursday J une 1st, 1775. Be it re membered that this day the following Venire was returned by the Sheriffs of the several Counties : Rowan (1) Moses Winaley, (d) (2) Will Davideou, (f) (3) Saml. Harris, (4) Geo Heury Berger, (5) Griffith Rutherford, (g) (6) Will Alexauder (7) John Dicky (8) Geo. Davison, (9) Saml. Reed, (10) John Sloan, (11) Saml. Young (b) (12) James McCay, (1) (i) Ausou. John Coleson aud 6 others. Tryon, Will Moore and 7 others. Surry Saml. Freeman and 6oth era. Guilford Ralph Gorrell an others Meckleuburg. Hezekiah Alexander, (j) (2) Robt. Harris (k) (3) Adam Alex ander, (4) John McNitt Alexander, (5) John McC ul loch (6) Charles Polk, (m (7) Aaron Huateu. Ordered by the Court, that Hezekiah Alexander, Aaron Huston, Adam Alex ander, John McNitt Alexander, and John McCalloch be fined 3 nisi each for not attending this Court as jurors agreea ble to summon. It tn.mnrrnm O ilVliirk. w " . " e w Friday, Jane 2ad, mo : And the following Grand Jury were empanelled and swora via : Griffith Rutherford, Foreman, Moses Winsley, Ralph Gorrell, Charles Polk, James McCay, and 13 others. Saturday, June 3d, 1775 : Monday, June 5tb. 1775 : . Tbe Jury wbo passed on the trial of Oliver Wallace at June Coart of Oyer 1774. being called, ou examination de clared, that they could not agree on a ver diet, aud that ihey did not separate till after that Court adjourned tiU the Decem ber Court following. They are discharged by this Court without flue. On motion, that a new i i quest ehould puss ou Oliver Wallace, for that the jnry fmr or that trial at J une Court of Oyer 1774 separa ted without giving a verdict Ruled by the Court, that a new inquest be award ed. Then the Attorney for the Crown entered a noile prosequi as to the first in dictment, and Oliver Wallace was eharged on an indictmeut for murder found by the Graud Jnry this terra. Dom Rex ) Indictment for Feloney vs, and murder, charged Oliver Wallace ) aud pleads not Guilty. The following jury were sworn and empanelled viz : aud fined the prisoner at the Bar Oliver Wallace gailty of the Felony and murder in manner and form as charged in the Indictment aud that be tad no lands &c. Tuesday, Juno 6fh 1775. The Sheriff of Mecklenburg is excused from the fine laid ou him ou Thursday of this term." At this term Stephen Herring was con victed of Robbery, Joseph Pittoway of Robbery, and Oliver Wallace of Murder and all three sentenced to be banged on Friday June 30, 1775. The lawyers present were Benj B. Boote, Dpt. A'toruey for th Crown, John Dunn, (n) William Kennon, (o)-and Waightstill Avery, (p) James Kerr, was the Sheriff of Rowan at that time. It. will be noticed that five of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Indepeu dance of May 20 h. just ten days before b-id been sommoui ij (, ;oe vimrp, viz : - Hezekiah Alexander, Adam Alexander, John McNitt Alexander, William David son, and Hubert 1 1 m i.- and that Wil liam Davidson and Robert Harris only appeared, the first then being fi nod for mi!) attendance. V illiam Iv-onou, and Waighlsiill Avery Attorneys at Law, who also signed, the Declaration, were both present aud practised before the Court. "Then this Honorable t 'ourt adjourned ill the first da ol December next. This . as the last, term of this Court ever neld, under Koyal rule Uounty Courts were held in August aud Novem ber 1775 and February 177fi. VV e extract the followiug from tbe min ute docket of that Court. North Carolina ) . LfT, n n . I Aognst Terra 1775 : liowau County ) At an Inferior Court of Pieaa and Quarters sessious begun and held at the' Court House in the Town of Salisbury in and for the County of Rowan on the first Tuesday iu August iu tbe year of cur Lord one thousand seven hundred aud seventy-five, before Alexander, Osborne, Esq. and his companions, justices assign ed to keep the peace &c. Lj said County. Present Daniel Litllo L.q., silence being commanded, his Majesty's commission of the peace was publicly read and the following persous, viz : John Oliphant, Will T. .oles, and William McBride, Esqs. named iu eaid commission took the Oaths prescribed by law for tbe qualifica tion of public officers and an Oath of officers and repeated and subscribed the lest and then proceeded to business. Waightstill Avery, Esq is appointed Attorney ior me urown, in tne absence of John Dunn, Esq. Dist. Attorney." A good deal ot busiuess was transacted at this Term. North Carolina I v. Rowan County. ( OT' Ae,m l" ' At an Inferior Court of Pleas aud Quarter sessious begun and held in aud tor the Couuty of Rowan at the Court House iu Salisbury ou tlie 7th day of November iu the year of our Lord one thousand seveu huadred and sevent five and iu the XVI year of the reign of King George the third. Tuesday Nov. 7;h 1775 : Present, Wm. Temple Coles, Will McBride, and Walter Liudsey, Eoqrs. Weduesday 8 h : Waightstill Avery, Esqr., is appointed Attorney for the Crown Pi hoc tern. Saturday 9th : - Ordered by the Conrt that James Kerr, E-qr., pay into the hands of Adlai Osboue, twenty pouutis for the as'- of purchasing standards and ice, for tbe County, and that his receipt for said sum shall be allowed In settlement with this Court.' "North Carolina i Feb Term m6 . Rowan County. ) At an Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions beguu and held for the Couuty of Rowaa in Salisbury on the sixth day of February in the year of our Lord 1776 aud iu the XVII sic) year of Reign ot George tbe tbiid, King of Great Britain &c. Before the Justices of said County commissioned to bold Courts Sec , Sec. Present. Walter Liudsey, Esqr. Tbe Court adjourns till to-morrow 10 o'clock. Wednesday Feb. 7th The Court met, according to adjournment. Adjourued till to-morrow 10 o clock. according to adjournment. And adjourned Wl Court iQ course vm first Tuesday in May 1776." Very little business was transacted at this Term. This was the last Court h- hi in Rnn County during the Reign of George III. On the very same leaf but u the next page (over) appear these words written in large letters. "Amcrcan Independence Feb. 1777." (a) Ihe lest it. of loyality to the King, This Test was repeated and subscribed by officers of the Crown ha R i wan County fiom tbe period of iu organisation In 1753. (b) Grandfather of tbe Hon. James W. Osborne (c) Arrested for bis loyalty July SI, 1775, by Wm Kennon, Wright- still Avery and others.- (d) A deputy from Rowan to the Provincial Congress at Newborn. Aug. 25, 1774 and again iu 4-ApcU K75. v0 A signer ot the Mecklen burg Declaration dec, a distinguish gener al of the Revolution. () A brigadier- general in the Revolutionary and very distinguished see Wheeler's History. (b) A delegate io the Congress at New- bern Aug. 25, 1774 aud again April 1775 (i) Broiher of Judge McCay (j) Hex. Alexander. Adam Alexander, aud Johu McNitt Alexander, signers of the Meek euburg Declaration. (k) A signer of the Mecklenbui g Declaration and was in atten dance. (ui) A binther of Col. Thomas Polk, who called the Convention which met iu Chailotte on 19 h and 20lh of May, 1775. He was ealled Devil Charles Polk, and was iu attendance on the Court, (n) A deputy Attorney of the Crown and man ot high eharacier. Arrested ior hhi loyalty ly Wm. Konnon aud other July 31, 1775. Imprisorn-d in Charles ton, S. C. in company wil. Benj. B. Boote for more than a year. His appeal for a trial denied bo h by the Rxwan Commit tee of saf'-tv aud by the Provincial Con gress at Hi Isboro. Some of the most re spectable families in Rowan Couuty are his descendants. (o) Wiiliam Kennon, of the Town of isbury, was a member of the legal m mm a m. profession, witb a laig practice. He was distinguished for his devotion to liberty. As early as August 1774 he was the chairman of the omoiiiti-e of safety for Rowan County. Ou the S !i of that month he presided over the Committee, when the following resoln'ions were adopted. "Resolved. That to impose a doty on tea by tlie British Parliament, in which tbe American Colonies can have no represen tation to be paid upon importation by as th ' inhabitants f id Colonies, is an act of iower without right. It is subversive of the liberties of the said colonies, d'-prives them of their property without their consent aud thereby reduces thexa to satc of alivciy. Resolved, That tfie cause of the Town of Boston is tbe common canse of the American Colonies." He was oce of the delegates from 1C wan to tbe Congress at Newbern Aug. 25, 1774. He was a mem ber of the same to which met at New hern in April 1775 He was a member of the Convention, which met in Charlotte ou May 19th and 20th 1775 aud declaied their ludependene of the British Crown. He was still the Chan man of Rowan County's Committee cf rsfoty. Wm. Davidson a member of the same Commit tee and John Davidson, both citizens of Rowau County weiealso members of that Convention. All three signed the De claration, according to the current tradU lion. Mr. K-n on took a very prominent part in the proceedings. He addressed the Convention and people at large, and wus appointed with Dr. Lph. Brevard and Rev. Il zeaiah, James Balch on the Com mittee to diafireaso'utiuns. It was he wbo FENCING GOOD RBAeesitf , baa ,w.t3N STOCK. If we' boe, ts have th. m si all oareye and at our command. , We shall lose no stock by straying ewsay or hf accidents, sorb as getting re the mire, being rasa aver by ears, killed These leaves, which are jointed at tbe top of the tree at regular intervals, were eUv ou or twelve feet lorie. and shaped very much like the American agave, or century plant. They are two feet tbroagb in ineir tUKKest point, and three feet wide, tapering to a sharp point that looks like cows bora, very convex ea the outer (bat now under) surface, and era the un der f now nnnerl nrfe alivhtlv eone ivp This concave surface was thickly set with ,br mm treea. strong' thorny hooks kisua ehasa aaoa the i bu no ets-k by thin teazle. These leaves, hanarius; liasa and ! IT aB7 should fall t1rk we should lifeless, deadgreen in color, bad in appear- iT eVcfar vbetn, end thus per enee, the strength of oak fibre. The apex f euluahia aniatmL of the cone was a round, white concave ur Wt if e fed there witfe eooked fig are, like a smaller plate set within a j J0" o1 or twic r'k)y, as weald be larger one. This was not a lower, but , ,,ke17t would escape that great scourge, a recent acle. and then exnded inm it a ! ebwera clear, treacly liquid hooey, sweet and poa- ' Usirr atteatiem we shall five sessed of violent intnxicatiug and soporific W,M -prwve inear properties. From uudcroeath tbe rim ( ' L.. Llo speak otlbe undermost plate, a aarsas ( .J Tp'. or mutton, or of long hairy, green tendrils, stretched , . " "nenm nave to take a pratcLg oot in every direction toward Ihe borizm. hveVffnhe hunt for It These were seven or eight feet long and M sJwaye be at hand at tapered from four inches to a half inch io rP' or in. iking. No ea w will diameter, yet they stretched out st.ffly as J eV oxae a gomi milker tuat it iron rods. Above these (from between I regour intervals. tlie upper and under cap) six white, al most transparent pajp' reared themselves toward the sky, twirling and twisting with a marveinna incessant motion, yet constantly reaching upward. Thin as leed and trail as quills, apparently, were j yet five or aix feet fall, and were o con stantly aud vigorously in motion, with such a subtle, siundus, silent throbbing against the air, with their suggestion of serpents flayed, yet dancing ou their taile. My obrvatou ou thia occasion were suddenly iuterrup;ed by tbe natives, who had been shrh-kiug around tbe tree with their nhrill voices, and chanting what Ueudiick told me were pmpiiiatory hymns to the great tree devil. With still wildt-r shrirks aud chants they now sur rounded one ul tne women, aud nrgd her with the points of their j tvtdius, until slowly and wi h despairing face ahe clim bed up the stalk of the tree and stood au the summit of the rone, tb plpi swim ming ail about her. MTsik I Tsik !" (drink! drink!) cried the msu. Stooping, elie drank of the visJckl fluid in tlie cup. rising instantly again witb wild trensy ta ber lace and couvulstve cords in her limbs. But she did not jump down as she seemed to iutend to do. Ob, no ! Tbe autrocioas cannibal tree, that had been so inert aud dead, came to sudden life. Tbe slender, delicate palpi, witb the fury of starved serpents, quivered a moment over her b-ad. then, as if bySustinct with demonU a'ic intelligence, laltened upon her in suddeu coil round and round ber neck and arms, and while her; awful screams and yet more awful laughter rose wildly to be instantly strangled dowu again iu a gur gling moan, aud tbe leodnll one after another, like green feerpauts , with brutal m-r.-v and internal rapidity, rote, pro traded tbcum-lvoe and wrapped her in told after told, ever lightening witu cruel swift. u8 and savage tenacity ot anacondas fas.rniug upon their prey. It was ibe baibarity of tbe Laocoon without its beau-, ty this strange horrible murder. Aud uow the great leaves rose slowly and stiffly, like the arms of a derrick, erected themselves in tbe air, approached one an other and closed about the dead and bams pered viorim with the silent force of a hydraulic press aud tbe ruthless purpose of a thumb-screw. ' A moment more, and while I could see tbe basis of these great levers pressing more tightly towards each other from their iuterstices, there trickled down the stalk of die tree great streams ot the vicid houey like fluid, mingled hor ribly with the blood and oonna vtseera of the victim. At sight of this tbe sava ges gathered an mud me yelling madly, By keeping oar stock up at home, we hall have all tbe mauure for our worn out binds. m If any aoimal should wis, wa shall he) able, it we wiwh, to save tht bids fur lbs the compost tanner, and the carcass for Urap. No quarrel between neighbors will oc cur from the stock trespassing a poo doe trope. And tbe strongest reason of all, there would be no ned of f-nce, save f nungh to i-t. close tb stock, (and outride fences if We ea u not tndnee oar iietghbrs to adopt tho aaaae plan,) and that can be done very cheaply. Thus the lim' now spent ht 'building and rat-riding f.-nrea will be saved for other work ; the heavy cost of building will be avoided, aod ranch valuable lime sav. d for other p-irp-U fa pet tVctly aeiaiuidiug Uuw much the f voces ef the) Count i y do cist. Ii i estimated from tbe most reliable data that tbe original eon of all the tea res iu the TJoile-d Stair a ia al least tl, 200 000.000 That will build a roil rood nearly fi- lira amend tho earth, allow ing 1 10,000 as the cost of each ni le there of. The fenees of thie country cost twice as much as all the stock is worth. pursuaded Cant. Jack, as he passed through bounding forward, .crowded to the tree, Salisbury on his way to tin continental j clasped it, and with cups, leaves, hands Congress early iu June dm ing the session . aud tongues each .'one obtained enongh of the Court to permit a public reading of the resolutions. Go Mouday July 31, 1775, he caused the arrest ef John Dunn, and Benj. B. Boote, Attorneys for the Crown then living in Salisbury, and sent them away under guard to 8. C. On the next day a petition was piesented of the liquid to send him mad aud frantic. Dr. Jay in the S uth Australian Reg ufer. Mrs. Abramam Lincoln Itoavb. Chicago, May 19 In tbe County Court to the Rowan Committee of safety by Dr. , tbe trial of tbo question of tho canity of rsewman aud others, against the seeming . Mrs. Lincoln, widow ot Abraham Lincoln, arbitrary conduct of Col. Kennoo and i u tdy. The proceedings were others, in the case of Jnnn, and Boote , . ... . . n i . v After a long debate the Commit.ee en-100 P"110 filcd bT L dorsed Mr. Kennon's ac ion in tbe premis Lincoln, sotting fprih that Us mother, es but their endorsement was aomplied j Mary L Lincoln, has property and effects with a proviso, "that such conduct should not be considered a precedent iu all case of the like nature in the future.'' Mr. Kennon represented County Rowan in tbe Provincial Congress which met at HiUboro Aug. 1, 1775, After that we lose sight of bim altogether. It is a matter of regret that so little of his history is known. See Foots sketches and VVhet-ler's Hist. (p) A signer of tbe Mt-ckleuburg Declara tion tttended Court at Salisbury June 1st, 1775 - aided in the arrest of Jubn Dunn, aud B. B B iot, Dept. Attorneys of tbe Crown, July 31, 1775. Appointed Altoriey for the Crown at August and November Terms, 1775. of tbo County .... I . f , T Uourt, iu toe auMence ot .'ouii uuna ii was the first Attorney General of the State of North Carolina. See sketch of him in Wheeler's History. COMMUNICATED The Man-Eating Tree. Horrible Produce oj Nature The Detil Fish qf the Vegetable Kingdom. If yoa can imagine a pineapple eight feet high and thick iu proportion, rearing upon its base and denuded of leaves, you will have a good idea of the tree, which however, was oot of tbe color of ananaua, but a dark, dingy brown, and apparently as hard as iron. From the apex of this f ustieated eeue, at least two feet in aioftes Then this hoaotftble Court adjourued ter, eiu-bt hue leaves sheer ha the crossed. Thursday Feb 8th f The Court met like doors winging back their hinges exceodiig 875,000 ; that she is non com pos mentis sod incapable of managing ber estate, aud praying the issuance of au order for a warrant and venire to teet the question of ber sanity. The petition was accompauied by the certificate of the family physician (Dr. Iaham) toibe cftVct that he had examined Mrs. Liu cola aud was of tbe opinion that she was insane and a fit subject fcr hospital treatment. Several witnesses testified to eccoatricU ties in the conduct ef Mrs. Liucoln, which commenced at the time of the aseaaei na tion of President Lincoln, and which have become more marked aa time progressed. She imagines ahe hears voices ia tho wall ; that aii a nee beings, beset her in the en trice of ber hotel ; that she was victim of poisoning ptote. Her cloeets ere full of uiiopeued packages of goods which the bad ordered to be sent to bar room. Af ter abort arrangemeuts thai case wee gitea to the jury, wbo brought iu e virdict in accordance with the facts elicited. Mrs Lincoln will be removed to tbe hospital at Bate via, Illinois. Her relatives and friends have delayed this step as loog as was considered prudent, hut finally agreed that nothing else would suffice. At the anr .uric men t of the Verdict, Bo ber t Lincoln took tbe hand of bis mother affec tionately, when ah exelatracd with a re proachfu! tone: 0b ! Robert, to think that my son would erer have done thff ." r K it tf.r. fmmr iiutfl.ln in rvtnrt roSwv a ?"HafflBrar wfqsTjo.-T Children and Dogs. "Dogs are healthy for children," saya the old wiaee, aud uot without fWaodation in fact. The iuflaeuce of the livaiy aad affectionate play males of childhood is very happy j so much that we bajre aomcuors tbongbt i flat a boy who has never bad a pet dog has been cheated oot of half the ei.joymf lit and no small part of tbe moral culture ut tataucy. Bat dogs have had Micks, aud nuleas pioperiy trained, are apt to be anything but "healthy " for chil dren. They express th- ir afft-ctiou ia a very bad way. We know that It is a common opinion that there is something woudertully wholesome about a dog s tongue, and that his natural habit of lick ing tbe objects ot bia affection is rather to be encouraged tban repreesrd. Neverthe less one of tbe first reqaireesruts in a deg for a childs pet is thai ho he trained to emulate prudent humanity and restrain his tongue. It ie not "healthy,- whatever the old wives may eay. Thie setting aside tbe question of of rabies altogether A much more common affection of dogs is a tape worm, tor whoso development both men and dogs have to contribute. Its immature eyslieeecai stage is spout ia human body, often cawing great mischief, then it migrates to the dog, rt an plat as its development, aud makes proviasioo for a new crop to iufest humanity, forming cysts or hollow tmnors in various parts of the body. The fall grow a worm ie tbe small oat tatuia known, only a boat one-quarter of an inch in length. The embryo ia often as small ae one.twobundredlh ef as inch : yet according to Cobbold, death baa beau canard by a single individual lodged in the brain. At a late eseotiag of tho Anstrailian Microscopical Society, Mr. Sidney Gibbons esLibttcd specimens recently taken from a human sul.j-ct, and said there could be no doubt that they were trequently impl toted iu children as a coua-quence of allowing doge to Rett their bauds ai d fa cue. It ia a nasty practice at best, and a pel dog's first lea sou ahould be to Jtrp his tongue to bim sen. zexnure A A Littlo Qii r s Terrible Feieu A latter ia the Coosa lea (Texas) index aays : About four week eiuea, a Utile girl two years' obi, daughter at Mrs H. J Robinson, tiring on Peocb crook, Gon xilee eoonty, was bfrtea by a Mule peg dog. Tbe CHcaaiataooe created ao USV eaaiuess ai the lisae, fiats the fact thai there was not the slightest oapiooo at the tiase of hydrophobia, and it was sop posed tbe dog was only in a little act as loosed ill heuiar. Shortly afterward the dug b-gao to have eawasns, and finally left hae aud died in the neighborhood. About twenty days after the child was bitleo she bt came very feveriab and fret fat, and Anally became convulsed with spasms. After lore days of asos ciaiioc soft' nua with tho aaaet malady byorrphobia-the Jutio auf was released fron pain by the hand ef death, lo bar paroxysma a bo bit her motb-r several treses wUHe earning. The m uaer aoa oaaxa isriaa ta Dr. Bvauo, af Utooia, who ia ia posaaaaico of blood lone, which was applied to brc wounds. The stone adhered teoaeiously the Brat time, and bat sKgfnly the last. It la to aV .1 hi. i Trw essww a &0t tf?if&p'? hi'- .-5--STSX .. ' 2 -se.-.' 4r'i 77-2 i- a -oa.. aa: aa). ; r-a f n4 - 'as fa as Iff Sw'so lr- W