'...-. . . 1 k " ' v ' "W " ' ' .. i i - ' ' ...-'-,' i. J . ...,. ... ... .... , . ' i . 1 M ' ' 11 - I --1 ........ . .... . .. u mumHmrntMma. -i- 1- '' .f-.. - 1 1 i 'I "MM lnHMM. gg"V:- j VOL. IV SALISBURY, N. C, OCT. 22, 1869, . o. 42 ,t lsc Plb North State rritl.lftlf F.D Wr.HKI.V BY Editor and Proprietor. RATK1 OF SI HI Itll'IlUN V i:li, payable iu -advance. ... Ml.MIIS. " ' iii,.. in mi- address, jiii s tu line address A'afYs of Aifi rtixiixj. I . II . t ):, k I-d v ."1 ( '. lit ( One Siju:ire. frt Insertion. l'nr arii udditiiuial iuaerlion. Special! notices will be charged M per cent lii. 'her iIihii the above rates. I 'mill and Justice's Orders willb publish ed hi the nmhe lutes with (other advertise ments. ( Ihituary notices, over six lines, charged as !id erti-rii 1 ntc. o I I! .t r KATES. 1 -1 s-:.u ., .-.11 $.-,oii$.jO i:ioo t" .VI i:i (Ml ',J.(I0 I.' Million Wl.fK) l.'i 0Uv!."i Oil 37.50 L'OOO.'iOOO 4.1,00 ;I0 (Kl! 15 (HI 7".(M ti I! (Ml 'Mill 0.1 1 1 HO 1 1 (hi ni 0.1 niPTt fin i ; . H in nil 50 00,80 '() . moo LlAiAL .V tilths. KTo; i'i Carolina, Srrt iiioH Ciu kt. Va.il.iu County. Spring Term, IftlO. T. ('. ll.iuser. Es'r., of Win. Maekie, dee'd. I(a:::tiff. n!r:iin!t Elias IIayne and others. Defendants. .: id Pniereilin'tl. Petition fur Settlement In lhis OrtPe it is made to appear to the sati.-i'a. t inn of the eourt tliat Thomas Maekie, Martini Maekie. Eluaheth Maekie, Jesse Makie, Sarah Maekie. Fiis Maekie, lliram Mariii!. mid liis wife Calhaini, Mil.is Kee.-e ai.d h's wif.'Kebeeea. Sylvester loi-te, Henry Sliure and wife Mary, are lion -residents of thefrslate: li is therefore ordered by the ei i.rt that publication be made in the "Old North State "si newspaper published in Sal-i.-lntry. X. C. lor six weeks succvsiely, uo- tihia'hi' del iniatits to he and appear at the l:e:t term (HUr Snpertor Court to he held f.r.llie fnlllity of Vadkiti, at Ibeourt house iii V.olkinviiji'. .011 the illili Monday after tin I'.Jril Monday in SepteuibT, In 19. then ai.d tin-re iii plead answer or demur to the iM'ti'io.i I'.Ii-d by T. C. ll.inser, the executor :' Win. Maekie, asking fi r an account of his a4minil ration and a final settlement. W'l'.iiess, J. A. Martin, clerk of our said eomt at ftil'iee in Yadkinville. Ser-t. 2"Jd. iii. J. A. M.VUT1N, c. s. ci 3:6r (pr lie f 10.) Jtcrth Carolina, Yadkin County. Si l'Kitimt Cot iiT. (, Spring Term, 1800 Mar:!., . J. Monrd, I'lff. ) .. , .,. . f I ft II . MM IOVIM('l,1 nil M. ilunnl. d'ft S "'"'"'" Alf Iu this rase it is made to appear to the sat sifaclion of the court tiiat Alfred M Howard, the liefeiidaut above i.aiutd resides beyuni the limits of the State and tint t Martha jane Hon aid. 1 'l.ii ntlff above named, hath a bimm eail'v i. f action against him It is therefore ordered by the court that publication be made in the "Old North State," a newspaper pub lished iu S'jsbury. y. C. fur.8.ix a:eeks..SAifi- sivelv, notifying tire defendant that he be, I niii.e.ir at the next term of our Supe- i iorl'oeri to be held for the county of 'ad kin'akthe Court House in Yadkinville on the Kith AlHnd.iy after the 3d Monday in Sept. 1 .Si!, tlieti and there to pleatl or answer to said petition for divorce hied in the otliee of the clerk of said court, otherwise judgment pro confess. i will be entered aud the ease heard expartO. Witness, J. A. Martin, clerk of our said enurt, at office the 1 0th Monday after the 3d Monday in April, I8(!0. Issued 2id day of Sept. IrKJf). .1. A. MARTIN, c. B.C. SO -tiw pr fee !?1U) State of Ifforth Carolina, ) ROWAN C0U."fV,,S S'ici ior Court. Virei.iia G. Whiti-head, 1'iainfiff, against' Mnre !fus Whi'eliead. Thomas Wjiit A. fie: dei sou tatui John II. K lies C. ! iliieis u::.r I ho n.inie of IK isoii t! I! .ni-. V FTf i-.n, U . . BaVy, T J llefendaill". F.j ter, ami 'i'. (t. Hae.i.'hloii, To Thomas Whiiehead, tine of the dele:: above inmieiTTa "non-resilTetii. .- ill's .' Yottnn? fleTeTiF rtoiii: the abovn ci. titled eak anil the c'iiipLdul tb.;. pi , .: I i ot iluM - , ... 1 -suiiiAn :i- and coin i(iat a suinmons, m lias i-sui ,'a:n-l you. .i.. i , i r ft n.iM ,i;,--, the Sn i the 1s:i iii v. on i 01 fr- , t. I, AtMrnMaat 1 ,1 I I v 'U -in. oi. jj-ie ai.-o n '111 e,-e !9 :e Hi"IimI I Sn;" ;i. v C. in t jii'ii IJ.iilH ii. jse in":-.. .- l..to ! , i III '1 w- I ,,r mi I v. !,. i coi for thf n day iii A . .! i x lie? I " !.-., ..led .(r;i!.i,nt in w n ,1 , .-WIT l ' !..ii.t.i :..a..d iU. J.i i Mas,.;-,. Ce . id '4, rtiu ik n! tl: :.-ni . ry, .'pteii- A. ILTSON MA-ON.c. s. c. j :?r "l"jL ; i N O'i?TC73B.-l v. n f. si , i., ns wkh-i i;sD.)T,Wt!i l OCt'.her, from o. 'i t.j in u !s of Com. Iieioitging f I'' ? Kill', ) The side Will tie r i II. : farm of the '-.t-i K.'bi. KI1 :.l t k.' plai IS 1 l AiiD. ' I. IM 39: ft (lUi.a.an. i -i fn me a- :ltmiili.-ti:i' or ( It W tir.f- j !',. . is,,l. Il t" t.ee.l le. f ill the b;'. m!s of, - i tries f.T , ' u. Tlwe. ! ' . . . 1 . H 1 . rc (U !.! ti f upon j.r. un-m in ! ,. :ii .s - o-'a.-.- -iti jli-.bu.-y . uui - Ml- n " . . ; 1 ir-..'-tf ' VJKHTIT1I. .Idrrr , 1 l ?'o a jl fit ufru. AfKr ivt 4 init unr ir urdic ! Become euded and prescribed by physician wherever known. Tne "Compound Gentian Hitters" are made j of the 1 and best Vegetable If and 00 I Arotnatios known (o ilie profession. Tliejr also 5(1 1 contain twenty per cent of IWI " 4 - ' Which mnkes them, beyond nil question, the (best DIl'UKTIO In existence; and for Di I tressed Kidneys, Hladlernd (TiiuafJ Orguus, . I? 1 .IK) . Jiave no superior, if any equal! Tlmse who M I try these Hitlers, tor the lulljwing Diseases u ill in every cane tinil them a sa:.-, pleasant, speedy and cUecluul Remedy. Tl ey are a sure preventive and cure lor Chill ami Kever, and all Mularial Diseases I OTs'rnreiA". INDIGESTION, SiCK-STOMAOH, C( ILIC. SICK-HEADACHE, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, C LDS -fc COUGH, NEURALGIA. Uii'asi! ri'ipnriug a general lome impression. lf Foi Hiaeaftes peculiar lo Females it is aimosl a specific. lf Iu touvalescence from Typhoid ami I other low tonus ol Fevei it is the very be?l ! Tonic that can be used. The Compound Gentian Bitters inc. t with universal lavor, ami have iceeueil lie" sunni est testimonials ever given to any medicine, a Jew of which we append below: This is to certify that I have :;.! Dr. Go.l diii's Compound Gentian Bitters ami cleerlul- ly recomtneud il as the very best Bitters that can be used for ordinary deblhtv, -i e. E. M HOI toinuuh M. I). Lipscomb, O'angeeo, N. C, iv 15. 09. I hereby certify that I have bei n u.-.ni; Dr. Go. Id m's 'Compound Gentian Bitters," for Co'-ph, General Debility, ice. and 1 am fully satisfied that they nre lheliei li, Iters of which I have any knowledge, and the best Tonic ol fvred (o the American people. ROO T. Y. SLATER. Ht'r.ncO county, Ya', June 25, 1S'J9. Lk (looms: Dear Sir: I have been suffer ing lor twenty years with an affection of the kidneys, prostrate gland und stricture ol the urethra; have heeii under tie treatment ol the best physicians in the conn iry, oneol whom is now a professor in a medical college. All tailed to relieve me. I finally tried yuui Com pound Gentian Hitters ; charm one botlle uav, lielieve il to be Ihu best the elieet was i kc a 1 tue uoiupli Iii relict llie.ueni I have eti used. Very r. JAS. A. FAULCOX, Xitlle'on. N C, Jan. 7"h, lKiili. I'll pared only bv Dr. Goddiu, JAMtS'T. WKHJIXS, Proprietary WhvUxale Awnt, NORFOLK, VA. HT-Fortale by Dr. G. B. Pwulson, Salis bury. N. C. :i--'t 40 YEARS tIEI'OllE THE PUBLIC. IF OTHER Remedies FAIL FOR BRONCHIAL AND LIVER DP SEA?ES read (lie Folio wing : T'iOOirs H. Rainey, Ksij , (Iranville CO., N. .- a s . "I li ml your Tills to lie the best family ne-.li-.-.!! I have ever used. Tliry I. me proved very hen etii i,il in iny ow n lyn. I have been very much ut ile I. -d i.irlillefii years, nnd have tried every kin. I of medicine that I could get, but have found mere le lief from j our Tills than all others. My disease is bronchial affliction, and a complete, prostration of the nervous system. I have used them la ten or lit teen ess. s in iny family, and find tliem to be the very medicine lor nearly a. I family diseases." The Cure is Thorough. Kenneth llaynes, Kaq., Clerk of Columlus county court, write- ( April 2, 1803:) "During the latter tMwt of the year 1863 I was severely a libeled with di.-c.isi (I livei and many niul.ts while in bed the pain arotiiii become so xcruciating that I w as compelled to pi t .mt oi bed and sit npjuntil the pain would subside. I o. uredafew i.o.cs..f tlp SlMJTH I.Jt.N i i l'.T. I'd ' Ti l.LH, and tho lirst dose I took gave me ::veat n t. I continued to use the Pills for two weeks, and have not Buffered fr-oni liver disease since., I have rpcoiiuueniii ,1 them accordingly, and -.veral persona arc In want ot them . All disease is a u emv to the human s. stem and is nt 'varv.i'.h it ami will conquer It, un esa natim-, with all tip t" aasistanviVit cm receive from strcnfctb. euiug mediciries and sint ihle nour sliiuenls. cim i niiertlie enemy; which. w .mi, I b In -t. to take iiieiheHie hvfbre jou rjet sick, lo pi event sicV.n or to take medicine nll -ry ou ret sick to Cateaickucss. .v weld ii Ibe wise is suongli Kercfse your own juifnui fit in ll' a.nr efne ftfi.se: Uut !tiWwlH cptnei he ye Li r. itdy with The Southern Hepatic rills, 77if "lil. lung known and well tried, remedy i'H' tiitittM iseo.is, rtiMuf'd lij ii DISI'ASKD LIYKKx TO il.t KMlC)iMTS Von arc f.boVton.nke i li : le i r .oiiiifc.lf anl famiiy n a rliniato which . .! ... Iliev buvejloi litf-'n : i:-;oni' d to: yi iii!i. -f i i i. i " i i .e I i i all tne dis... a sas peculiar to I. r i-hiaat.-. ) on . lilt I archil In Use such Med ic, .is are a iaideil tn the disease of tlnvt lilaide: iMt4il Juiit.ttfsiatest, .ac.'juj.a. in te ue off I'!.. MS MM llilll llliPATli l ll.I.S. Xhey can he sent to any .point in the l'i.ilc.1 States l.v lie. PSK'K jrl.ri.nel.'nx.S5eei u.-V-t IC.'.'i- llfUv. " VI - o.,,-l.ruM. ! TLrtr fin,-., t.'.i- Kiv (o. ... IT'.. ( i i,.. r:i i. I'iih.-r 'ice ci;,.iny t.n- 'order li.r the Mt.li I ' -.eNir it i . . lie tent C. 0, 11. ' Or ci- ulisiiUi be ai'drtM I i ii ij - ii.. v . ui: Mis. No, , Socui C.LiT- frr.rrr, Ii.ilt.s -,'ks Mr. I hrr ii y iri.i heruri jK; :.Jti ,i ,-.,l In. ) ! , .- lu-iuefl tfaltua all rciieetnl I' brufsittl c . j .-. iit r. ind u.i x (i. B.vPOL'LSON, . July 2- St!:!y ' Sdli.s! i rj. N. C 6 A LI SAM ! ! A jUi" li J)rJ -4 SACKS X1J ST9RS I.r LKmni,, 11,. weight.) AM) -AircniCA V. in LiveriI jack's Vur sale by - " 0. G rAKPLLY ,v CO . Wilmington, . C. ! Oct- T, i-f) i i 4'-:;t ' RKMINJ80ENCES OF A MEM0R ABLE DUEL. The celebrated affair of the Leopatd and the Chesapeake, tho latter coaimanded by Commodore .James Harrou, resulted in Barron's trial and sentence by the court martial, in the proceedings relative to which, it is said, Commodore Decatur took an active part, am! a duel was filially the result, at Iliad. 11- Ion '. A correspondent , , . noin ui i 'UK IWUO V II a tiller A.' 11 IIMI.ll I HUH of the Chicago lnOunc deaenbes the af- . lhal y, hmn were IIBinbcwd wigjed to Aflcr spending tho day in nil sorts of tair as f Jlnws : be at pcaco with his enemy that they i amusement, in looking upon the falls, ad W hen Elliot arrived at Bladensburg, might ,6, thc court of judgment, friends j miring the rainbow, passing under Table little knots ot boys and men, knowing or n,. . t. .!...; t... ' n,. L- ,not b.d guessing the matter impending gave him liitercMtmir ref.ird. A frroiin of mi val nffi. interesting regard. A group of uaval nffi cers, particularly, standing at the tavern, -Walked, ant across, tint biiilgc toward the 'UilJO lo U .11 l I lie place oi meeting, mid concealed lliemseiv- 1 S Ti i i V i i i.i. !..! l . -i " i""1"' '"' most every oneof them was a friend of De catur, nnd among them were Commodores Rodgers and Porter, uud his two collea gues in the Buard of Navy Commission ers. Barron followed soon afterward, walking between his second, Elliot, and His f.ico expressed dignity and resolution. He walked firm ly, V and the three also defended iuto the H' of t,,a.,,?r- . . . . llec.itur and Barron bowed to each oth er formally. HamLh ton stood by Deca- lur, Latimer by Barron. Bainbridge and Elliott conferred together, und the former, ! who had behaved fairly und equitably throughout, was apiioiiited to measure the 1 ground. He marked a line iu the sod with his foot, aud placing hia toe to it, I stepped out eight times, a yard to a step, maiking also the last steti as a base. Four tiuics a man's lemrth. or iutiuh vour dis i uing room, that was the distance. Each second uow produced tin' pistols j from u pair of cases, long barreled duel ing weapons, of fine finish and bright steel, silver mounted. 1 hey were chatir- i 1 1 .1 lit j (d and rammed ... the old sty le, and ore- senled to each principal by th second.- During all tins tfmeno word was said ex cept by the .eeond. In ike manner Elliott and Bainbridge toss,, for corners Bainbridge won; it was Decatur s usual good luck - ommodore Decatur said Bainbridge which stand do you ae eel ? 1 lie axis ot the two lui.-is ran nearly noitb ind south, obliquely Irom the brook. DecatUf walked to the north, nearest the water, where he stood a few inches lower than Barron. Both threw off their coats coi ''routing each other. "Gentlemen," said Bainbridge, raising his voice, 'T shall give tho word quickly and as follows: Ph sent kiiio two - three. You arc neither, at your peril, to fire be fore the word one, nor alter the won! three." o 1 T 11! I 11 v ouimouore i.arron lurueu ins nead, ms pistol hanging at his sid and (1 to ''ommodore Bainbridge: "Have you any objection, sir, to pro nounce the words iu a manner you intend to give them .'" , "None," said Bainbridge, and lie re peated the formula precisely as he after wards gave it. For tho lirst time the an tagonists looked into each other's eyes. Sternness and the purpose to kill lay in both. "I hope, air," said Barron, "that when we meet tu auoflier worTdj we sbalT be In tter friends than we have been in this." "I have never been your enemy, sir," exclaimed Decatur. Here Bainbridge walked behind Deca tur, ami took place twelve or fifteen feet to his left, Hambleton as fir on his right. The same positions, were reserved by El liott and Latimer. "Oentlemou," said Bainbridge, ' 'make ready." The antagonists swung round eidewise, and looked at each ulhur across their right shoulders. "Prerent" The two arms we.il up and each took sight. " Ine-rtwo " One report rang out. The last word was deafened by it. ( )u the word two, boiTi pistols hat! been simultaneously dis charged. There were two pulls, of smoke, and h. an instant Barron was down groan ing. Decatur straightened up a moment, pinched bis lips, diopped his pistol, and the color went nut of his face. Ho drew bis light hand to his side. Then he fell to the ground speechless. The seconds of both were beside them instantly. Decatur was raised by his fiiejls aild moved to higher ground, near byBui'ron. m He opened Lis ryes directly, and said : ' J am mortally wounded, at least I be lieve so ; and I wish I had fallen iu the Barron looked up to them all and said : "Everything has-been conducted in the niosi honorable manner. 1 aui mortally wounded Commodore Decatur, I for give you from the bottom of my heart." Immediately down the pathway to the Valley ol Cli n ce came many geinlemen, all Ii i, mis of Decatur Rodgefs,and Por- tt r, and Bolton, I w o doctors, Bailey Wash-' inpion ai d Trwitt, Gi tw ral Harper and ill., is, irn mis opt 'in.J. . 'I hm-wrm ann ror.s looks and utter.ni-f ces ol "i; ut : (in; or-XJean near! f The doctors proeeedvd to loosen tne clciilies of the sufferers anrf .'tscurtai.i the . nature of their wow di The little grecu vail at the breakfast hour bad bicuinca i j surgeon's hospital. In it were represent- i j i d m a.ly al! the naval victories in tl.c re-; ' public--T.ipo!i nnd Algiers, Like Erie j aud but h oeeai.s ; they held . solemn cuu crrss in tb's unholy amphiiheatre Barron w as stmck in tiju lap ami about Ihe grdiu. Decatur had caught the bail on hs hip, and it had gfanced Bpward - into his abdomen, severing the largo blond vessels there. The two doctors exch.inir- od glances ; there was no hope for Deca tur; Ins pulsation had almost ceased. Now began on the ground, as Uiey lay upon cloaks spread for them, that dying interview of miiiirled tenderness ami tv crimination which Wirt has compare.! to tho last intercourse of Hamlet and Laertes. Each strivmcr to clear ut his fame, niid prove that this crime was a mistake or tin I ' t nf.,m..: i. n gented w f iyo l Li i . B advisers. It was a sadder scene than Nelson, De- I ,l,;. ; .. .L..L. ; i ,i, KIu riii , .i l . ... ... .. .. Jin il nail i been comnared. b Ce, hp on the bati The carriage came, and thev bore De catur to it, Bainbridge kissing his cheek. Ho bad wrested Bainbridge from tin- dun geons of the Moors. Bainbridge, in re turn, had measured the ground for hiiu lo stain it with his blood. Rodgers took Decatur's head upon Iim shoulders, the doctor, Trearttt, seat d i;li lh catJ k way back to the city. Bai: its pai'itui way back to the city. Bainbridge and Humbloton hastened to the navy yard, where the tug lay to carry them back to Columbus, that ship of discord. At half past ten o'clock Decatur reentered bis elegant mansion, his wife was disturbed at (he breakfast table with the appalling news, and they were driven 10 the upper part ol the house. Around the city the v il s plead. 1 neons ci owdi around the door and into the duelist's dy j iug chamber, lie signed his w ill, refused I to have the ball extracted from his wound, ' and spoke affectionately, of bis wife, ; whom he yet refused tosee. Excruciating I pains came to him. After one of the 1 1... . epusuus lie sum : j , djd ot Mkn j, ,,, f,)r , , (f) cndonj bq iDach Jn , ,..,,, The t()wn wm d hig W(,V lMWmnt, crowded. They Rfoj ,j ,,, wing-rnom at President Mol,rooV Uncomplaining, iu the mHnt ! f y, to uncni,qcraUI, , of ,,,, on,,.,irl o ,ho S,, s" 'yielded ;.. oi,; m n( Uh u n i, :.. .i i. - o'clock in the uiuhl. Next day the little old !7at: uml I:it Hi- gencer came out with a lead, d editorial head ssying that itwuUldbe "affect iti.in" to be silent upon the fact that ihu dm 1 bad occurred, and that the co uLatants were mortally wounded. In a "Postscript" it related that Decatur was dead, and ad ded in the crudu' apostiophe of tb it period ' Mourn Cobtmbia I for one of thy bright est stars Ja' set ?" Three days afterwards ! the imiif was robbed three milt from ! aso , :,..unnrp ,i. ,Wiv ,-A , , slrot dead, and the mail bags picked over id the bushes near by. All ibis time while Decatur's body was going from his result nee, close by the White House, to "Kalorama," an estute on a hill overlook ing Georgetown and. while Bail uu lay in the city, writhing in pain and listening to tlm funeral drums, in Congress, John Randolph offered consolatory resolutions, but the were objected to. The lone of the .pecan,. cummeuted. ou tlie dueJ, .-wan-respectful both lo the living and the dead antagonists, bnt sternly denunciatory of "the code-" as our newspapers now a days could be. Barron suffered dreadfully for :nany months, byt recovered ni last, and lived to 1851, surviving, 1 think Decatttrs childless widow, who was represented m 184(3 to be alive iu the CeorgetoWu Cath olic College, "in ill health aud poverty, finding in the consolation of religion alone alleviation of her sorrows," out but hope ful of securing something from Congress. Barron weut to sea again, and had charge of several vessels, but the shadow of the duel lay across his life. People forget the apology for it in the catastrophe of it. aV new generation of boys r.iso up who read of Decatur's valor, and learned to regard Barron as his assassin. Tin poor living violiiu could not explain against a dead man. He asked lor a court martial oo Decatur's charge against hiiu, 'arid was exonerated with meagre compliments. , Deeatur lies bu.ied behind .St. Peter's' Church, Philadelphia, iu a venerable ami spacious graveyard, under an eagle-capped monument. His portrait is in I ieo.getown College. His rmme is conferred oq ma,t.y towns and couutains iu this country What he lived for he ha obtained -elory in the eyes of his countrymen. Barron obtained "satisfaction" little more. Yet I tljink the latter was throughout the ag- nevi d Hpirit. "I Don't Cab" Yes, yon do, and there's no use, trying lo deceivb , yours. Ii wi-tl. ibe sophistry of those wmi-. The besPaiid noblest, truest ami HMist g. ner ous jiiiH ot your ualure does not care for the iinkimL cutting .words you have utter ed to one yon hare loved, in a movent of pique. You mny carry yourself p er bo ed proudly and lieguntlv, ytm niay never drop, by look or woVeVtba sweet .dew of nailing on I tie womiki you nave mete, in a nature as proud, as seitivu and ex acting as your own; out to'v.nr honor R. saw, y oil are bi-tter than yvir wordt. and aw ay down in yoiir he. i t lurk shtuie and repentai.ee aid sorrow J.,r ibenK. You Mi miv earefulfv hide 'hem both, uud i a T T iiri-in T.-nnr.m imrtirrr ill self sweet mellow aud ckarifslilr ; bul there luitst be some pain and riruggii'ig before vou can do a m. an, ui . jueroOs ihinrr to one who loves yon, an ; liavevouf heart emb.rso your "I dn't can little wbil- tiny will be go;,. , : ,'.'!, ;V ' j u m a..a . j,.:j.(,i:y oa;n d their .s very tasy to make, one's .-;f biii-r,NL,.,i,...; t proud and i old very hard to k ,p nm',- i ' THE EDGE OF THE CATARACT. - M uy years idnce a ste tmbhat was ac- ensiomru 10 nman naiiv tups between : Buffalo and Niagara Falls. The nearest l,0'" nl w "u 11 coum approach the mighty cataract was Chimiuwa Creek, about ten mil -i dis ant on tho Canada 1 "e thvre w as a pleasure ox- cuirion, and sevi ml Inndnil men, wo- inen a;..l ildreo, Weill down from Btifla- lo K.u,,,rf,l ,, ,nw.r, on board, 'he boat lo- I . . .i i n.. ward night, to return to their homes. Bv some miscalculation of ihu engineer siiffi , ii-imnl. kIi.hi... bud luit 1.....U. ranauliJ i w n n. alter i.Hii,,. m.t ..I il.,- ( Ve, k. ih. - T - - rr n. -i i r. - . boat met tin- stiung, rapid current of the oi.T. ill ... i'Hii? nii.i.liu, rim ...I. . rotiii u'liuy ........ i iiihiiiu mi; ui e.ii. - I'll cataract. The peojde on bo.nd, as miv we'll li, , imagined, le came instantly nl.mi.cu. t he : color tf-d from their - checks ; they stood in speechless horror; the roar of the c.it i aruct sounded tearfully distinct in iheii ' ears, as slowly, slowly they wcro still borne hack toward it. At length the engineer beflionght him ' of the oil with w hich he lubricated the IUU , ehinery. He thiew it into the furnace the flames b!u7.cd an intensely steam was generated more rapidly the wheel moved round with increased velocity there was a pau) ns Titan forces ivcm contend ing lor ihe masterv. A moment more, and there was an upward movement. Now slowly, slowly the boat made way against tin: current. In a short time the point ol the danger was passed, aud a long heavy sigh of relit f broke from the bosom of cvt ry one on boaid. A venerable, gray haired man was there among them. Ho lifihd his hat and said, iua voice trembling with emotion : ' The Lord hath delivered us. Great is the name of the Lord. Let us pray." And down upon tlr: di ck kneeled the multitude) wbtT.! the heart-felt offering oi lliinl sgiving went up in (iod, who hid wrong!.! for tin in so Lr:eat a salvation. But ii did not "ud lu re. The feeling that h.ul been awakened by the near approach to dcaih did iiot.Wirii all, pass away w hen ' the. dan p was over, as m very often tin case, i.uen there on Ihu very mink ol I that lawful precipice, many found their baviour. A revival followed in the churcl to which many of I hem belonged (it was a Sunday school excursion, and many fouiid. peace in beli -ving. One, a man of great wealth, dedicated much ot it to Ood in the building of a church ns a memorial of bis irratitude tor being snatched iroiri destruction, both in this life uud the lit to come. It is thus that the gate of heaven seems often hard by the gate oi bell. God takes the heedless sinuer and shakes him over the mouth of the pit ; lie trembles all over he sees sin; he sees righteousness; he sees sees wrath ; he sees grace ; he sees judgment ; he sees love. He looks up and calls upon t e name of the Lord. 1 he Lord saves, and the del; vena soul praises Hun forever. A new song is l u iuto lii nituitli. IJU .t:juicca tu- tho Lord. EXPENSIVE MOURNING. Death is tolerably certain to 4-ome to most people at some time; and in civiliz ed countries burial has always been look ed upon us a necessity, Liu iu our cities, fashion, and the undertakers, are making it a luxury, and the time is not distant .when, unless the. tendency to pompous woe is cheeked, the poor will be unable to bury their dead decently. We dare not undertake to estimate the cost of a "respectable" funeral, but it may he safe ly assumed tint a iu.ui could live for a year on what it Vests to get him buried in i manner sufficiently impressive to soothe tin: grief of bis friends. A friend of ditrs counted over one hundred and fifty car riagi s in a funeral procession a few days ago, and did not count tliem a. I I Hat It would seem as though, by a combined ef fort on the part of the clergy v( all de nominations something might be done to stop tiiis Waste1 of time and mot.ey which is most indulged iu by those least able to afford.it, for it is a noticeable fact that the fuilerals ol the most wealthy people are the least ostentations. i nc late jtisnop Tun. ni, Roman Catholic Bisbop of Buffa ioj .sia-iHg.iie cv'il effecs of this extrava gance, fiiVbiide, in his dnteeee, more than four carriages appearing i ia funeral pro cession, ami we believe ntlier prelates in I j-fi- -e or. h Irave- trijid "iiTieirtr regtntinns: Ciotestalit. clergy men hive not ibe same V'lhoii,y, but, liiey eo.iid exert lliv.tr ififln ence; and ougliito do to. Ibis practice ofloiig procirssinu's seems doubly ii licu lons when it is remembered that two-thi.da ol the carrbiges nnvoften occupied by peo ple wjio yviiiiliiii ; nuve known the rtece.i iad they met him on p udily oditfil lh.it tb the stii-et, iitid v! y "only go for the I! ' A. 1. Cuatmcrcial Advertiser. . . r-por s oft te c 7 .I Cl a I sKqn, fiiice; the pp it. u!y more of a'c1""" , f WHr' MaB ' f'led to re-, , but w hu no i ith-f ,,,ack ,l,e nnn,l,''r r,f deaths among Is A nun who w as p wit.ib in a manman, irrdtdS w as t oiiliaed in a mad-ho b . i iiib'.verej, l .1 .. . iv a dispute of v.o-ds ; I said thatf i.t:.H nnA -.:i im -l .i A Tii.-'iv 'man near i;Miduskv. .Ohio, was a., r..rlriV. .1.. llJ . ..L- .O ... AIM. lot I i.foi '.!-. - ei iK -.nv- r W. Im. i.omn.'n.-il r,, hn fg- wlal- ii.iVu. a iirfw ii.irii IimIm in b's !..ni- ad tit. I'a i.i! vt mue p gs m bis j.n. RESOIUCES OF N. CAROLINA. , 0 ,, .... 1 BK 8ALEM l'ltRHS llM been ptlblltlb- iug a series of ai tii les on the Resources of North Carolina. Below wo civo one of tl.em rel.ni.i.r t .l. ,.r..,l..ii.... nf Vr,.u o r - - Wines, Sec, in this State, which, we think, will be read w ith ititcn-st i "In pursuance of the policy which wo have marked out for our guidance, to pre scn'. to I he renders of the Preta the very great and peculiar advantages, with w hich nature hns endowed our Slate, we shall place before lliein the prosit lo be derived ! QardeniiMf i B from Fruits, Grapes, Wines, and -Market The census re'urns of orchard products are a safe guide to the valuable fruit Irr 160"trn - . . . . whole value ot tlieso Was to I I, bS8, a sum lllicxm-clt Gv l.ii'.'e. Pearlies in tb,....i.i. - . ,.rH ...,,,, n, ,m , o.o.L.j . I j - . ...M.I..VD, ...... ...lit- .-, .. III! If. .IVII. pears and cherries, in the West, make up the market Iruits. 1 lie apples are pecu liarly iim, the native vu lie ties doing bet- t. r than thode cultivated at the North. "'at they have been deluded by vile detu All of the counties of the intcr'or lying agogues, anxious to accumulate plunder somewhat elevated above the deeper river valleys, are vejy lavorable to orchard fruits. Some of the finest fruits known, south of New York, are of North Carolina origin, ami native seedlings ol this Mate arc con- spictious for size and fine II nor. Wilkes and Butherford counties, will. Surry aud l.tdkiu und torsyth, east ot Blue Ridge, tml '.itiroinbc count v. West of it. arc cel ebrated for line apples and fine cherries. The requisites for fine orchard fruits ap pear lo be more Fully met in the climate of w . I i a n esiem i iiroima, indeed, tli.in in any part of the conn try south of New York, reaches belong more particularly lo ull the counties from Forsyth eastward. The uncertainty of "peach seasons" in New Jeisey, Delaware nnd Maryland, renders it important to extend their growth to w anner localities, and now attention is being directed to the belt from North Car- oliua to Georgia, corres.iondii.g iu position I. . .1 .. r . relatively to tne sea on one side, and to the inland districts on the other, which the Northern peach region has. Hereto fore bo little attention lias beeu given to planting out largely, that tho capacity of the seci ion has not been proved That il is very great, however, cannot be doubted. 1 he peach ti.' is almost iud;L-enou.. h. n zc I come e ll V mill imnvs in en-cut si. The only question, is that of trims porta- tion ; but with care in packing it should . ' e ' o he practicable to ship from Newbern or Norfolk with dispatch and safety. As tjjie season is a "full month earlier than that of ripening in Delaware, ike question ol competition is not in the way. C heap and safe transportation has already been provided through a scmiweekly line i f steamers, from Wilmington to N. York, which can put any such products in mar ket iu iit'ty hours, while by railroad only thirtv-six hours is required. W ho, in the census of 1850, shows a standard product of North Carolina. Three leading American grapes have their origin Itere. The Scuppcrnong, the Ca tawba and tho Lenoir. The Catawba is the must important grape of general culti vation in every nart of the United Slates, -wnetr grapes wilt grow at tiTT: "Tf is ihe." favorite on Lake I'.ne, as well as in its native disirict of Western Norlh Caroli na. This grape is claimed to he a native of Buncombe county, and the Lincoln or Lenoir, is a native of Lincoln county Tin1 Isabella grape is often accredited to West ern North Carolina as i:s place of origin. Universally cultivated as it is, it is cer tain that its best growth is iu the elevated lauds of the Southern State,?. nollier valuable grape, which is a na tive of North Jardhim, is the Lenoir, inst referred to, promising much as a wine grape, andstill another new one, is called the North Carolina Seedling. All obser vers aro sli-iici; by the evidences - which most parts of both Virginia1 -and Norlh Carolina afford, of tie great adaptation tliey have lo the growth of grape vines, wild or cultivated. In the low country. the gigantic Scuppernong grape, is with out a parallel in the world for magnitude of growthand abundance of production, 'Piking these facts as a basis for our gui dance, who does not at Once perceive that the culture of the grape, can and will be come an item of great importance; All that is ueccssury is 'for some few energet ic pioneers, to take hold of the work, and show llieir neighbors what can bo d"tio, s.ml the lapse oi only a few years will re veal tsM-be-ey ftrrtrry a slope ami hillside now coviaed with broom-sedge, present ing a far more grateful picture ot staked or treliised vioe.s, bending beneath their clusters of ptirpl nod luscious fruit. The merry voice of the vintners bv day followed by the husking song at ni"ht ...iii i... ...!.:: .i i f i . i I, 1 ,1 .A' II. (IL 1 I '...I V III .wi .,.-..; 1 ! .t nt nwtnwn " '"i"' v.fai i VI ft Ml "1 11 11' I NEGRO MORTALITY. Any one who has read tl.e bea!;!. re the colored pf.itdivyas c imp tied to those . t . ' I ' !"r ' : " l f p . ( i I Llfcrf. II . S 1101.1, III lit. ........... tlon ,J n"Tr!' I o: :i,i. i trs than two u on . l in, pW). ! ! . as we nre iuf.irmed. i fc-t' r " '' P,,eM '""I, ! question j wixh LtiAUWaliv atiiifs.. by sbenld lw lHti !.. htnt; j B Tu t v ii ia. r :!hy w as aLo tiquaLibisS nnioiig both rr.e s, tint Tin.'e peace h.s .e:i re -established, i ne uerro IntS .lieen dig euf m-ch mare Wolfe man. J.o h- t.ij reasnn -eecms to bo- in tlc a fact that the colored people, as a class, are not laboring as earnestly and vigorously M ,hey could be con peflod to do to pro- rnra tM npcMsary comforts w hich con- mcc ,0 hea'ih and longevity. In tho .i. t i ... . ' M inion tor Dteiel winch we Inul cv ........ i., ii, v mi in ii no Hum wiim i no average amount of work which a white man can do in a day, mnai at least want, if he does not starvo. Hunger, poverty, and squalor the fats of those who fall below this average are not favorable to tho birth and rearing of children, or tn the preservation of health and life in the adult, 'in . i i. i . . . . ... ..i .i .. .. i. . .'ii- li .i i iwy aie mt parents oi atsense anrl neath, "hd the race that does not iilboi suuldeiit- Iv to keen them off ninst tin ennsinnilo. ; decimated. We notice this startling fact, in order r sW-nw eobirw Miiulatfofl inav reek k . . m . , remedy. Wo are interested not in tho destruction, bnt in the nmurviilinii ..I' tl.n P, ' - ' ... ..HUlVai UIHIIIII.I. IlillO Ml l.oo ,t I ... irHiol I.. .. . .. opinion among the colored people attempt to poison their minds as they will, tho day is not far distant when they will see Hie expense oi the white and black man alike. They will soon see, as we see, that each race is Interested ia the prosperity of the otlu r.very industrious laborer is 1 additional source of strength to any country, it matters not what may be his j color, his nativity, or his religion. Every j owner of capital, every possessor of brain j honestly applied, adds power to tho Sta'o and furnishes what labor requires, aud what labor will produce. Living side by side, the white man cannot spare tho black man, nor can the black man do without those who possess the soil, the i capital and a great purl of the education a,11 intellect ot tho htate. The remedy lor this mortality among I the colored population of the State is to be found in work, bard and steady work ! united with prudence and frugality. By i means of labor and economy the material j condition of the raco will bo improved, and w ith improvement in its material con- .1!.: ... ill . L ... I l.l . ; "h'ou m come uener ncaitn, increase oi births and greater longevity. Charleston Courier. A WIFE'S INFLUENCE. A Christian woman gave her band to the men on whom she had already placed lier tenderr-st affection- He possessed al- j most every grace, but the grace of Ood. , li l: . n . j -r BPe"u,n5 "10 wiy P oi nis lire in ,l t'S" hind, and associating with thoso who had the reputation of gentlemen, he had iu ' died the fashionable habit in that place, of using God's name in vain, in common conversation. His new and much loved wife sought to reclaim him. She took advantage of his lovo tor her to win him to Christ and she effectually iu:cecde(P One day as she was s'anding before him In company wife) a few friends who were listening, to his conversation, in or der to give additional interest, as he sup posed, to what he was relatin he added tho name of Christ. He looked at his wife, and saw her iu tear He was con fused. She raised her hand, and gently pressed lifs chin. "Oh !" said she, "if you only knew how much I love, thai dear name, yon wonld never sgfn pain my heart by trifling with it." His heart was touched. He asked her forgiveness, and soon left tho room. In this way he was saved from,.. ruin, and is -now an eminent example piety. The Detroit "Free Press" wants mod ern improvements worked into rchool reading books, and offers the following as a sample of the' sort that would be up to the spirit of the age : "Here is a man. He is a fireman. Ho belongs lo No. iO. If yous aro a good boy you will some day be an angel like that fireman ; They some times get their heads broken. 'Do you see tlinVumll boy f He is a good boy, and supports hjs mother by selling newspapers. J I id father dou t have 'lo Work any more now.' Here is a picture of a young widow. See how 'sad' she looks. Her husband could not pay Jicr dry goods bills and he died. Do yon thinks she will get another man ? She will try hard. Herp is the Lice of a reporter See how joyful he, looks. He has just that heard that a man cuts his own throat, and he is going for for the item. Should you like to be a reporter, and get licked on dink nights, and see dead per sons, ami climb up lour pair of stairs. 'The English Bible," Dr. Newman says, "lives on the ear like- music that w ev lie ftirgoiUMj like aoaiiid.of thu church bell which the convert"" hardly knows how he can forego. lis felicities oiien stem 10 oe almost tti.i.g ratuer- e. . I I . .1: - than mere words. - It is part of the ua t It r- anchor of national ficriousiiffltf x m niciii j y ot I lie .0 1 passes jnto it. Ihe power of all tiro gi(ts and trials at a u.an is hidden be noarb its words. It is the representative rvf iiis best moments, and all that there tjW beo nborti' ld. of soft and gentle, and pt re, and pn.ittnl, and good, speaks to ,iiu frv.r out of the English Bible. T tj I.;. - l .. .i.:k .1 l.v .hi i.o nin niiuicu llliil" ,:n il u .i.Hi lia never dimmed- am! controversy never SI-.'... soiod i ,. j.y, WMJ bread lb of the iliAn.a k.i .... .. i,. . .".. i .17 IlUk ..II ..,'11.-. II " I I 1 - I one spark of righteousness about wttoiie spiritual biography is not in Saxon Bibie." ., ... A traveb r iu England observed a tnu ', i . Ht ,vork atnI seeiiii; be w as ukii.L' il remar'K -rapidly thauilie w, .fy fHeud," .. d.m'i appear to u jmt ai.v V"i'- n.,'inaLt.i o at. I ! ; ... a week ani't sweating wages." 1