Letter to Ae Editors of the Observer.
The Fall Terms of the Courts for Alamance
County were characterized by an unusual amount
of writs for debt, judgments, executions, &c.,
showing very conclusively that the great mone
tary panic which has swept like a tornado over
the commercial Cities of the Union, involving
thousands in poverty and want, has and ie now
being severely felt even in the interior of tljc old
North State; and many who were considered m
alUuent circumstances and moved in the higher
circles of life, have been compelled to sucouiub to
the storm which has swept ovor tho land. le
year 1857 will long be romembered as one ot ex
treme pecuniary embarrassment and distiess,
when the bright hopes and pleasing anticip.ttion>
of many were suddenly shrouded in the gn)oin\
darkness of bankruptcy and ruin.
An agricultural people as we are, favored with
propitious seasons, bonntiful crops and g..od
prices, we are naturally led to imjuiie into the
causes which have produced such a disastrous
state of affairs. Suffice it to say, that the same
causes which have led to suc-h a state of things
elsewhere, have had their influence here. Among
the most prominent of these is the undue exten
sion of the credit system, the too great haste to
be rich; and the rash endeavnr to keep up with
the reckless prodigality of this tust and extrava
gant age.
Too many of our people, disheartened and dis
gusted at the slow and toilsome process ot accu
mulating the goods of tiiis life in the olil and or
dinary way, have left the sate :>ud beaten traek
trod by our forefathers, and have struck out tv>r ;
themselves a new path, which, although for u
while perhaps promising to lead tliem by a >hort>-r
route to wealth and ease, has generally emied by
leading them into diihculty and danger, if not to
ruin and disgrace.
We are apt to hold up our hands in perfVet as
tonishment when we read of the almost fabulous
accounts of extravagance in the cities It appe ir,-
to us more like the extravagant stories of the Ara
bian Nights than sober reality. Hut what i.'
acted out there ou a grand scale is acted out here
in miniature.
The individual who has perhaps inlierited a
handsome patrimony, accumulated by long years
of toil and economy by a prudent and industrious
forefather, must needs make a hiy . and
show to the world that he is no ordinary pi rs >n-
age. Fine carriages, fast horses, ami showy
equipage, and the usual accompaniments, soon
scatter to the four winds that which re.juired .'*■
many years of toil to accumulate. |
These individuals have many imitators in the '
more humble walks of life, and thus it is there is !
a continual round of foolish expenditure, and
handsome fortunes are frittered away in the vain ,
eflFort to keep up appearances, re^ardle.'S "f the i
fall which awaits them.
Our farmers and mechanics bavt rcn.'ancL.i
that beautiful simplicity which eiiurjcf.jrizi d ^
fathers in the good tiaie?. TL^ y liv .i l. ti..
proceeds of their farms, uud I'Vca witii'.u i.-jir
means, blest with an abundance ot' the g- ,1 Thi’i_'
which are usually accuuiulated by itnlustry ai:a
economy. They lived in peace, juiet uud tran
quility, without any dread of the storms ,>f win-
ter or fear of panics in the monetary world
Our back country is overstocked with goods. :
Every village and cross road is stocked with mer
chandise, and our people, farming people t i", buy
their shoes and their ready-made clothing. Tiieir
buckets, churns and brooms, even to their axe
helves, are brought from the North. It is ■
much more convenient to call around at the .'tore
and get these articles on a credit than to produce
them on the farm at home. N r is this all. Kn- i
tirely an agricultural people, we buy a great many '
horses and mules from the West; also, a large
amount of pork and bacon.
With all these things crushing and grindinir us
down, is it any wonder that failures and bank- .
ruptcieg occur? ■
The merchant buys his goods on a credit at the '
North, and scatters them broad cast over the !
country on a credit to hi> custi>mers—stimulatfd
to increase his sales by the corapftition iii bu'i- ‘
ness. The consequence is that a large amount -f
bad debts are contracted; custom- r.s tail to r.av;
the merchant faiis to his N >rthern merchant; and
he of course fails to pay the jobber and importer;
and thus there is a general smash up all r..und.
But I am happy to see that men-hant> and
printers too are making eflforts to do awav in a
great measure with the cr.-dit s'st.-m, aud adopt,
as far as practicable, the ca-^h principle. It i- no
doubt an important step in tiie right dire.-fiMn,
and when it is generally adopted and c iri ied >ui,
we may lonk out for the “good time i-oniiiig,’' for '
its advent is near at hand.
We can then sit under our vin.,- and fi;:triM', jn
peace and (juiet, not having the fear of .'heritf- |
and constables bef >re our eyes. Iloj.ing that this ‘
good time may not be far off, and that you and I
may live to enjoy it, ^ j
I remain, most respectfully yours,
M. '
0/ Profiertij.—Last week a large lot of i
negroes, land, town property, Ac,, belonging to '
Leroy Springs, was sold at auction in this phiee. i
Forty-seven negroes, on > months’ time with
interest from date, brought averare ;
SO'i(. Ihirty-tive tjcgrues, sold for cash, brought :
S22,Udo average 8(51 . Man and wife, l!.'> or .'JM i
years old, brought Sl,x40; man and wife, about i
same age, with 1 child, brought woman '
45 years old, P, children, -?1,1U0; anoth.T woman I
30 y^ars oliJ, children, brought 6;i,iu0; boj, C,
to 17 years old ranged from .S175 to -?l,;joO. \\'e
were pleased to see that man and wife, mother
and children, were generally sold togetlu.r.
The “Smart IMantation,” 7 mile.^b.dow t.,wn
brought 67 50 per acre. I'ork hogs brought (ii
to (j| gross—stock hogs sold well; eattle, it, poor
order, brought ^20 to ^^JO; corn, at private sale,
brought 55 cts. per bushel.
Two or three tracts of land near town brouidit
from to S80 per acre. ”
lown property sold rather low. 'I'he brick store
house on the corner brought 88,500; the thre.;-
story brick building ju.st below it sold for #5,1(10;
a very good two-story dwelling house near the
railroad bridge sold for 82,100. This property
was sold on a credit of one and two years.
Charlotte Democrat.
The Charlotte Whig says that the sales amount
ed to 8ll0,(j00, leaving two brick stores, an «x-
tensive steam flour mill and a large amount of
other property to be sold. There was a very large
crowd attracted to the sale, and to show how plenty
was money, it states that 8200,000 was deposited
in one of the banks, and it is probable that as
much more was there. The town property did not
bring much more than a third of its value.
Sudden Death.—'SU. George W. Brown, for
inany years a merchant in this place, was struck
aown, at his residence, Friday afternoon last, by
paralysis, from which he expired in about’five
hours. He leaves a family and friends to mourn
nis sudden departure, and h whole community to
teel the awe inspiring sense of death’s terrible
presence. Hal. Watchman.
A barn containing the entire crop of wheat of
Thos. A Cameron, Esq., ia Orange county, was
destroyed by fire a few day since. Loss «2,obo—
the work of an inceudiary.
FOR THE OBSERVER.
town iMEETING.
At a meeting of the citizens of Fayetteville,
Dec. 21, 1857, called for the purpose of paying a
tribute of respect to the memory of iheir vener
able friend and esteemed fellow citizen the lion
Hknky Potter, U. S. Judge for the District of
North Carolina, on motion, II P. Buxton, E.scp,
.■\Iayor of the Town, was called to the (/hair, and
Arch’d McLean was appointed Secretary.
The chairman, after stating the object of the
meeting, passed an appropriate and merited eulogy
upon the life, character, and services of the de
ceased .
On motion, ^lessrs. James Banks, John II.
(\)ok, and J.>!in McKae wore appointed a com
mittee to draft resolutions expressive of the senti
ments of (lie meeting. They reported as follows:
WiiKKK.vs, by the summons of Almighty God
our venerated frii*nd and fellow citizen »)udge
PoTTKK, has been called from life unt(> death —
full of years and full of honors.
'riieref’ore, Resolved. That by his death our town
has lost one of its most distinguished citizens; the
State of North Carolina a public servant, who
largely civntributed to the eotlification of her laws
and the founding of lier University, aiul the nation
its oldest judicial officer.
Resolved, That in their afUietion, we tender to ■
his bereaved family our heartt'eU sympathy and ;
condolence.
Resolved, That in testimony of our respect for j
the tiii'inory of our venerated frienti, we will at-
t( nd his funeral to-morrow at the Presbyterian j
I’hurch. and retjUest places ot business to be closed
dining the hours oi’ the funeral service. i
Re'olved, That tlie proceedings of this mtieting
be pul'lished in tlie town pipeis, and that a copy j
of the rosohition-. be furnished the family of the ;
deceased _ I
'I'lie above r.>.iIutions Were unaniinou.'ly adopt- ,
ed, and the meeting adjourned I
R i* HTXroX, Chm’n ■
AKt'ii'i* McLi:.\N, Sec’y '
WASUlNtiTnN, Dec. 2i>. I
-if' (it II. ^^fU'/aniL—’I he body I'f (Jen. ;
Newlaiid was found in the canal tlr.s morning,
lie was fTnierly elected ti) i'oii^ress from the '^th ^
IHstrict .’t N a-th Carolina, but his election was I
contested, aii'l he ha,' heeii lately Superintending :
Knginoi ron the Sheboygan Harbor Improvements, r
'I'lieri' i' an error in the il>ove l>.ivid .\evv-
l ind, ’.he (leneral alluded to, wa.' a candidate for
I'ongress in l''o5, in what i.' now the ''th District,
lie was beaten hy the late IK n. ,Jame.-> (Itahani
Mr. Newland contested the election; and declar
ing himself an .\dministra:ion man, induced the !
H Use by a .‘strict pirty vote to oust Mr, (irahain,
a ‘'Ut N wlaii i wa' n^t v.>tt d in. .\nother
vi -cr; . ^v I, r :ei\ I, a'; i Mr N ;v! .• d w ^ ■ , .aen
1 .'il-t V ‘ _v .^Ir !. liiani
i f.- N..‘. n I. -r ,e.iri;.' ti.al Mr .N
w,i' Speaker ■ t‘ tl.v li 'U'e of Delegate' .if Wi>-
e. n.'ia when a Tern'ory, and has been in Wasti-
iii_’tivn ^c■veral mouths, it is under'tood, as an ap-
plieaiu f 'T ‘li.e 11. was about tifty-eight year'
of age. I
•J 'hn .'1. Th 'inas, formerly of Daviilson
("ounty. N. C , wa' killed near his re-idence in
.^lis,'i>.'ippi, on the 7th Dee. inst He was in the
act of getting on the train, when his f,,nt slipped
an>l he fell ^n the nils. The whole train [las.'ed
over him. the engine except- d, killing him in- :
stantly. — \V it' hiu in. j
i ^i iriinr /»’>/II/(»■»•—-W e notice that H >n. Abra
ham Reiicher, d thi.' .State, recently app iiiited ‘
(I ivern'ir "t New .Mexico, arriveii at .''anta l-’e nn
the 11th ult., accompanied by his family. The
(I .vern"r was greeted by a public rei- ptiou. Col. =
•Jcdin H. (Iravs'in, on behalf of the citiz- ns, wel-
comc'l him to his po't in a sh irt ad lre>', to which ,
.'Ir Renciier pr imfitly responded. The proceed
ings i,t' the il iv were vv lund np by a baii(|Uet in
rhe li"_'i>latue hall, wtiere the U'Ual toasts Were
drank, and tlie U'Ual >*perehe> made We un li r-
r-tand that .NIr R neher has made large invest-|
nieat.s iu mining property in New ^lexie.l. j
U li/niii'jtun Jou/'iiul.
hir A- ir A-fi'i' ,i//iir'il J’ltiritnl. — We have re
ceive 1 ' liberal a respMU>c t ) our pr"p'i,-iti'Hi t ■
[lublish a lir-t (-la',' Agrienirural j'jurnal, that we |
havi- determined to cmmenee tiiat publicstion in i
•lanuiiy n-xt 'I’he first No. tiny be b:oke 1 fir
ab lut the middle of the month; and regularly i
thereafter it i' our inteiitii.n to mail the numbers !
so that our suli'eriij' T' shall receive their eojde' '
about the 1st of eac-h lii-intii.— of iht- Air, }
Mirlnllti/ r,f Uiih ljli. — Mr. (). Holt, Sexton,
made his annual report of tht* burials in tho city
eemetery, IV' m .January 1, l^-'>7, to December 1,
l'-.)7, there being 7'» whites, and 57 blacks, mak-
iiiL^ 12 I deaths; nf w hich .’> clie l of jmeumonia, 1
of ( rvsipelas, 1 accidental, 1 ot inflammati.in, .5 of
intoxication, 1 of consumption, 1 :if rheumatism,
2 (d drojisy, t) ot old age, l.» of diarrlne'i, ♦» of
whooping iMugh, 1 of measles, 1 of scrofula. :{ of
coM, I oi' er-up, 1 of brain fever, of bilious
fevt-r, 1 of di-^ea't' of the heart, 2 of paralysis, 1
of apojilexy, and !• unknown.
/lo/. Sjtirit of (hf
in a recent iiallot tor I . .Senator by the
li 'gislatlire of Smili (’.irfilina, there were eight
members who did not know how to spell the
names ot the (•andidatos they voted for.
U'/V. Ileral.l.
\\ e learn from some (d' tlie .Nlothoilist journals
that largo and intluerjfi-,d eotiferenees have deter-
ujiiK'd to license atiu ordain no candidate for the
niinistry who is not willing to forego the u.^e of
tobacco in every form. A new university has
been endowed also in one of the Western States,
with the proviso in its f)y-laws that no professor
shall be entitled to any of the avails of the en
dowment who is addicted to the use of tobacco.
Mr. John Martin, of London is being put in
possession of the “Jennens projierty,” which for
so long a j)eriod has been witliout a recognized
heir. The sum in casU he inherits amount* to
tho inconvenient sum of 8>iO,000,000, while his
income will be 81,25O,U0l }»er annum. The in
heritor has been wretchedly poor all his preceding
life.
Mr. l\uhody\ Liabilities.—The New York
Tinira is informed on authority who.se accuracy,
it says has every reason to credit, that the amount
of bills which the house of Peabody was under
acceptance for when assistance was obtained from
the Hank of England exceeded the almost incon
ceivable sum of six millions sterling.
rhe Effects oj Strychnine Whiskei/.—A young
woman iu Cincinnati got drunk the other day,
and was taken to the station; while there she had
constant convulsions, during which two men
could not hold her. And she afterwards died.
The doctors said the fits were caused by free in
dulgence in strychnine whiskey.
The Mobile Register reports the inundation of
the Black Warrior river, fifty one feet above low
water mark. Between four aad five thousand
bales of cotton had been lost, a large number of
cattle carried away, and much other damage
1 occasioned.
Complimentary.—The Richmond -‘South”
and the Philadelptiia “Press,” two democratic or-'
gans, have encaged in a fierce cotitroversy about |
Douglas and Kansas. The South closes it.=? part of j
the discussion with the following, which the pub- j
He generally has already pronounced a just view |
of Forney’s character:— '
“Mr. John W. Forney, of tho l^hiladelphia
Press, exhibits an anxiety to provoke a discussion
with this paper in regard to the issues of the Kan
sas controversy; and with that view he chooses to '
reply to our criticism of Senator Douglas’ position
with decid( d warmth of temper and severity of
epithet. V.’ith the positive conviction that a tri
umph over Mr. Forney would neither secure us
any personal credit nor result in the least advan
tage to the interests of the South, we must decline
to return the gentleman’s salutation. We have
abundant opportunity for tiiscussion with editors
of rt'spectable character, and have no need to des
cend to the level of an individual who has been
convicted of an attempt to extort false testimony ^
against a woman by a liberal supply of li«]uor to j
a drunken play-actor. If we could not find aj
worthy champion we should not accept one whose
name is the synonym of personal dishonor.”
Senator .Johnson, from Tcnnessi'e, has already
broached his radical doctrines by introducing a
bill iu tlie Senate gr.inting “a homestead” of 1(50
acres of the public lands to every liead of a fam
ily who will occupy and cultivate fhetu. If the
measure were not despicable on account if its
aiirariauisui it would still be most objeetion;ible
on account of its partiality, as the .'states in which
the public lands lie would gel the whole ix-iiefit
of it—as Well as because il would have u tenden
cy to drain population from the Southern States,
already greatly enfeebled in that way, and swell
the [lopulation of the Northwestern Stales, in
imical to our institutions and more dangerous us
they become more powerful. It is such dema-
L'ogues aiiil political griiumllings us this man who
are the worst t'uemies of the South, whost? safety
depends on a high-toned conservatism in the Gov
ernment. — t^rsliiirij InteUiyrm rr.
It is said that the Soutli in Congre.'S, even
ain-.ng the Deinoeiacy, possess more than their
share of the leadiiii: I’ommittees. This can be ex
plained by the fact that the South keeps her
Members of ('ongress in tho House until they
fiave acquired experience. Among the Northern
Democracy there are but very few old members
.\t the .'south. ei;:ht years service in Congress is
verv common Four years’ service, at the outside,
i' all th It the Northern will allow. Hence the
Soutii always brings more political intluenee
into the H 'Use than the North. We reiU'ive our
member' ju'C as soon as they begin to gain the
Weight and iiiflueiice whi(di experience gives.
Hurt font ('ounint.
,1 lf-iii rnfic Jftri!—Most of the leaders of
the National Democracy arc certainly jewels of
the \ery fir-t water, if we are to take th 'Ics-
criptiotis of them which we ti^jd in Democratic
papers. In regar'l to the peculiar virtues and
character of one of the number, for example, the
Washington corresponient of the Richmond South,
say';
••Stuator (Jwin, of California, has placed him
self in a painful pO'itioii, which is tho subject of
vt ry ireneral and cei.s 'rious remark. It is well
known that the honorable .'^eiiator has disgraced
the b 'iy of which he is an .jnworthy member by
a public sale of whatever Federal [latronage he
might be entitled to, or could control, to his
colleague; and it is now di.scovfred that the .Sen
ator has dishonorably violated the bargain by re-
C'eiiiueiidin:: over his own sign.iture certain ap-
p'lintuj'Mits to the .''ccretary >r the Navy. It is a
jtify that the lii:nity of thi; I'i.iled .''tates .''enate
'h' uld be sullied by the personal dishonor of this
notorious man.”
Lym-h L'ur I'u I ncn —The R-gulat'.ri have
again gone to work in Cdlar county. Recently
they l.ave been workiii;.' secretly for the capture
of on - or two noted horsc-tbieveh and counterfeit
ers. I f which Hiram R'lbfrts was the ni'ist protni-
nent i'or the la't fifteen years he has the greater
>f the time ma le this i^ection ofthe West the
-eene of his nefarious operitions. Last week a
young thief was arrested. He refused to confe.ss
any tiling about his companions, and was swung
up and let d'iwn gasping tiiree several times. He
Was then tied up and thoroughly switched. After
tiiis oj (-ration had continue'l some lime, the young
fellow eonelu'ie'l to confess. He told his persecu-
t'^rs, among other things, that Hiram Roberts
wa- t') meet another thief named t^uilbaugh at a
certain house, each witfi a stolen horse, to be taken
from different parts of the country and from par
ticular stables.
Tlie committee at once took steps for the capture
of Roberts, by concealing several men in the sta
ble, but suspecting .something he did not go in.
He was followed to the house of “Big John Han-
lin,” a friend of these rogues, where he was after
wards captured. He refused to make any confes
sions, but acknowledged the justice of the Regula
tors’ action. He was then taken into a barn and
tightly bound. Two men with blackened faces
came into the room, and they were left alone w’ith
the thief, every man of the committee wdthdraw-
ing. In a few minutes the doors ofthe barn were
opened, and the thief and counterfeiter were dis
covered nanging by the neck from the rafters.
Tlie execution occurred on Friday night, Decem-
licr 4th Tho body was allowed to hang two days.
Thus has Roberts at last paid the penalty of his
crim' S.— Ditvenpnrt (iazette.
A Snnijtuon in Shac/i'les.—The Monroe (Wis.)
Press says they have a prisoner in the Green
('ounty jail, by the name of Sam Witham, who
has been amusing himself and astonishing the jail
or, with his feats of strength. Unaided by a sin
gle instrument, he broke a set of the strongest pat
ent handcuffs, rent the shackles from his feet, tore
off several locks from the door of his cell, broke a
large iron door which served as an additional fast
ening, and passing out into the hall of the jail, ex
ercised himself in the satisfactory mysteries of a pi
geon wing! A night or two since he concluded to
give another entertainment, which consisted of
breaking two of the iron bars of his cell door, but
his performance being unseasonably cheeked by
the entrance of his keeper, he retired from the
scene iu evident confusion.
Boys and Needles.—Boys sometimes think it
takes a great deal of drilling to make them men.
They wish they could get out of the shackles.
Perhaps it does. But how many things do you
suppose have to be done to a bit of steel wire be
fore it makes that simple little tool called a
needle, and puts it into the market? Can you
guess? Seventy; yes, seventy processes are nec
essary in the manufacture of a needle. Can you
wonder then, that in “making a man of you,”
you are subject to a great many hard rubs? It
is this drilling which strengthens, and weighs,
and tempers, and polishes you for manly work
in the world.— The ell-Spring.
A woman lately obtained a divorce from her
husband because he -had a bald head, which he
concealed by a wig during the period of urging
his matrimonial suit and the consummation of
the bargain. It was undoubtedly a bald assump
tion on her part, and the man may be congratu
lated, perhaps, on his ^iV-breadth escape from a
conjugal scalping.
Personal Preaching.—“Sir,” said a lady, one
fine Sunday, to a clergyman just after the morning
service was concludeil, “Sir, I hope you will not
preach that sermon again.”
“Why not, madam?” “It wa« 30 very personal.”
“Indeed! What part of it?” “Oh! that part
about worldly-mindedness and covetousness.”
“But how cfmld that be personal—the remarks
were general enough?”
“You may not have intended to apply it per
sonally, but the congregation will.”
“To whom, madam?” “W^hy, to me.”
The lady and tlie clergyman parted, but not
very cordially, as she eould not extort from him a
promise “never to preach on worldly-mindedness
any more.” A week passed over, and on the
Sunday following, the same clergyman preached
on the subject of “providing all things honest,”
etc.; his text occurring in the services of the day,
which generally guided him in the selection of
his subjects. In this .sermon (thought he) there
is surely nothing to rouse the feelings of the lady
who complained of the former discourse; bui on
the following morning, as he was fetching his let
ters from the post office, he encountered the lady’s
coachman.
“If you please,” said John, touching his hat,
“if you plea.se, sir, I cun exfilain all about the
hats”
“Explain all ab.iut the hats, .lohn! I don’t un
derstand you.” “Why, sir, the hats as you
preached about yestertlay.”
“Tiie hats that I preached about yesterday?”
“Ves, I quite understand you.”
“That’s more than I can do as to you, John;
pray explain yourself.” “W by, sir, you see,
Missis and me hail a row about the livery hats;
and me, sir, and the butler and footujan, felt sure
as how Missis had set you to preach to us.”
“Well, .John, call at :ny place on your way
home.”
.lohn did s.), and the sermon was produced and
read to him. “Ves; that’s it, sir.”
“Can you read writing, Jolin?” “Yes, sir,”
“Well, now look at the outside of that sermon
and you see that it was written twelve years ago;
and the reas.m it w.-is preached yesterday was, be
cause the text came in course of the service. 1
knew nothing about your juarrel, and your Mis-
tre.ss has not spoken to me since tho Sunday be
fore last.”
John professed him.self sati.stied.
“1 see, John, that hats will sometimes fit as
well as caps; good morning to you.”
i| rtiiinenlly s:tliitury iimiiu-
M'ly, Ht tie. Inctory h( Schiedntii, in tiol
ALCOHOL AS A MEOICINE.
PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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iliiirrii. nr.iijf.
In ;r:>vcl, tieiit. iinil Ktieiiiii'iti-iiii. in Obalruclions ut the Blailder
.nil K.tliirys. mill in ci iicral lirliiliiy, iii «-tt't-( ts are prouipt. de-
. iilf-il, Knil invMriuliIy rcli.ili'e. .\iul il is not unly a rt'ineily for
mill.In' liul. III ull ill utiuti lliey are |iruluc 7ii by
ilriiiKin^ bill VNa'.i-r. which 19 uinimt univer«iilly Ihii cuu»e u(
iht-m. Il as u prrtrntirt.
TliP ■li.-Lrc'.sin" eifi-i I iii»in the tli.iiiach, tM.weU and bl^uliter, of
tri.vr :er» or i;i » reoJi-iit^, ^inil dll (ler'iins uiiaccustfliiied tu them.
iir..iliu--il b> ihu H.'titrn .■! nearly hII uur Krt-ai in'aiiit rivers, lilj..
llic >hiM .Mi^iis'iinn, uMil .Alatiaiiia. froiii the l«r(;e quantity iifde
I :iynl \r)!(-t.'ilile mutter Iuiilained in then:, in a »lati- of >i>lulieii. it
weil Known. ai al-n thnt ut'the w.iti ri ut llnle^tune rcifii.iM in pro-
.liiciiiii i;r:tv.-l, I'.ili-iili. :inil .siiine in the Blaililer. The .\noMATtc
.SciittDiM St ii>*i-ri. m in absolute corrertiie of these injuriuus
priiiH-rtiei Ilf bad w .itrr, and cunst-nuently prevents the disease!
w hu h they caM-in It i,« aito tc iind to be a cure and preventl>a
..f Fev.-r and .Vtu.-. a nniipUini rauwd by the conjoint etleci of
x.-tt-laliiK Ill'll iri.t III ihi- atni'i'i'ht-re, and v«-);otable pru(>-sceDcei
in tilt- vtaier^iil tli.i'i-ili>tral-. in wliiih it principally prevails.
'I'hu -Aromatic Si iiikiiam .s hnaI'Pk is rim^quently in great de
mand by (H-r^'ini ir;iveliiiK. nr atxiut to settle in those pans of the
rouulr>, e>|K i-.rtlly, ii.-. well as by many in every conimunity where
il iK-i-iiiiio kuuwu,iiu ivtiovinl of Us Vdriwus other remedial
pri'|M-rties.
in .-ill i-a-.*-' c.f a I)n.p*iral tendency. It is generally the only
rriiiedy rriiuirrd. w hrn adopted in the early stages ofthe disease.
In Uy'pcpsn iiialadie>, w hen taken in pnna-r quantities, us » diet
drink, and especially at dinner, it it found, by uniform ex;>erience.
to (it- eiiiinenily etfiraoioun in the umst otistinate caaes, when aven
the be>t ol the UMial remedie» have failed to atford iir»re than lem-
[Hir iry relief. In ca>es of Flatulency, il Is an Immediate and inva
riable >|K-cifi , and il m.iy l»e adiiilnisiered in diluted and pro-
(Kirtion.ite quantities, evt-n to youn* intants, in all tiiose (laroiysiiii
i>f vripini! |utin in the stoirach and txiwels to which they ar« ••
[K'C'ally r.iibject, as well as in the colic of jfTow-p [>ersons.
lu j(idin»u' adoption in connection with the principal meaU, or
when a lense of l•ihau^tlon dictatos its umc, never fails to rellova
ihe debility attendant u;x>n protracted chrcmic maladies, low teni-
liemment. and exhausted viuil enercy, by whatever cause induced.
These arc tacts to which many of the most eminent niediral men
iHilh in F.uro|>« and the I'nited .>^tates. have borne testimony, and
w hich an- rorrolx.raled by their highest written authorities.
I'ut up 111 quart and pint bottles, in cases of one dozen each, with
my naiiii- on ihe liottle, cork, ant*/at timiU of my signature on the
lalK-l. For sale by all the res|iectahle I>ru;;i{i8ts and (Grocers in th«
I'nited s^tates.
1'DOl.rilO WOLFE, Sole ImiHirter,
Beaver t^treet, .New York.
C.Al TKi.N' TO THE rtlil.U'.
The word Schiedam .Schnapfia, beloncs exclusively to niy medi
cinal Ifeverage, all mhers is counlerft-it and imposition on the pub
lic. L'KOLPHO WlU.KE.
Nov.-r.. 1K-.7. 03-3ml
A CASE OF THREE .MONTHS STANDING CURED.
Gkokue W. IIenuerson, of Pittsburg, says—
“After suffering for three monthtj with Rheumatism,
a part of the time so severely as to confine me to my
lied, I have been entirely cured by using Bcerbave’s
Holland Bitters. 1 have had one attack since, but
found almost instantaneous relief in the same medi
cine. It is iu my o^siuion, a sure remedy for Rfaeiuna-
tism.
Dec. I'J. 70-2tpd
I3DWARDS
ON
BILLS AND PROMISSORY NOTES,
PKICE, $5 60.
A TREATISE ON
BILLS OF EXCHAIVGE,
AND
PROMISSORY NOTES,
BY
ISAAC EDWARDS.
Counsellor at Law.
Just Published and For Sale by
BANKS, GOULD & CO.,
144 Nassau street. N. Y.
Also for ial« by E. j. HALE ^ SON.
ei-12ti-
I’AINTS, OILS AND VARNISH,
Afresh supply received by
S. J. HINSDALE.
F
TEAS.
RESH GREEN and BLACK TEAS for sale by
S. J. HINSDALE.
Yeast powders;
Chocolate;
Saltpetre;
Pure Potash;
Toilet Soap;
For sale by
Dec’r 7.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE!
New York, Deo. 21.
Decline in Cotton and Bread»luff». Severe fight
ing in Indi*.—The steamer Adriatic arrived to
day from Liverpool with advicea to the 9th day
of her sailing.
The news from India by her is important.
There had been severe fighting at Lucknow, in
which Gen. Outram it reported to hav« been
wounded. Gen. Havelock was still hemmed in
there, but Sir Colin Campbell was marching to
his relief
Commercial.—Cotton was easier but unchang
ed. The sales for the three days ending Tuesday
were 9000 bales, of which speculators took 2000.
Accounts from Manchester were unfavorable.
The money market was generally unchanged.
Consols for money 91 i—for account 92^.
Wednesday afternoon. The sales of Cotton
to-day were .3000 bales at a decline of 4 a 3-lG.
Richardson’s specie circular quotes flour at a
decline of 6d a Is.
Wheat dull and irregular, and slightly lower.
Corn slow of sale at unaltered prices.
The Rank of France had reduced its rate of in
terest.
There had been additional failure.-^ but none nf
them American.
St. Louih, Dec. 22.
Important From fCansns.—A letter from Kan
sas says Lane was shot during a political discus
sion by a government official.
Stanton was still acting as governor.
(}en. Harney had sent a company of cavalry,
in obedience to .Stanton’s requisition, to suppress
riots at Fort Scott, where several lives were Inst.
Arrivals from the Plains report that com
panies of infantry had met with reverses.
The Mormons threaten Fort Laramie.
S. J. HINSDALE.
66-
K. M. MURCHiToN^
co.vms^iioni nEKCHAi%T,
NO. 104 WALL STREET,
JV'ew Y"orh.
f^fUsual advances on Conaignmentf.*^^
50-itf
St. Louis, Dec. 23.
Still Later from Kanaa».—The Legislature of
Kansas has repealed the law autboriaing the ('al-
houn (Lecompton) Convention. It has aKso pas
sed, over Governor Stanton’s veto, a bill organiz
ing the militia of the Territory, of which Gen.
Lane has been appointed Major General, with
eight Brigadier Generals. The Legislature has
also passed a law authorizing a vote of the People,
on the 4th of January, upon tho Calhoun Consti
tution, in both forms, aud also against the said
constitution. A new law for preventing frauds
at elections has also been passed.
An exciting affair had occurred at Doniphan, a
Free-State man named Latham havitig been mur
derod. Th ■ reported death of Lane is untrue.
St. Louis, Dec. 23.
From the Ftah Army.—An express had reach
ed Leavenworth from Utah. The whole United
States forces, except Cook’s command, were con
centrated at Black Fork, aud were moving to Fort
Bridges It was feared all their animals would
perish during the winter. The report that two
companies of infantry had met with reverses is
unfounded.
THE R.\INY DAY
The day it cold, and dark and (ireary.
It rains, and the wind is never weary-
The Tine still clings to the moulderirff
But at every gust the dead leaves fail ’
And the day is dark and drearv
My life is cold, and dark, and drearv
It raina, and the wind is never weiirv-
My thoughts still cling to the nioul jV,i
But the hopes of youth fall thick i„ ^
And the days are dark anl dreary
Be still, sad heart! and cease repinine-
Behind the clouds is th» sun »till shin
Thy fate is the common fate of »1]
Into each life some rain must fall '
Some days must b« dark an.f
ATIIOCGIIT.
The rose that’s wet with summer r..;
Or filled with early dew, **’
.Sheds richer perfume o’er again
And glows with lovelier Ime.
The pearly drops that light within
Its leafy •balic« rest.
But fresher beautieu for it win
Its fragrant chaitiis attest.
So hearts bowed down with w,-i(r(,j ,
Or crushed with bitter i'ricf, ^
Show clearer what their virtm'j .r,-
While waiting for relief;
Each tender pang is sweet that sprint.
From hearts by sorrow riven-
If on its parting bri-Mth it bnnirs
Some dearer hope of lloavcn.
EIMC RA.M
“Marriage, not miraj^o, Jaue, ht-re in y
With your education, you »ur«ly ktiMw’
Quickly spake ray young wifr. whi.,. i ^
“’Tis quite correct, Thomas,
Augusta, Dec. 19.
More Ltdian Fighting in Florida.—Advices
from Florida state that there have been more bat
tles with the Indians. Captain Parkhill has
been killed und several soldiers wouiided.
Nkw York, Dec. 23.
Aid for Walker Intercepted, tt'c.—The bark
Alnah was seized by U. M. Marshall Rynders
yesterday, ou suspicion of being bound to Nicara
gua to relieve Gen. Walker. She had fifty pas
sengers.
Rent* in Boston.—The Traveler calls attention
to some notable instances of the fall of rents in
Boston. In one case a tenant at 8600 was con
tinued at $200. There is an unusual number of
houses for sale and to rent, and a general reduc
tion of from ten to fifteen per cent.
Death of a Venerable Scotch Clergyman.—The
Rev. Dr. Duncan Macfarlan, principal of the Uni
versity of Glasgow, Scotland, who died in that city
on the 1st instant, was 89 years of age, and the
oldest clergyman in the Church of Scotland, hav
ing survived nearly two generations of the min
isters of the church.
— — - I
Since 1850, about 23,700 persons have emi-1
grated to Utah from Great Britain. The number i
of emigrants from the other countries of Europe, i
during the same period, has not exceeded 5,000.
The Legislatures of Georgia, South Carolina
and Alabama have legalized the suspension of j
specie payment in those States. j
The emigration to the port of New York this !
year, up to the 16th instant, was 182,802—an
increase of 42,7-18 over last year.
“Aunt Ma/y, why don’t you write a book?”
said a young girl to a meek-eyed, intellectual
looking woman of thirty. “I do not think it is
right for a person of your abilities to confine her
efforts to her own home circle; remember that
much will be required from those to whom much is
given.”
“Why, my dear Lena, I am now writing two
books, and noble ones I hope to make of them too.”
“Are you. Aunt? 0,1 am so glad! What are
the subjects, characters, and so-forth? Can I see
them?”
“O, yes; you can see them. Come here,
Charles and Mary,” said she, calling to two intel
ligent looking children, who were playing in the
garden, beneath the window. “Here are my books.
Cousin Lena,” said she, pleasantly, as they entered
the room. “Is not here a fine beginning for
two glorious works?”
Lena looked disappointed as she replied,
“There certainly is, Aunt, but I do not see that
your being the mother of two fine children, is a
sufficient reason for your burying your talents in
obscurity.”
“I do not intend to bury my talents, Lena, I
intend to engrave upon the fair tablets of these
children’s minds all that is good, and true, and
beautiful in my own soul, hoping and believing
that the inscription that I shall thus trace upon
the books of their lives, will be far brighter and
more enduring than any contributions I could
make to the passing literature of the day. While
I was writing what would be of comparatively
little real use to any one, some foreign influence
might be tracing upon the pages of these precious
books that which, in after years, I might vainly
wish could be erased.''
^■llilS lustituti'iu, located iu th.-
M. .Montgomery county, N. (’ , i„
moral and healthy neighborlioo.l, wi|; * ' '
exercises on .Mou(iay the 1th ot Juuuiirv litn'*'"'
It is prf-paratory to the I'liivt-r.-^ity '
lege ot the State. ' ■
Tuition ■'i>12, aii'i ^Iti per se.-.,!,,,,
No deduction made unless from sickiiL‘>- ..
able causes. Board •'^7 per month, exc'^>^,. f
J- w. .;
For further particularii ;i i lrc?b ih.,- I'k:. '
Pekin, N. C. '
Dec’r 17. -
AD.MIMSTKAT()R*,S \nTirf;
fBlHE subscriber having nualifie i \ j..
i of the Estate of Mr.'j, Ciiari(ytt(.- A iJr .v.V'
at September Term of Cuiaberl.ind (’ouutv(
by gives notice to all persons iu leUte 1 i,. ^
to make immediate payment, .-la 1 u..v;,
against .said estate to pre^-ent them w.ihiu Tu.-
prescribed by law, or this notice wm bo /
of their recovery.
IIENKV ERA.MliKilT.
Dec. 11, A. It. 1857.
FUKTHKK ,\(>iU
It
will offer for s lie, at the .Murket lluu--.', lu K -
ville, on Mou.lay tlie -1th day of Jun y lioxi, a.-;
ing NiitJllO SL.WK.>, viz.
A negro Woman aud three Children, Mki., j..
Frank, and James.
Terms at sale.
HENRY E RAM BE ill. ;
Dec. 14, 57. 7;.-,,
IMPOUTAN r 'nu sr sall
«V virtue of a Deed of Trust to me exc
Angus McFadyen and Duuonn .\li'F:iivfa. 11
sell at the Court House in Carthuge, on liie '.11.-: ,iT
of January, 1858, and on a credit of six muntiit. f •
valuable Negroes, three men aud one girl, -.nt f \
men a good blacksmith, named juit.
head of Mules; Four head of Horses, Four .:
Gear; One Tract of Land known as the Mcfu iy -r,
327J acres, in .Moore County, ttdjuiuiu;; tl.i- ttr.;
lands on Governor’s Creek; ani other artic.es it'
perty. Bond and surety required of purcb;iser:.
John t. ciilni il. iru.>i(-^
Dec’r 22. Tl*t:
> V an order of the County C iurt. liie m,.
Administrator of Mrs Cliariottc A 15r..K
UJVDER T.IKERS.
TBIHE subscribers offer their services to thepb'’'
A furnish Coffins, Hearse, and every other rtjis?
for Funerals. They have a consi‘lerable
Coffins ready made, and an ubundant ^uji|..v
hogany. Black Walnut and Gum and I’oi'lar Uuten
for makiHg any size at a short notice. Ur ii-r:
the Cool Spring Mills will be piomptly atteiidti'
HEAKSEY ii, JOHSj'V
Fayetteville, Juue 29, 1857.
Harpers Magazine tor Jan’v l\>
E. J. HALfV
Dec. 22, 1857.
There is a utilitarian and economical way of
considering matters, which wag well illustrated
by two artisans, when Chantry’s bronze statue of
George the Fourth was first exhibited. “What a
lot of them penny pieces all this here copper
would have made,” said one. “Ah, never mind
Jack,” said his companion, pointing at the fig
ure, “it will cost a deal less to keep him than it
does to keep the live one.”
There is nothing funnier in cockney vernacular
than Jeamea’s letter, according to the veracious
historian, Thackeray, when he is in doubt which
to prefer of his two lady loves, Mary Hann or
Hangelina. He writes: “There they stood to
gether, them two young women. I don’t know
which is the ansomest; I couldn’t elp comparing
thorn; hand I couldn’t elp comparing myself to a
Hannimile, who found it difficult to make a
choice betwigst 2 bundles of A.”
STATE OF NORTH CAROUM
ROBESON CUUNTV.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Session.-*, N’oven-
'I'crm, 1857.
Archibald Graham and others, vs. llugli Tt Jltri-
iSusaii Tedder.
Petitiou for a Division of 5?lave.'.
IT appearing to the siitisfaction ofthe O.un.">•
Hugh Tedder and Susan Tedder, the t*-
dantsm this case, reside beyond the limits ui -
it is therefore, ou motion, ordered that [ublicati.i -
made for six weeks successively iu the
Observer, notifying the said defcudants of tne ■
this petition, and that unless they apj'ear »t ihi:
t«rm of this Court, to be held for the County-
son, at the Court House in Lumbertiia, on iw
Monday in February next, then auJ there
the petition, the same will be taken pro coulejj
heard ex parte as to them.
Witness, John .M. Hartman, Clerk of oursti^ .■
at office, the Fourth Monday in November A 1' -‘
and in the Eighty Second year of Anicricau kJ':'-
dence. J. M. HAUTM.KN.
Lumberton, Dec. I'Jth 1857. ‘
STATE OF NOR'l’H (J.VKOLl-"
ROBESON COUNTV.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, .N'ovcni
Term, 1857.
Angus D. McLean vs. Malcom
Original Attachment, levied on Ninety-se''f‘'
Land on Richland Swamp, adjoiuing
Daniel McMillan, Mary Graham, auJ others.
IT appeari ^ to the satisfaction of the ,
the deft Jant, Malcom Baxter, resiJes
limits of this State, it is theref'fe
Court, that publication be made for sis ^
Fayetteville Observer, for the said defenJ^o^^
at the next Term of this Court, to be hd
County of Robeson at the Court Hous« in 1-'*®" ^
on the fourth Monday in February ^ ,
there to show cause why the Land IsvieJ od ^
case should not be condemned to satisfy the F'^
claim, wherein judgment dual will t)D rouii(;r!
him, aud a venditioni exponas issue to se'*t .
Witness, J hn M. Hartman, Clerk of o^r'»-■
at Office, the fo«rth Monday in November, -
and in the 82d year of American ludepeuJ#!"^^ ,
71*6t] J. M. nAKXM.V>.'‘'
STATE OjFNOirf 11 C A UOLl>'
ROBESON COUNTY. v .
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, -
Term, li>j7.
Washington S. Johnson vs. Malcom
Original Attachment levied on Ninety-i»evea - .
Land on Richland Swamp, adjoining the
Daniel McMillan, Mary Graham aui others. _
IT appearing to the satisfaotion of the
the defendant, Malcom Baxter resiJti .
limits of this State, it is theiel(j»re ^
Court, that publication be made for sii^^e ^
Fayetteville Observer for the said defeuJ*^ , ^
at the next T«rm of this Court, to be h« ,
County of Robeson at the Court House iu j.ser-
on the fourth Monday in February next: c»j-
to show cause why the land levied on
should not be condemned to satisfy the plamti ^ „
wherein judgment final will be rendereJ j
and a venditioni exponas issue to sell the »■“ ,,
Witness, John M. Hartman, Clerk ot oui sa
at Office, the fourth Monday in November, - - ■
and in th« 82d year of American I“depenJecc ■
71*6t] J. M. HAKIMAN,
015
FAY
MONDAY
& 0/
hscription I*
fcml thf
iion ofth0 m
adopted tcith
feijuest it.
Pav of Ml
fy was so full
fewas heard in
Isclves. l^ut
fexpres.sed, in
>r act passed
authorise the
Snotes to r.H'ft
treasury, wa
W And the verj
which the m
the treasury
in pay and a
:# i.s from 3d .M
heretofore th
of a session—
eoine service
now passed j
2 first day of t
^ ^lurch to -}d
I thereafter to
I" ing theiiiselv
^ they have pc
^ cases it work
f lie wrong.
J resigned his
f Ilis entire s
53 . I •
^ during wnic
% this arduous
.f bcnid
^ two mouths
^ receive
is one of the
I be others, iu
: cases of cout
I dozen peijilii
f S-2.500, and i
I the seat, the
i edly be eutit
evil is, that
large sum ol
go home, 0!
ington.
The Sena
the II ouse
that nobody
The thinj
cratic ccouo
New St>
present sess
be made foi
Union—Ka
applications
Union will
are Slave S
so, whilst 1
and the sed
l-l. The
already lost
ever. A w
North will
both brand
the Consti
party choos
understand
the right.*?
when the e
juestion sli
sections, w
and kindly
.South will
fanaticism
be “doing
aud institi
have mor
tilled with
men, who
and feelin
liut such
tont, and
that re.Npo
iSoLTIf
on Mon da
her of 57
An act
suspendin
pending t
tion that
by execui
specie pa
bank to
every 8I
Weekly
the Com]
That aft.
less than
We m
had unaJ
the Kan
Walker,
jeet was
Nkw
and Kuq
of specif
“We
eombina
tho8(
veut uu'
a very
from th(
true, th
have be
as a 001
such lai
vent th.
Such
menibei
regular
Albany
of laws
hat no
J