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THE ROANOKE NEWS A II V V. UTISlNli RATES. . THE ROANOKE NEWS. A DEMOCRATIC WKKKLY NEWSPAl' E R , PUBLISHED BY BATf HELOK LOCKIIAKT, One Tsar, In advanoe, Mix Months, " j i f hree Months, $2 on i on 5 cu. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. " w, m a s o n" ATTORNEY AT LAW, GAUYSHUB'?, Itf. C, Practices In thsnoiirts of NorthsTipton nl acjjolnini; onunlies, also ju I lie Federal nrtbuprcme oourls. June 8-tf JOS, B. BATCH RIjOK. ATTORNEY AT I.W, RALEIGH, Ji. 0. lraoUoex In tli oourls of the (iih fnill iil District and in tlie Federal and Su preme Courts. May II If, WAI.THK C'I,A, fUleigta, N. 0. K. T. n.AIIK, Halifax, N. ( CLARK, c Hi ARK ATTORNEY1 AT LAW, HALIFAX, X. C. WIH Frhr!tinfl in tlie Courts of Halifax nli atfjoininz counties. March 16 tr. W 1. Ill'S. DUNN, K ITCH E N ATTORNEYS A C lUNSEM.ORS AT LAW, Keotlan Keck, II ill U 11 x Co., N. C. Praoticelo the Courts of Halifax and adoininir ctujntios, and in the Supreme and Federal Courts. janlg it fpHOMAS . HILL, Attorney at Law, J A LI FAX, V, Ci, Practices ,iu Halifax Mid adjoining Counties and Fefle-ral and Supine Courts. Will be t Spaced Keolc,, once every fortnight, Aug. 28-s W. II. DAT, W. W. II AM,. U A L L . P A Y ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WELDOtf, N. C. Practice in the courts of Khlifax and Adjoining counties, and in tlio Suprouie and Federal eourU. Claims eollected in any part of North arolina. juniOW s AKUEL J. WRIGHT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, JACKSON, I. C. Practices in ta Court of Northampton sod adloinlng-s-ouuties. scp 15 1 Y Q A V I N L. II Y If A N ATTORNEY AT LAW HALIFAX, N. C, Practices In tha court? of Hajiax and adjoining counties, and ia the Supreme and Federal Courts. Claims collected ju all pirts of North Carolina. Office, In tfcs Court House. IX 0 BURTON, J n. ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, H. C. Practioes In the Court of Halifax .County, and Counties ad,'iujns;. l;i the lapreme Court of life f&ft'o, and in the .Federal Courts. WM (five speui 4 aUeotioo to the collec- lioa o;'.olin:s,ajd io adjosrvg tho accounts ,0 If ieeta,r, Adininiaxators and Guar utns. deo-M-tf J, l. 9 R I Z Z A K D, ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.- HALIFAX, N. Offlee in the Court House. Strict atten tion ivea to il brauchoa of tba profes sion, jan 12-1 0 T. BRANCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BtyFIBLD, HALIFAX COUyTT, V. C. Prsetlees (n the Counties of Kaiifcx, -dash. Eibrocombn snd Wilson. Colleetioai uisdo In all parts of lbs 4tate. Jan 12 6 i J ATTORNEY AT LAW, HSFIKLD, N. C. Praatices ia the Couutles of Halifax, MBom be snd Nash. In the Supreme .Court of the htate sud ia the federal hearts. Collections made ia any part ef the dtsts. Will alteud st the Court House in dallfax on Monday snd Friday W each .week. Ju JL2-1 e A KDREW J. BURTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. WELDON, N. C. Prsotibts is tka Counts of Halilax, War Vii sud Nortbsujpten counties aud in the guftreme snd Pedxral Courts. Claims collected in suy part of North .Csrelins. june 17-s ,JAMI X. muli.kk. U L L 401IN A. HOCRS. EN MOORE ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Halifax, 5f. C. Practice in the Couutiea of Halifax, Northampton, Edgecombe, Hit snd Mar gin In the Supreme Court of the State ml in the Federsl Courts ofthe Eastern District. Collections made in soy pert of North Carolina. jul-1 9 XTfT "VTTT t inn r tv r at t o a mnnn -xt t 1 ri 1 Tom -tn ioCo r sn CROSSINGJHE RIVER, Murninrs the soldier in dying As tho detb-p"iis the tired spirit frees, "Li't us cross over llio river. And ro.st in tlio shade ofthe trees." Ah could we cross o'or ihe river, Anil rnt in whadows, and th"ii, Kelrt'slied liy rnposonnd urnwii slrmi;Pr Cuiie back to our ktrulo ngain ! Over tint free-flnwini; river, lieyond whi'rci its dark waters roar, Are the trees nl the lulsiim or 11 pas. Thai grow on lis I'ai'llieri'Ni mIiuioT What is the ilnsl in v waitiot; Thitlmr side ill (hat shadowy deep Sjweel ease and rep,i(( lor the Kplrit, Or tlio nlooiii ut eternal sleep j None who liavo painl tl,at river, And rented henei h chn irei's, Have ever core lim k lo tell us J 1 the shadow brought si 11 111 lier or ease. Ncverllielesa, foro' er Across I lit deep river they K', Tim basest and best tonulluir Toother the high and Lbo low. Thero in their raits go tlio beirars, A nd there, in their robos go the rich, The few who expire in the palace. And tlio many who die in the ditch ; 1 Those who Invn graven tlioir story llih Ju ti teii)jiln of fame, And those iio have lived without glory, And lelt us not even a limine ; Those wlijin wo iovfc 1 for their goodness And those wlium liated for crime, All passing for life's dreary Mrugi;lc, Out of sight, out of mind, out ol tunc. Plunging in mist Mid in darkness, Where doubting Willi terror agrees, They cross the my sterious rivi r, A 'id seek for the shade of trees, THE LAW AS TO INFANTS, Now that the celebrated lauby-carriage case is decided, it becomes prrniisiible for the press to comment upon it. There can be no question thai Judge Van II iesenvs opiuion na.s nn able Hid learned one, so tar as it related to the right of every citizen to nun and oper ate an infant. lie admitted that infants are noisy, but he ruled that t;e keeping of infants is not unreasonable, nnd hence that their noise is not legally a nuisance and casnot be abated by an injunction. No msn would have a right to keep a room full of cats whose yells disturbed the neighbors, because execs in cats is unreasonable. Infants, on the coobary, arc like thfl elevated railroad. They are noisy but they are necessary, and no mutter how maey of them a man may keep, he cannot be said to be unreasonable. Thus far, Judge Van Iloesen was cleaily right, and his exposition of the law of inland was mastctly. LS.it he tailcQ to per ceive that the barefooted e'cmetit ofthe case called for separate consideration. The complainant had avowed that not only did the dcfeudiiut keep a noisy in fant, but that the defendant's wile was in the habit of walking up and down the .0 to bsrefooletl with the infant in tit r aim;, and that the noise thus made wbj intolerable. Had it been shown that the care of infants necessarily in volved the use of barefooted mothers, the court would have been right in ruling that no ii junction against bare feet could issue. This, however, was not proved, and Judge Van Iloc.sen, doubtless through inadvertence, his impliedly ruled that a voluntarily bare footed mother is not a ngisance. Until this decision is reversed, it will be the law of ibis Stat, and it would be diffi cult to oteresiimUs the evil consequen ces which may fl from U. It is a physiological fact if the testi Ujony of countless intelligent end hon est witnesses is to be believed that the female of our species quadruples her weight when she removes her shoes and stockings. ),et us take, for example mother who, when fully dressed, weighs one hundred and fifteen poundi. Add to this a baby weighing Cf'een pounds more, and the combined weight of the two will be one hundred and thirty pounds. This mother can walk across the fl or with the child in. her arms. and, provided she wears shoc, or even slippers, her weight wit not jar a single article of furniture. Now let her walk in precisely the same way, but with bare fret, and the whole house will rock to its foundations, l'rof. Huxley made a most interesting scries of experiments in connection with this subject. He found that the extent of the deflection of the floor-beams and of (he rMling of win dows aud lampshades, caused by Mrs UuxUy when salting across the room in her street dress, was very tlight so slight, indeed, that the weight of Mrs Huxley being one hundred and Unity pounds, he represented the disturbance thus caused as equal to one hundred and shirty nils of shake. ben however, she walked across the room without shoes, the rattling of windows, crockery, picture-frames, and lamp shades was frightful, and the walls of the bouse visibly swayed. The amount of disturbance in this case was fully equal to five hundred and twenty units of shake, or to be precise, to five and twenty-one aud one-half units. "The cause of this remarkabls difference' re marks the Professor, "is of course, due to an ii crease cr v eight, but why the weight of the human female should be quadrupled by tie mere act of remov- ieg the shores is aa yet unknown, and inquiry the subject is fraught witb much danger." It is evident that there is in this res pect a great duTerence in the sexes. When man removes bis boots, as for example when he undertakes to go up stairs quietly a,t a late hour ip the night, be .treads noiselessly, aud bis weight is undoubtedly decreased. It is true that rvbeo in this condition bo will walk against more furniture than he ever imagined that the house could contain ; hut his tread is nevertheless light Woman, on the contrary, so experts in forms us, wo.us thicksoled shoes when sho comes home late from a church sociable, and the klmrpst-cared bus, band or father cannot bear her glide over the (1 mr. It is when she is b ue looted that the rail)) trriublrt under her treads, and uneasy sleepus hull' a mile away uwaken suddenly under the im pression that an earll quake is in prog ress. Wlioift 1'iof Huxley has failed, other men need 11 d tiy to succeed and to inquire into the cause of this tremen dous increase of weight would bo a mere loss ol time. No, an infant of whatever age can be operated without calling into action a barefooted mother. 1'. is true that whetc an infant's winks arc seriously nut of order, the best remedy is for some one to carry i while walking rapidly up and down the room, but can always be done either by a man if there is one within reach or by a woman in slippers. In the caff of I bo mlunt aoaiust whom an 'n j'liictiou was sought,' the conduct of the mothers who walked up and down the (1 or barefooted, was as unnecessary as it was dangerous. !?i)8 might have put on her slippers, or even her hus: baud's boots thus bent her weight withiu proper limits, had she chosen s to do, and there cannot be a shadow of defense lor her neglect of sit easy a preven tive. Judge Van jloesen can now see what e Jins done. He hns thrown tho pro tection of the law around every reckless woman sho may venture to risk tho alcty of the house in which she lives by walking barefooted with one or more infants in her arms. If this sort of thiti" becomes teneral, we had bettur have nn earthquake at once, and so end our misery. t)oe by one l'c houses of this Citv will be shaken into ruins No matter how solidly they may be built, they cannot bear the tremendous weight of barefooted women. J he cooiplain. ant in the baby carriage case should at once apply to auother court, and have Judge Van lloesen's decision us to the necessity and lawfulness of barelooted women reversed. THE ORIGIN OF MOSQUITOES. j he llu Kiver Indians have a curi ous legend respecting the origin of mos quitoes. 1 hey say that once upon time ilicre was a famine, and ihe Indians could get no game. Hundreds hid died from J,U' ger, and desolation filled their country. All kinds of offerings were made to the (Jre.it Spirit without avail, until one day two hunters came upnu a white wolverine, a very raie auimal pun shooting the white wolverine, an old woman sprang out of the skin, and sayii g that she was n .' Mmito," promised to go and live with the Indians, promising then) plenty of game as long as they treated her well and gave her the first choice of all the game that was brought in. 1 he two Indians assented to this, and took the old woman bo 010 with them, which event was immediately succeeded by a'l abuiidance ol game. When ;!ie sharp, lies;; of the famine !;ad passed in the prosperity which the old weman had brought the tribes, the Indians became rfaiitly in their appetites, and complained of the manner in which the old woman toot to herself the choice bits ; and this feeling became so intense, that notwith standing her warning that if they violated their promise a terr;ble calamity would come upon the Indians, they Q'e day killed her as (he was seiz ing her share ol a reindeer wc;ch the hunter had brought in. (ireat consternation immediately timet: the iiilnesjies of lbo deed, and the Indians, to escape the predicted calamity, bodily struck their tents and moved to a great distance. Time passed on without auy catastrophe occurring, and eame becoming even more plent ful, the Indians begiu to laugh at their being deceived by the eld woman. Finally, a bunting party on a long chase of a reindeer, which had led them back to the place where the old woman bad been killed, came upon her skeleton, and one of them in derision, kicked the skull witb bis foot, lo at) iusUiit a biuail, spin!, vapur-iike body arose from the eyes and ears of the body, which" proved to be insects, that attacked the hunters witb great fury, and drove them to lbs river fur protect tiou. The kkyll continued to. p , re out its little stream, and the air became full of avengers of the old woman's death. The hunters, on returning to camp, found the Indians sulfating terri bly from the plague and ever since that time tbe Indians have been punished by the mosquitoes for their wickeduecs to tbc;r preserver, the Mauilo. A lajjy .had lost her husband, but she had left off her mourning and went to parties, eiug asked by one of those gentlemen who attended soirees, as rue diums, who she woujd like to see in spirit, and having replied, .'.My poor James," the departed suddenly rose out of the centw of the carpet, as it were, and stood before the whole company "Xjh I James, tell me are you happy V "l'ery." ,.re tou happier pow iban wjien on earth:" '.'Much happier." "Then, James, you must be iu heaven ?" "No ; 1 01 in hell." My desr, do you notice how green snd beautiful the grass loukf." Uu poetic spouse- Well what color would you ex pect it t be this time of ver-j!l J A TRAMPS PHILOSOPHY. I ain't no drunken loafer. No, sir I I got my red face nut in the s in. I wouldn't a had it if I d stuck to the pulpit. I hain't done a hand's turn o' work for ten years, and I'm strong os an ox, and only thirty. What makes me laze round, and beg victuals, 11 nd sleep in burns, and pqt up with suspic ions and insults, and wear tagged clothes? Don't you know? S'iiosu 1 wnb to ask you what makes huudieds of young fellows laze round hotels and wait for invitations to driek, and put up with the suspicions and insults of the alhers and mothers 111 the houses wheie fbpygn? What makes able-bodied fel lows that you call gentleman n;arry money before they'll work for it, and then spend their lives loading round I'jUrope? Does it makes any difference what kind 0' clothes 11 man wears when bo goes in for shirking the disagreea bles? tieeros to me wo a! git in for dodgin' the old curse if we can, and gettiu' our bread without tha sweatin' of our brows; and i, for one, stand up to it squarely and say, that's my little gfftnpl Whaf yourn? RANDOLPH Tf ROANOKE, John Kmdolph, of Roanoke, is the subject of a biography lately published in Kichmond. In it is to be found this picture of the brilliant Southerner ut the age of forty-lbree : "His hair was bright brown, straight, not percuptibly gray, thrown back from his forehead and lied io.o a jucue, neit!;cr Jong, nor thick. Ilis complex ion was swaithy; his face beardless round ar.d plump; his eyes hazel, brill iant, inquisitive, proud ; his mouth was of delicate cast, well suited to a small head and face, filled with exquisite teeth well kepi as they could be; his lips painted, as it were, witb indigo, indica ting days f Buffering and nights of tor turing pain. His hands were as fair and delicate as any gin's. Hvery part of his drevs and person was evidently sccu? touted to the utmost care. His lace wes the most beautiful and attractive to mo 1 had almost ever seen. His man ner wis deliberate, beyond any speaker I had ever heard. He stood firm i;; hjs position, his action and grace seemed to be from the knee up. His voice was tu at of a welltoned fijgeolet, the key conversational, though often swelled to its utmost compass." TOO FUNNY FOR ANYTHING. Some time ago there was a dancing party given a certain neighborhood iti Texas, and most of tho ladies present had little babies, whose noisy perversity required too much attention to permit the motheis to enj iy the dance. A number of gallant young men vnun teered to mind the young ones while the parents indulged in an old Virginia breakdown. No s loner had the women left the babies in charge of tha mischiev ous fellows than they stripped the babies, changed tlicif .clothes, giving the apparel of one lo another. The dance over, it was lime to go home, and the r:)oliiois hurriedly ionji each a baby in in the dress of her own and started, some to their homes, ten or Cftecn miles off, and were far on their way before daylight, li.it the day following there was a tremendous row in the settlement. Mothers discovered that a single night had changed the sex of their babies, observation disclosed physical phenom eon. and then commenced the tallest female pedestrainism. Living miles apart, it required two or three days to unmix the babies and as many months to restore the mothers to their natural sweet disposition. To this day it i? 1 unsafe for any one of tlio b ihy mixers lo venture I', to the neighborhood. aco (Texas) Agister. (LONGEVITY. It is remarked by phykians that ongevitv is much dependent upon the feelings and occupations of the mind. I he individual whose thoughts are centered on and whose ambition is aroused by some attractive enterprise or porject, seems to Jive a charmed life. I here is less sickness and death among Jj)0 busy portion of the community tha in the CTclcg of the idleis, the retired merchants, gentlemen of fortune mid leisure, seekers of mere pleasure and gratification of the senses. The active man can hardly alfird the time to be sick. It is not when soldiers arc nn the march, or in agreeable active service, (hit mortality most iuyades their ranks, but when encamped for an indefi nite period, or confined to the cell routine of barracks after a Lively cam. paign. It is often a surprise Jo note the ciintjutious and fatiguing labor endurod by statesmcu and professional men during perions pf jiisOuie excitement, or tbe linrjous taslts accomplished at time? of planting &nd harvesting by the farmer who is thoroughly interested in what be hopes will prove a remunera tive crop. Pleasant and constant em ployment is the safest armor ag'tinst the approach of disease aud the shafts of death. A fashionable young lady accidentally dropped ope ol her false eyebrows in her opera Imj-. cod greatly Irightened bcrbeau, who seeing it thought it waa bis mustache. A rain who lout bit good cbaracUr some time huo was ncyercly hauled over by some of bis former friendi. "I know it, buys ; I know my rhtracter is gone lost entirely. And," he adiUd, rather pointedly, "Hi tuo confounded bad, for it was tbe only ooe io town worth uno$.'' CAKV EST AT II. SunmtoriK, Rm.timoiu: Co , Mr., May 17th 177. li. y. WtiiTAKBH, Esq,., Knfleld, N. C. DkakSik: Severo indisposition has prevented earlirr attention to your letter of 1th iust., and nbsence from the city has prevented my meeting the gentle men of your family now attending the Methodist Convention which I fear will adjourn boforo my return, I mvself inn compiling a geupalogy of the Caryt of Virgini and am alviass glad to obtain information of uuy ol their descendants. Unfortunately I possess very meiigfa knowledge ol the branches ol Carys Iroin winch you de scend. In my poles I find li.at a cer tain 'i'hos. Cary, .sulod his will, the elder, died in Warwick c ninty Virginia in ITlil, leaving a son Thomas, ai d two daughters (not named) married respect ively to K. and (i. Wliitaker. Capt. Thomas Cary of V. arwick made his will in 17110 in which he mentions his two sons Willi 101 and Miles, and his daughter Annie married to EJinond (funis. The elder son William was son of his father's first wife (a Misi Whitakei ) sister of 11. and (i. Whilaker possibly. The younger son Miles sprung from a second marriage with Frances (joouwyn. The male line of both these sous is as far as 1 can ascertain extinct, (that of Miles certainly so). Miles married Rachel Sombe of Charles C.ty. Ilis two sous. John and Wilson Miles dieJ unmarried, lviztbeth, (horn ISO! died ltf;),)) and Kiaoces their sjalers luaitied respectively Christopher Curtis ai;d John Morse. Willjaoi Cary, the odor son, married twice, first a daughter of Jiidy lticliel Cary, by whom he had ail only child, William, who died, a minor. lis second wile was a uaugnier 01 josi in .nas senburg, by whom he had an only child also, lbomas . (ihe H piobably stand ing for Wliitaker,) of this lhomas Cary, I know only that he was appointed clerk of Warwick 111 I ho lime ol his decease I can not ascertain, lu married the beautiful Eli? iheih Middle ton daughter of Capt. Jos M , by whom he had an only child, William 1! Cary bom is 1 7. died 1S11S unmarried. Ilis mother remarried a Mr, Hain of Hold.-, borough N. C. The William Cary whose will is i 1 pro baU in 1 80tt ia Warwick with menton only of his sun William, may have been identical with Tbos. W. dry's farther William. If you can throw a ay light 011 this suhiect, I should be obliged. I should like to obtain from you a d tailed geneology of tho descendants of the Cary and hitaker intermarriages to include in my work. Unfortunately the records ol arwick county were destroyed in the late war, but t U " J of York still survive from which I have gleaned many items jo rogcrd to my own name, but 11111 sorry to say, have nothing of the yiiitakers. I have the intention of ransacking thesj record; aoaiu, shortly I hope, and if I obtain any thing iclating to your fainily I shall gladly communicate it. I think it 111 1st likely that the Kev. Alexander Wliitaker of 1 (il 7 left no issue. Your family may be descended from Cap'.. Isaac Wliitaker and Mary his wife whom the early records mention as living in Elizibelh City county, Virginia iu William Whilaker commissioned a J. 1. of War wick County iu 17H,i is marked as dead in Ihe county report of 1 7 '. 7 . I have never been able as yet to trace the connection of Thomas dry of 17G I with the main stem of our Virginia stock but I am constantly adding to my means of solving these knotty geologi cal puzzles. My ancestor. Col. Miles Cary, who emigrated about IGoO lo Virginia and settled in Warwick cou-ity, and died there in 1CC7 was ihe father of lour sons. Thomas, Henry, Miles ai;d William. The line of Thomas is in volved in much obscurity, and ein at present oily be tracc.l by guess,voik and conjecture. The line of Henry and Miles are both centered in myself, wh. am the representative of the family in default of any known descendants from Thomas. I have two brothers and three cousins who constitute the only moles of the line of Miles tbe ilrd sou wbo was born io lCi't. The fourth son William died in 1713 leaving mauv daugh'ers and four sons, Harwoiid. Miles, William at;d J.ihn. A Miles Cary died in 1721 leaving three sous, Allies, i liomas and .viUianicl. The unnjarricd dtsce admits ol these Cary's I have not yet been able to clis sify into their proper faqtilics but I am disposed to think that the lhomas Cary from whom you all de-ccud was of the eldest line still I cannot prove it. Thomas Cary the eldest s in of Col M vies Cary the emigran', married Ann Daughter of Francis Milner of N'asemond, and a Thomas, Cary died io 170H leav ing three sons Thomas, James uud Milenr, I find trace of a James Cary in Nsnsemond io 1 7.10, and I think some of this family must hive emigrated to North Carolina. There were some Carys in Wake county, not a great while ago I believe. I find io 1776 traces of a .ililcs 1 ary in Bouth Carolina having a plantation on the Congaree. He ap pears to have come from the neighbor hood of Sussex C. II. Vs. I shall be glad to hear from you further, and if I ca,n aid you in your researches further, I tope you will let one know. Very .truly ' WiLiOH M. Caky. Ter drunk again, bey I Ne, my love (hie-rough,) not drunk, but slippery, The iact is, my dear, somebody has been ruV bi.ig the bottom ol my boots till they are as suiooth ll glass. f.ETTf.K UtOM ASUKVII.I.F,. Asuitviu.H, N. C, .Inly Stftli, 137S. Mil. Eiuruit : You will see from my heading that our paity has reachpd Abbe ville at Inst, ami a vetv 1 1 'Sianl place, in. deed, do we find it. Net w hut you would ctll a city but a large tijwii wiih the bright proq'tTls cf bcinu opened up to every a1vailao ol the Hiirromlitis; coun try. The lindens iiiij,ioii!y aval the coining of two lailroa Is which are pro greying vory rupidlv, mid they predict 11 1 ?;l!i)g Intiirc lor this town miinnu the hull j;s .0011 us Hh bench's mi. I lacililics cm be given to Ihe eoueliy al larce tallies laroi; amount of hii-itici is car. ricd mi 111 Us centre and tins is accounted for by theUct 'hit there is a large bnk ountry which n almost entirely diqiriid ntupon Ashivillo. The crowd id visitors this year is Hstoni-hinj, almost all the private houses tailing hoarders, and the crowds on the streets at all timet prosen' iiile a holiday appeir.'.nec, C iunnu the towu to compare favorably with, ni iiiv ol our lurco Wittc'iinu-pla ts. Sim'e I hsvc been in Aslievjll'j th'j opportunity has pre senlud itsell of visiting 111 my places of in tcre-t, and union:: them, llakl .Mountain of which your rc.ideis have heir.l so much I his mountain is about twenty mil, 9 from alicvillc, 110 1 111 order lo reach it, one mint psss 1I110114I1 Hickory Nut Clip, one ol the most picturesque and romantic ol Ihe i ips of the liltic llidjje, and as our road lay itiouu side Ihe mountains, lltiikcl by a btailtiliil 111 oiul tin stream, we h id a spltMiiJi I opportunity ol l -li tiding the sci'Ucry of this chain ol nioimluiii'. II 1 could wiite with the f. iy'il elou'ienee of a l'rcnlic, or tvjii possessed tint ahs irbinir love lor the natural, hi did the liincuted lhyaiit. I would try toapu.k , the ben il ly, tin; sublimity of Nature's inoiiatchs. Kock piled upon rock wa sen lilting their heads in solemn grandeur until tliu eve would almost weary when it coul I bo re lieved by a covering of the richest green that edged tucir ricd bide. The liar- ninny and solemnity cl such scenes will produce q. Iceliu of awu upon any one. and this fuclinsj is lendercd plca-saut and softcqC'l to the senses by the murmuring!) ol the little casca ies that ila'll down the mountain -side. Mr E litnr, such scenes are best picuued only in tlio song of the lord that tings ol c 1111-5 and hill and dale, and 1 feel as il I were only ilescciiilin the su'ojeot in attempting a description. There are q ii;e a number i f places ol interest around liild moui.tiiiii, uud it S. ice would udoiv, I would apeak at length ol the Fall.. Chimney Uocli. and tliu Caves. There are some caves in liald uiouutain ciuifo.l by a splitting away of the rocks, living v,it Insures which have only been discovered recently. However there are no oct'itsins of (ear that this penk will eventually be come a volnauo as thojo peeuliiritius aie very sitishietorilv explained by our tiati Geologist, l'rof. Ivirr. I shall vint oilier places m a lew days sud will write you 011 my U'turu. Wry truly, l'itAviti,i,i:ii. THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT. Than the following line no one that we wot ol is more friouenily q iotcd: "Though lost to sight to incoi'ry dear:'' and jel how cumpitrai ivcly lew -no, not one in teu tliomind - are aware of its origin. J will be louud in a song composed of two lain. is. wri'len about the year 1 7 00 by a Mr. ituthven Jeukyns m poet entirely un known to lame iiid published ill thi. Greenwich J igaz ne lor luarioers. As the production is short, Biid the poetry gooi, we may as well (;ive it entire : "Sweetbi.art, good bve i lbo II uttering sail Is spread to waft 1113 far front tlieo ; And so in befiro the I ivorite i:alo My s'np shall li lU'ld the eea. Perehaiico all ilos d tio and forloin, These f yes shall miss t!:oo many a year ; lint unl'M ti'ilton every ehiirin Though losl lij i.iglit. to iiieiii'ry dear, "Sweetheart, (rood byo ! one lust embrace! O erool fale, two souls to sever 1 Yt in Ibis boarl'si inoV naor I pa,'B Thou, thou ahmo sb ill dwell lorever. And still shall n oollee'.i,oi trace In Fancy's mirror evei near, Each Hinile, eaeb loar upon lhat f.teo Tll'iugh lost .i ii ii I t, to iiieto'rv dear.', AltVEKIlsEME.s i. VT AT U HE'S NO I! LEST HEM EH Y ! LUdH'CIUl .M.I'M i IU."X SPHIMIS VVATItU AMI M s. "l'.llieient for throat disotses. Dr. l ar riiiL'tou of Va. "Speeilic iu Skin disoasos." Dr. Allen of N. C. "Uneqiuilo 1 for Scrofulous nll'ection."--Dr. Walker ol Yu. "i'ritnpt and beiieli"inl as an altera live." Prop Dor., -ui, D. D., lato l'rct. it indidph Mai- 01 Ci.Ilsije. "It.'.iuveiiniuii; on ,i rsons worn with toil and care. Dr. Hales id Va. "InvaluaUo ler Nuurul(M." Dr. Harri son, N, Y. "Hogiilalu tbt Seereti.o Oryaiis. i)r. Christian ! Vi. "i'tirities tlio lllood'' ')r. I.anghorne, Va. "Siiece-sful in Dyspepsia"-l rot. .lack son, Univ. ol Pa. "ll.vs noeeiu ii .or Chills" -Kev. Ellison 0. DoiUiiu, V.i. "Eseelbut l ono u f I'.jrelic -Med Asso. nf Va. Jl.'c. 't'lisiirpass.'il tor disrisrs peculiar to W.on an.' J din P. Mell".iur,M. D. I.. I.. D. nf Vii g.tiia. 'Well ad.i.ited ill Clcerativo all'ee lions,'1 - Prol. Mq irniail, ,M . D, Va. "N'lmi liim a ibr range of useful-ni,,"-Vii. Mfd. Monllilv. ' Very valuable, lor Stomach, Liver, KikneyH and H.iwels." lion. Landou cru'.'gs, Va, ''Poweiful Natural Himte Iy." Prof, llaidiii. V. M. 1. PKICE.S : Wa Tlllt, ?l CAfK uv no "Al.., lioTri.iis; ?1 For 6 iiAi.., liKMUoits; ."0 .'H.vrs pkii iiAi.i.oi. M ASS: -,10 CKM'S AMI $1 noTTI.K, ?'J ,10 AM) ? I IIAI.K OOZHN J JI AND fill Do.KX sent povtiaid. Liberal tonus properly graded to whole sale uud iutitil dealers. Analysis anil directions v..tu each ackage. Pull proof of all claimeo ueut free 11110.1 application Sample supply free tg t,hj'3ician8 Uosirini; to test. Thesa charm ioR Spr,un are open for visitors and invalids Ui, vettr round from and after Juno 1st, 1S7S. U ard !,1 a month; tlO a week, 1 1..HJ it day- Cnnvoy ances daily from Lynchburg to Springs, 12 mil "dlHtHOt, over plea'ent roads Ihrough piciurosquo country, coniov.iing with all tlie traliiN. lloumi trip tickow froui all points Sou lb and North at re duced into.. Uuildings all now or thor oughly relit ted. Karo and aeoouiinndationi fu.,.u!ass. Skillul resident phvsclan. A. M. DAVIES, Prest. 11. A..t 1. Springs Co,, Lynehburti, Va. Hold Wy A. H. ZULLICOFFKK A UUO. WeJdon, N. C. June 'i Cm. i 11 on 30 I 0 ili 00 HI (io I I 20 no 30 00 40 CO in po SO t o U.I Ol) 7oOQ One Square, 3 Oil ft ( ti a uo in on I lo on I 1:0 011 1 8 .10 10 (10 1.1 00 i s. OO ill I Oil 1 wo .Squares, 1 11 roe Squares, Four Squares, Koiii th rot 11. H ilf t 'ultimo. :io mi I 0 00 I vVholo ('oluuiii, Duo Year, ADVFRTISKMKNTS. g I O N l'AINT E KS Wanted in every seclion of tho United States and 1'rovitioos to answeia thisad- vnrunemont. Aniln's, DANIEL K ItKATTY, Washington , N. J. Dor. Itf U-A1NTNESSOR MlisKltY, IS Til li -liUE.STION ! Ilr. W. E. flovt of 3,1 vears successful practice cioirantnes speedy and permanent euro 1 f all ('lir,iiie, Seroful ills, 1'iivate, Svphililic and I'emalu llisfansi, Hperioa lerrh.iM, or si,.h1misii ,u bis Med.c.l Jn stitole, A can A- Cheney lilnek. ooposiio the City Hall Park, Syracuse, N. y , Med ieiun sent lo nil parts ol lh V. S. and Canadii. Don't bo deceived by adverlis inV quack" who tbnmi; our laiizo ellies, bin eonsiilt Hr. Io t or semi for eireuhir troatiriu' oil bis specialties to hix 1". II. llox 'JT'l. E A DIES. Mv creat liquid French Itemedy, A M 1 E 1)E K.OMMK, or Kemalu Eriend, is ti n t'.ii 1 i m io i!i,. euro of all pain Inl and dangerous diseases of your sex. It moderates all excess, and brings on the monthly period W'th regularity. In all inn vows and spinal iiiiouiions, pain,; In ihe back or limbs, heaviness, 'atiuo 011 kl..it exertion, palpitation o! the, heart, lowness (if Hiiirit, hy.stnries, sick beadaehe, whites, and all pain fill diseases occasioned by a disorOoroil syslom, it oirects a euro when all other means fail. Price fJ ,00 por Hot tie, scut by mail. Dr. 17. E. Ilovt, Loz -7'1. , Syracuse, 'S. V. Nov 'J.I 1 y. g C II 0 O L T E A C li K U H . Yon can easily increase your salary by liv devoting a very small portion of your leisure time lo my inlernst. I do not ex pect you to canvass for my celebrated Heatty'ii Pianos and Organs' unless yon koo til to; but the service 1 require of vou in not n piens;iiu ami prohiatiio. Ful purliouliiis Iron. Address, . r DANIEL V. UEATTY, Washington, N. J. 'OCKY MOUNT MI.LS, roCKY MOUNT, N. C. January 1st, 1374. We aro now prepared to furnish thj trade u i il. SUEElTNtJS, sum TINGS, FLOW LINES and COTTON.; YARNS. all ol the best quality ittnl at low prices, Our tcuas strictly net cash, 00 days. Address HATTLK X SON, 'an a lfocky Mount, N. C. 1S7S. ' 1S7S7 c li 0 T II I N G I STYLE SPUING AND Sl'MMKK .Ii'sT l?Ki i:ivi:n At N o ii li W it I k r A ( No 1 i:i syeaiiiuru Street o ' is fine nuKsssnrs, FINE III SI N ESS SUITS. HONS' AND Vol! TIPS (.'LO I'M ING. A full lino of ill tirades or Heady-Made Clothing lor lio 's, Yiuith'H, and Men, from three yic.rs old up at piicos to hint tlie linn c. We hep all tho latest styles of Gents' Furnishing (funds on hand. Simples mi baud. C.otluog and Shirts made to order at nor llaltiuioro house, ill short notion, at I'laltioiore prices. Pieaso give us a call before buying. NOAII WAI.KEi; A CO. n:t sitAMOKi: tsritx:r.T. relt-rsburtr, Va. ALEX. F. S1TOKT, AuiiNT.s. Salesman. i. ( i K ). WILKINSON, It'll. Elt ATKIN.siiN Oct 3- 1 Y ETALI.1C ULIUAI, CASES FcK UA I.I-. Persors wUbicy M, tuli'oi P.uri.il Cases can always obtain them by applying tome, al tlio St ire of Mes.-rs. V mil. id A: Enny. 1 ciu Mill keeping, as heretofore, a lull s H'.rtm.'iil ot the Very liest CASKS, al tho Very Lowm.sI I'liceM. In my ebseneo from Welilon,-Messrs. Win held A Einry will deliver Cases to persons who may wisU thorn. JAMES If'IMMONS, Weldon, N. C. apr 4 1 i fl-vTl K V N I) E K S 1 () N E 1) V K li Y L respectfully calls tho attention of the trade u bis extensive stock of domestio and imported liquors, lo which bo is slill making additions ut.d eonsisling of puro UYK ANU nOL UUOX HUISUItS Freneb, A.iplo, Plaekberry and Cherry Hnmdies, jHiimica uid New England Hum ! London, 'Tom and llollan Gin, Port Sherry, Claret. Khine and h .ve year-old Seuppernong Wine. Seoicb anil JjOiidoj 1'otULf, and a very large lot of RECTIFIED yVHISKEY which I am ofleringat priasethat caoino,' fall to give satisfaction. 8. W. 8ELI1NER, Ag't. april8-a ' lHouuolie SquAro, SPACE -...' v, .:- "-w-j. Mi 1 II t r 1 ..I . i i. u i 0 n v I