MANUFACTURE OF CLOCKS IN
CONNECTICUT.
The New Haven Courier of Monday con
tains an interesting account of the clock fac
tory of Mr Jeromo iu that city. This estab
lishment is one of the most exteusive of the
kind iu the United States.
Oa entering, our ears were greeted with the
mingled hum of buzz saws, the thunder of two
powerful steam engines, and the clatter of ma
chinery. Our attention was first drawn to the
sawing wotks, by which the cased are cut out
and fitted as if by magic. Boards in the
rough state are cut in proper length, for the
front, sides, top and bottom of cases. These
nre again subjected to the action of finer saws,
end cut in pet feet order for being matched and
put together ; ,no other smoothing or levelling
process is used except what theso taws ac
complish. Mahogany logs and billets ore reduced to
veneering with the quickness of thought ; and
this alone, of all the wood-work about a clock
is smoothed, or in any way remodelled, after
being cut from the unplaned timber. The
veneering, whic h is principally of mahogany,
rosewood and black walnut, is taken, after be
iug glued to the diluent parts composing the
cane, to a room set apart lor the purpose, iu
which are employed at this branch some eight
or ten hand.-, and there receives au even sur
face and six coats of varnish, which, when
finished, will compare in elegauce with the
finest articles of furniture in the cabiuet ware
rooms of our city.
The movements are all cut in proper forms
and sizes by dies, with great precision and
rapidity, even to the pivot hole iu iho plates,
which have before been drilled. The cogs iu
the wheels, the secoud, minute, and hour
stops, are grooved out by the same rapid and
skillful piocess. The posts, pins, and small
er pieces of the inside work are turned from
he more rough material, polished and finished
at the same time, while the plates aud wheels
are cleansed and polished by rinsing first iu
a stroug solution of aquafortis, and then iu
pure water.
We cannot describe minutely the whole
process of making a clock, or the life-like
rnovementi of the machinery ; it would take
more time and space thun wo can at present
devote to .this purpose. Iu short, the case,
movements, plates, face, &c., which, when
put together, form one of Jerome's celebrated
Brass eight day clocks," go through some
fifty different hands before completed. One
man can put together about seventy-five move
ments per day, while every part, fiom the first
process to the finishing, goes on with equal
rapidity.
We learn from him that the greatest bulk
of clocks which he anticipates making this
year are designed for European markets, and
that he has already received order from Lou
don and Birmingham, England, a large house
in Scotland, and also some extensive dealers
iu Canada. Iu fact, the Yankee clock is be
coming a general favorite in England, almost
entirely superseding the old Dutch clock,
which has long been used.
lie ycnily consumes of the various articles
used in the manufacture of clocks the follow
ing enormous quantities :
600,001) feet pine lumber; 200,000 feel
mahogany and rosewood veneers ; 200 tons
firon for weights; 100,000 lbs. of brass ;
,)00 casks of nails ; 1,500 boxes of glass, 50
teet per box ; 1,500 gallons varnish ; 15,000
lbs. wire; 100,000 lbs. glue ; 30,000 looking
rlass plates.
$2,400 are paid yearly for printing labels,
aud lor screws, saws, coal, and oil.
Workmen employed, 75; paid wages, year
)y, $30,000 ; clocks made per day, 200 ; per
year, 50,000.
Sudden Death. On Saturday afternoon
list, at Isold Hill, iu this county, fhents
Ocekman, (or Crickmau,) a shoe-maker by
1 ude, and late a resident of Stokes county.
icd iu the most sudden manner possible
I fo was a habitual tippler, aud frequently in
ihat state called a spree. Poor Creekmau
had been drunk neatly all the week, up to
Saturday morning, at which lime he expressed
1 wish to cool off, and gel ready for woik by
Mondav mornim?. He arcorri n v com-
menced tapcing, aud as is commonly the
case, felt bad very bad. He was exceeding
J o 0
ly drowsy all the afternoon, and yet he could
uot sleep. He moved about was laughing,
talking, and singing songs. He applied to a
physician about 12 o'clock for opium to put
him to sleep. After many fair promises to
:. .u i .
(juu uiiutviu:, ma xocior gave mm uoout a
grain aud a half, to compose him Saturday
night. Creekmau returned to the shoe-hop
where he worked, when he was able, and laid
down on the cutting board. He removed
thence and sat down on a box near Ihe door
and wall of the cabin. Diuuer came on, but
he declined eating for the present, although he
had alreudy fasted about 30 hours. He was
drowsy, aud fell to nodding whilst on Ibe box,
but refused to lake a bed. It was now about
2 oclck, and Creekmau was mutteiing out
something about a pair of boots which he had
promised to fin Uh by Monday. About ten
minutes afterward, one of the hands casting a
took at him, discovered a peculiar appearance
about his face. He approached and examined
him eltveplv rriiDlrni'i n iuoj rlmntt I-fid
.nit it had itr!.h.nt., I hi. life -
W-sa bodv sitting on ihe ho'rAolininaa.minst
h til IVo ,. h;.. i?
no struggle.
A Jury of Inquest was su nmoned to the
spot by Ibe Coroner, on Sabbath morukig, and
nlier diligent inquiry, returned that Phenis
Creekmau had come lo his death by excessive
diink of ardent spirits; or, other wise, of a
cause or causes ot wnicn tney can ot;mi bo-
L- iiiiu luster
The opium which he had received of the
Doctor, was fouud in his pocket after his
death. Salisbury Watchman.
A Religious excitement similar lo Miller
ism, has broken out in England, under the
auspices of late ministers of the Established'
Church who preach the approaching second
advent of our Saviour. Ibe leaders have all
been suspended by the established church.
Gen'l Win. McDonald, a soldier in the
Revolutionary W"arr died Ui Baltimore oo
Monday..
AN UN DECAYED CORPSE. CoL
C. S. Todd, U. S. Minister near the. Rus
sian Government writes Irom St. . Petersburg
to the National Institute at Washington, the
following relation of curious facts :
i 22d June, 1845
St. Petersburg, j 4lbjujy J
Mr Dear Sir: There is a singular case
ofanundecavedbody at Reval, an ancient
German town ou the present Russian shore
of the Baltic. I visited the chinch in which
it is preserved, and where it is exhibited to
strangers. It is the body of an old gentleman
in a military dress worn in the year 1710.
The body is perfectly dry ; some of the teeth
and white hairs are in a peifect Mate. The
skin is of a brown color, and was represent
ed, uhen exposed to the air, to be very elastic.
If you strike the chest or the belly, it gives a
hollow sound. The stockings are nearly de
cayed, but the boots are euti c, and the hairs
of the wig are in a good condition.
Some thiity years ago, when the church
was repaired, the coffin was found in n sepa
rate room, under a great quantity of furniture
aud old rubbish. VVheu the coffin was open
ed, '.he skin was of a lighter color than it is
now. By a paper found iu the coffin, and by
the church record, it was ascertained to be
the body of General Duke de Croy, who was
a Frenchman, aud entered the Russian ser
vice in the time of Peter the Great about the
year 1696, and'was employed iu the war with
Sweden. At the battle of Narva, in which
ihe Russians were defeated, he shut himself up
in the fortress of Narva, and capitulated. Af
ter his return from Sweden, he resided as a
private person in Reval, and incurred heavy
debt. At his death, in the beginning of the
18th century, his creditors did not allow his
friends to bury the body until his heirs should
pay his debts. The body remained iu the
church, unboned, and was kept in a dry room
under the ground; and, it is supposed by
some, that the composition of ihe soil, (which
is chalk aud limestone) preserved it fiom de
cay; but I incline to ibe opinion, that tho
reat degree of cold that is said to have pre
vailed at the time of his death, aud the influ
ence of the oak wood of which the coffiu was
made, contributed to this rare result. It pro
duced a strange feeling on touching the
bauds and face of a dead body expired 130
years ago, and that appeared to tesemble a
petrifaction.
I urn, with great respect, yours, tiuly.
C. S. TODD.
Francis Maikoe, Jr., esq.,
Correpp'ing Sec'ry of Nat. Institute,
Washington City.
Population of Mexico. As Mexico
threatens to declare war against the United
Slates, it is a matter of some interest to know
iheii numbers, character, complexion, aud
their experience iu arm". The following is
the census in each province or district
Aguasca!ieute5 69,598
Chiapas 141,206
Chihuahua, 147,600
Co;,huila, - 73 340
Duia.igo, 162,618
Guanajuato, 512,61)5
Jaiisco, :, 679,311
Mexico, 1,389,520
Mihoacan, 497,906
New Leon, " " 101,109
New Mexico, 57,026
Oajoca, 500,27S
Puebla, 661,002
Queretaro, ' 120,560
San Luis Potosi, 321,840
Sinaloa, " 140,000
Sonora, 124,000
Tobasco, 53,800
Tamaulipa-, 100,000
Vera Cruz, 254,SS4
Yucatan, 6S0,938
Zacatecas, 273,575
Total, 6,982,070
This does not include (lie population of the
territories of Upper aud Lower California.
which is not known, but has been estimated
al 50,000. Of these seven millions, only
one-seventh are whites ; ihe rest are Iudiaus,
u"i-uircu., -ou nr-.uts
Rather remarkable. Capi Bunker, of
New Bedford, a highly respectable ship mas
ter, engaged in the whling business, in the
ship Howard, ou a cruise some years since.
in North Latitude 30 decs., 30 min.. aud
blast Longilude 154 degs., threw a harpoon
inn a large wnate. l ne wnale was not cap
. B It
tured, and the harpoon was lost. An occur
rence which, although by no means pleasant,
is not untrequent.
It was about live year afterwards, that be
ing in precisely the same latitude, and East
longitude 140 degrees, be made fast to a no
hie whale, ajld afi r a haid struggle, succeede.
in genuig mm along side. hile cutlinj
him up, a ban o n, rusted off at ihe shank
was found fast-anchored iu the old fellow
cut water." Hallo, said Capt. Bunker, here
is my old harpoon: ! And what he said in
ioke' Proved be truth. The harpoon was
the very ono he lost five years before and
had on it thship's name, and his own private
maik : tfoston Journal
I ' 1 fac papers record ihe case of young Har
wood ot bo committed suicide iu
nal cl,y " Sunday evening last. He was of
the dominant party, and had been an active
politician. Alter the elect iou of Mr Polk, to
which end he bad devoted a deal of mouev
and time, he got but of business and applied
for a clerkship at Washington or elsewhere.
It is said that he was promised a situation,
not only by the collector of the port, but by
ihe postmaster, and Ihe city collector of Bal-
lim..re' a,.ouS wi,n hu,tdreds of othe.swhoare
etill banging on.
Cjjalk in Arkansas. Dr Powell, upon
his return from the northwestern portion of
our State, says tbo Little Rock ( Aik.) Ga
zette of the 4lh Mist., reports the discovery of
extensive oea of excellent chalk the first
and only discovery of the kind in ibe United
States. He Bended us a specimen, which,
so far as we can judge fiom the taste and
uaked eye, equals-any we ever saw. We un
derstand it has been- tested to the satisfaction
of our druggists.
- From the Wilmington Chronicle.
FIRE.
Between 10 and 11 o'clock on Monday
night, a blaze was discovered among a
pile of shavings in the carpenter's shop of
Messrs Ferguson & Haines, on VMlkerson's
Alley, in the old ten pin alley (wooden) build
ing. This building was soon cesiroyed ; ex
tending thence to the two story brick house
on b ront street occupied by A V Hewlett
as a dwelling, and me lower mwr uy uoun ai
Cazaux, as a Groeery, that was shortly in
ruius, with the exception of the outer walls.
A considerable part of Mr Hewlett's furniture
tvas also burnt. He and his family were
away. Crossing Wilkersou's Alley, the
flames look hold of the double brick tenement
next south, occupied in part by Joseph A.
Sinlas for a Grocery, and of the bake house
iu Ihe rear, belonging to the same. The
bake-house was destroyed, and the wood part
of the large tenement from the second story
up. Mr Sintas likewise lost much of his
stock.
The aggregate loss by the fire will probably
amount to 7 or $S,000. Insurance will cover
nearly or quite half of the loss. The fire
companies did surprisingly well in arresting
the flames, for in several directions from the
buildings destroyed, standiug iu close jrox
imity to them, are others of wood, easy to
take fire. Iu fact three or four of them were
on fire at one time. There is scarcely'room
for doubt that this fire had its origin in villain
ous incendiarism.
Whilst the fire was in progress, Mr Daniel
W. Wood fell from a ladder placed against
the side of one of the burning buildings in
consequence of the breaking of the ladder,
and was very much injured, though uot dan
gerously we understand.
'The whig papers are attacking the Liberty
paity in the worst way. The Tribune calU
Birney "a deceiver and a knave.""; The Ex-
press thinks lhat " if Birney aud his accursed
clan were nung on tne lopmosi crag 01 me
Cordilleras, or hurled alive into the burniug
craters of Pottocapcllo, they would receive
ihe fate" ihey deserved. Whew! What is
t .1. . f -
the matter with these whig papers? Why, it
is only a few months siuce they ardently
. . m . I
courted the libeify party and the lribune iu
the same breath, is trying to gull the Aholi-
tionists into the belief that it favors anti-slav-
cry! But the Express does not attempt to
blow hot and cold, the same breath defering,
probably, u cat il just before the eleclio n, the soft
soaping of Abolitionists. Jtfiddltton Stnfi-
neh I
As thick as Three in a Bed. Iu the
neighborhood of the South Ferry is a block of)
builJings fourteen in number which con-led
ains 586 souls. - 1 here are seven, rooms in
each house', which would give five persons for
each room, Fourteen .of the roitnis were
empty at the lime Ihe census was taken, so
that actually, on an average, there are seven
persous to each room! Twenty of the 1001ns,
however, have only two tenants, which leaves
an average of nine persons to each of the
remaining sixty-five rooms! The quarrel
that daily take place among the inhabitants
( this block keen the Police Magistrates
pretty busy. JY. Y. True Sun.
J' IRE. the large nagging l.ntory, rope
walk", &c, of the Hon. Henry Clsy, near
Lexington, Ky.," were entirely consumed by
fire, together with fifty tons of hemp, and a
small amount of manufactured articles on the
morning of the 7th lust We understand the j
loss is from seven to eight thousand dollars,
five thousand of which is covered by nisiir-
anco in the Lexington and JE'.na Insurance
offices. It was supposed to be the work of an
lnccncuary.
t
New York and Boston. We recently
gave an onlcial statement ot the assessed
value of the Real and Personal Estate in New
- -
York as compared with that ol iioslon, show-
lug mat tno prpeny iu tne latter city has in-
-I . . I " - i
creased 200,000,000 since the completion
of her great railroad, while that of N. Ycrk members of the legislature; met and nominal -ha
in the same period decreased &15.000.- ed Mr Brockenliorouyh as the democratic
000. J his is a singular discrepancy in the
movements of the I wo cities. The most im-
mediate aud active cause has been doubtless
the vast increase of business thrown into Bos-
ton by her lai'road communications with every
section of New England, as well as with
westeiu New Yoik, ciicumstances that have
also combined to draw fiom this city a fair
portion of her trade. 1 he operation of the
tariff weighing heavily upon commerce- the
chief suppoit of New York, while il has im
proved the value of factory property in Boston,
has also been conducive of the same results.
JV. . Morning JS'tics.
I wo or three of the Lowell companies,
won-o niaoe goou uivioeuas iusi year, earueo
j i!..! i j i .
them altogether by manufacturing for foreign
market", where their products came iu direct
competition with the cheap fabrics of Eng.
land. JY. Y. Tribune, dug- 14.
Then they certaiuly do not require a pro
tective tariff to sustain fhem against a com
petition with the loreign manufacturer at
home, if they can beat him single-handed
abroad, after all the rijk and expenses of ex
portation. Boston Moaning Post, Jiug. 16.
1 he hih protective tariff papers are ex
ceedingly alarmed at the possibility of a war
between the United States and Mexico, on
account of the injury it will be lo our shipp
ing interest ! Does a concern of this kind
euter
their minds when ihey advocate a pro- in6 a venire de uovo ; in McLean v Shu
ry tariff? man, iu Equity, from Guilford, direct in f the
bibitory
The Suffolk and TreWHont manuf.-ictutin
corporations have eaxh declared a semi - an -
nual dividend often per cent. Ibid.
Semi-annual DivmEtrDs. The York.
Methueo, and Dedharr manufacturing corn-
pa uies have each declared a semi-aunual divi-
dend ol 10 per cent.; and- the Noifolk Manu-
facturtng Company ditto of 12
per cent
Boston Post.
bis is near 25 per cent per annum pronts;
and how much is reserved, nobody knows.
Do manufacbires need exclusive protection ?
People are beginning- seriously to ask this
question, and it is time mat tney should.
Keen (JV. H. Kennblicnn. Jiuor 14.
29TH CONGRESS.
Of the members of the Senate elected up
to this day, 26 are democrats and; 24 whigs ;
nnd there are four vacancies in Mississippi,
Virginia, Indiana and Tennessee. ; All these'
will be filled wih democrats, thus making the
full Senate stand
Democrats, 30
Whig", 24
Democrat it mnjoiity, tB
Not counting the two Senators from Texas.
Under the new apportionment, the House
comprises 224 members, including the repre
sentative from Florida. Of these, 210 have
already been elected, 128 democrats, 76
whigs, and 6 natives giving the democrats
a majority over both of 46. 14 representa
tives remain to be elected, viz : 6 from Mary
land, 4 from Mississippi, l from Florida, and
1 (to till vaca ncies) from each of the Slates
of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachu
setts. These wiM probably iucrease our pre
sent majority in the House. Union.'
GEORGIA PENITENTIARY.
A correspondent of the Augusta Constitu
tionalist, of date August 21, 1S45, thus al
ludes to the GedrgiaPenitentiary.
" 1 notice a great puff iu Ihe papers about
the Penitentiary. It seems that Gov. Craw
ford is bragging about making a piofit by it
and anothei proving that he is losing by it. I
know this, and if it is any credit or honor to
Gov. Crawford, he is welcome to if. He has
managed, in the short time he has been in
Milledgeville, to compel several master work
men, mechanics, to leave the place journey
men were deprived of work. You can well
imagine the consequences lo wife and chil
dren. A hort time since, a gentleman from
Milledgeville informed me, that almost eveiy
mechanical pursuit in that city, was crippled
or destroyed by the policy pursued by Gov.
Crawford's direction of the Penitentiary.
There is but one Harness maker' there
aud
he has been compelled to solicit ihe office of
Magistrate, in order to keep even with the
world ; and this man is industrious and econ
omical, almost to a fault. Not a single Boot
and Shoe Maker but has been compelled to
leave or starve. The Tailoring business has
been so cut down, lhat fine cloth coats are of-
fercul to be made, iu the Peniteutiary, from
$3 30 to $5 00, and this business is ruined
in Milledgeville. House Caipenters, Brick-
layers, Mason, Cabiuet makers, iu fact,
every mechanical puisilit has suffered mate-
rially.
1 here might be some very tiiflmg palli.i-
tiou for all this1, if the Penitentiary operations
were not a grievous loss to the State. But
lhat adds additional injury. We are compell-
to be taxed to support au institution that
disparages our calling drives nvorthy brother
mechanics from Milledguville to seek other
places to obtain a livelihood, by indus'iy, or
grinds them down lo beggary aud staivatiou,
if they remain there1'
FLOftirti. V& perceive lhat otlr voting
sisier ot the I'eninsula. is ?t heady iu a peek ot
trouble, from which we despair of delivering
her. The Constitution provided that on her
admission into the Unioiij writs of election
should forthwith be issued bv'the Oovprnor for
the choice of a Legislature, &c, and that ihe
body should convene in a specified time.
All this has been done in its order. Bui ihe
Constitution also provided lhat a general elec
tion for the Legislature, &c, should be held
iu October of every year.
Now the LegUta-
lore recently elected, adjourned over to the
time fixed for the regular annual session, thu
giving to themselves by their own vote, Ihe
character of a legislature elecfed in October.
the propriety ol this is hotly called in noes
I - ft
lion, and ine people arc iiivitcu l elect a new
Iegi?.iture next October, according to the fun
damental law. If thev do so, there is likely
to he two legislatures in session at the same
i -
time, each claiming to be ihe proper State
I authorities. 1 his looks squally
I m t
moreover at tne recent session, a caucus,
composed of less than half the democratic
1 candid.ilo for Congress. Bom Ihe maimer
of the nomination and the caudidate are the
I subjects of censure, a ud a nominating Con
ventioo is loudly called for. It is a pity there
I htd not been more discretion aud moderation
I among the leaditm men. They hae becun
with a most unioomiaiug kettle of fish.
i Charleston JWercurv
i
SUPREME COURT OF N CAROLINA
Thu 1 riband! adjourned ou Friday last,
after having been in sflssion 73 days, and de
cided about 120 Cases. We subjoin the clos
ing proceedings of the Couit, exhibiting the
decisions made within the last week, vi i
.1 ------ , .
By Ruffin, C. J., iu Wood v Wood from
Davidson, directing the decree to be reversed,.
and the libel to be dismissed with cosls V in
Sims v Sims from Orange, affirming the judg
ment below ; in Arlington v Gee, from Nash,
atnrming the judgment below j iu -Long
Barnett, in Equity from Orunge directiug
r : 1 1 : 1 1 - ri, , -
meicinc i iu t imams v r loyu, irom l e
ir i? : . . .
ciaiioTci, uuiriiuug me iiiugment neiow ; iu
Retd v Potts and others, iu Equity from Ire
dell, dismissing the bill with costs ; in Denny
v Palmer, from Rockingham, affirming the jtf lg-
mem oeiow ; in uaniel v Joyner and others, in
Equity from Halifax, dissolvingtbe injunction;
in Bank of ihe State v Ford, et. al., from Pas
quotank, reversing the judgment and award-
injunction to De made perpetual
1 tsJr Aan,e' in Den ex dem. Fsan and
uuyther v frecia Walker, from Washington
M-r. re!ersed. judgment for Plaintiff:
!" a .ei Adn 's Ziglar, from Rock-
,. -a5 J . Sn,e"1 reversed aud judgment for
" :,.-J A:'orJVeuD"'g dismissing
i in r.nuiiv rrnm m.m a i . i s
. . ? in masters v Hardin?, de-
daring that ihe decree ought to be reversed and
the demurrer .Za
riarn tr inn-v iha rt-.. . i , .
Eq;ty from W.dtoff
be lalwn of the hir r ,L!
By Nash, J., in Christmas TaV;.
in
an account to
of the negroes, &c; in
GWder v L.
-.:. 4UU7 v
. . iu equity irom
disTrtrssin-ff the BiH wk cj i j
Summary Process. Oo Ibe 9th inst, four
negroes named Aaron, BUI," Lem, and Dolly,
the property ,of Thomas Hanahan, of Green
ville, Pitt county, N. C, were stolen out of
his field at sundown by three white men W m
Sharp Hester, John B Hester, and Abner H
Smith, also residing at Greenville. The
negroes were transported iu a wagon, circuit
ously and chiefly by night to Wilmington, N.
C, where they were entered by the false
names of Martial, Henry, Seth, and Auu, on
the 12th iustant, at ihe Custom House, and
thence by steamboat reached Charleston on
the 13 inst., in charge of W S Hester and A
H Smith, leaving J B Hester in Wilmington
N. C. W S Hester, on arrival here, assumed
the name of John Graham; A H Smith gave
some other, uot hit real name-. Graham,
without references, letters or visible title of
any kind whatever, left the negroes in charge
of a broker in Charleston, and, loo late for the
afternoon . boat of the 13th inst., left with
Smith on the 14th in the Wilmington steam
boat. On the 21st a letter was received by ihe
Mayor from Hamburg, S, C, describing the
thefl and describing the negroes, whereupon,
after prompt enquiry, a cpmrnUnicatiou was
sent to North Carolina, and n the morning
of the 24th inst., the owner, Mr Thos. Hana
han, with Gould Ho)t, Esq., of N. C, artived
nt Charleston, and forthwith called upon the
Mayor, who issued a search warrant in charge
of Constable Levy, who arrested the negroes,
atH upon examination beTore the Mayor, cor-
responded lully with tne preyious uescnpiiou,
were identified and proved to be ihe property
of Mr T. Hanahan, and delivered to him.
Messrs Hanahan and Hoy!, and the four ne-
. -tr;i-: . ivt
groes, oepariea ior liouugiou, ai. v., uy
return of steamer yesterday alicrnoon.
We understand that J B Hester was arrest
ed at Greenville, and confined iu the jail at
lhat place. Charleston Courier..
M ELAftcHOtT Accident.- It has been Ur
unpleasant duly to record ihore painful occur
rences wilhiu Ihe last lew weeks, than
usually falls to ihe lot of a country newspaper,
and still we have another to lay before our
readers. On Saturday last, Mr John "Sellers,
a worthy and respectable citizen of this Dis
trict, residing within about four miles of Ches
terfield C. 11., was called suddenly from this
World to appear before his Maker. The par
ticulars ol thi" melancholy event which ter
minated his existence, have been related to us,
ard are, in substance, as follow: The well on
Mr Sellers' premises had for some lime rr
quired cleaning out, but it having been. ascer
tained that there was much fool air in it, none
were iViilirig to ri.-k the descent. Yet aware
of this fact, on Saturday evening last, Mi.S.
V; ry imprudently made the attempt, and has
ttiid for his timerity with bis life. Calling to
his aid only his Utile sou, about ten or twelve
years of age, nnd a negro -gn I, ho went down
with a basket, which he filled either once or
twice with rotten wood, &c, which being
hauled up, he attempted to ascend by climb
ing up the sides of the well. This he bad
nealy nfTuctcd, having , reached within a few
feet of Ihe upper euro,, when he called or the
rope. At this' moment his little son looked
dttwu the well, aud saw his father in the act
of falling backward:, having. let go his hold
with his hainN, his feet btjing still but red
against ihe sides of the well. There is but
iule doubt thai he was overcorne by the foal
air, and Minted immediately alter calling tor
the rope. His death was almost instantane
ous, he never haviug spoken after the fall. A
Coroner's inqoest was held ou Ihe body, but
no suigie.al examination Iook pl-ice. Mr S.
was aooui 4U years ol ae, in very moderate
circumstance, aud has lelt behind him a wile
and 7 or 8 children. Cheraw Gazette.
Sweet Potatoes. We' had a fine sample
of this delightful vegetable handed us by out
esteemed ftieiid, Mr W. L. Ilobiuson, on
Thursday list. There were three varieties
the fi-st we ffjjnd good, Ihe second better, and
ihe lat best I but they all had rather a more
ish taste. If any one is desirous of compel
i.ng with Mr R. in the Sweet Potaloe liucj tie
offer ourself as umnire!
By the way, speaking of Sweet Potatoes,
Why cannot Ih'ey be raised to advantage, and
maiiolactured into 5tarch liiere is more
starch in the Sweet Potaloe. than iu the Irih,
and a heavier crop Can be raifed to Ihe acre
of the former than the latter, and yet the lrih
is converted into starch to a very considerable
extenf. Sweet Potatoes would pay a better
profit at 10 cents a bushel than Corn would
at 50 cents, if there was a sufficient home
maiket to render their safe certaiu and irnme
diate. At some future day we intend to ex
amine into this matter, as we are strongly of
opinion that Ihe manufacture Of starch might
be oarrfed on extensively and profitably in
:.tL...L j r . '
iu mis ueignooiuoon, or, in tact, almost any
u here throughout the Southern cotrutry, where
the land is adapted to the cultivaf jou of this
most excellent and valuable, root. Che taw
Gazette.
All the newspapers, says the Spit it of the
Times, are indulging now iu posthumous
laudations of the late lamented J. Augustus
Shea, Esq., the poef. They extol him to the
skies. And yet, poor fellow, when alive, we
have known him frequently to remaiu minus
a dinner. Many a mouth is ready enough
now to give hiiff immortality lhat, while he
walked the earth, was fumed aivay, lest he
should ask for employment to keep him from
the poor-house. Out opon such au arTeclalioU
of philanthropy !
CforksvirW August 18.
On Saturday last, a man named Robert
Bailey, from Cherokee county, N. C, bo
was in pursuit of bis faithless wife and her
paramour, a balf-breed Indian, from the same
county, overtook Ihe fugitives, who were on a
visit to the falls. They were about a mile
from Beat's, who keeps Ihe public house at
the falls, and were wahYing together when (be
ho.hanH cme ud. He fired bis riffe at therrY.
The ball parsed across the breist of his wife,
inflicting a severe flesh wound, and went
through the body of the Indian. The woman
fled to the bouse for assistance. When Beal
got to the Indian he was dying, and survived
but a few minutes.- Bailey has disappeared.
There is yet some mystery in the affair, at the
lady says that she hi not the wife of the murderer.
Communications.
' ":;r1For.tne'orth Carolinian.
FIFTf-SECOND ANNIVERSARY
Of the Fay elteville Independent Light lnfan-
" :,:-"; try Company.
' Capt.JJayne : I bad the pleasure on Satur
day last of witnessing the. target-firing and
partaking of the collation of wis ancient and
very respectable Corps , Mil if a ire ; ' the mem
bers turned out well, being about 45 in ranks.
After re-electing Major Cook Commandant
forthe ensuing year, they marched to that old
and well-known grove called Eccles's, where
a beautiful target, handsomely lettered, was
placed betore the Company. Each member
viewed it with an anxious eye, and his connr
tenauce seemed to say, " I will spoil vour
pretty face with every shot ; doubtless think
ing at the samo lime, " I will wear lhat golden
star through Ihe streets this day," (they shot
for a gold medal.) At 12 o'clock they com
menced target-firing after three rounds the
company was formed in hollow square, where
the result was read out by Capt. Bayne of the
Rifle Corp, at which time he presented the
rnedai to :he champion with a few short buf
very appropriate remark. The three besi
average shots were as follows :
First best, Mr Thos. Mitchell,
Second do. Mr W. W. xMoffitt,
Third do. Mr Saml. Decker,
5 7-16.
5 7-8.
6 7-16.
The best siogle shot was made bv Mr Mof
fitt, being only j of au inch from the centre.
Iu addition to this there were about one hun
dred ball holes in the target seven balls p&s.
sed ttnough ohti break, about 1 inches from
the centre. What will the Raleigh Guards
j-ay to this? Their best average shot, I under
stand, was 91. This company says to ihem
in the face of their target, "boys pick your
lliuts and try again, we will beot you next
year." What would a Mexican say if he
was to stand by and see such shooting as this?
He would say it wont do logo to Fayelteville,
for the Independent Company have got n Cook
there who always keeps a dih ready at bis;
call, aud all so liberai-heaited, in dealing out
i to strangers, it
("constitution."
might
not be
good for
our
Let but ihe gentleman to whom this golden
medal was awarded, together w ith his brother
soldiers and officers, ever possess a spirit of.
pride aud patriotism as pure as the metal of
which Ihe prize was made, and rest assured'
that they can uot ouly Stand Ihe fiies of Mex
ico, or auy other foieign impudence, seven1
limes, but wren times seven, 'ihey acted like
a baud of brothers all things passed off well.
Alter Ihe medal had been awarded, wo weie'
iuyited up to a richly spread table,' where thu
heart for the hungry' Kake was made glad tit
the sight of the fine roast pigs, tut keys, chirk
ens, hams, pickles, aud many other things
comfoi table, too tedious to mention. The
eyes of the thirsty weie greeted at the. sight of
two large tubs of excellent lemonade, and the
lover of good ruder and sobriety was gratified
lo see no intoxicating drinks on Ihe table as
was formerly customary.- nnd last, instead of
the bottles, here came a cnrl load of splendid
watermelons, whi-.h were placed on ihe table
n line ol ba'ile ; the command was iven to
nake the attack, no tooiier f.iid than don,-
aud Ihe former was soon biin; but hrid! ihey
possessed the sptrtl of lotmer years on lhr
hill, some of ihe "natives" miht have been
wounded, if uot slain. The committee.
Mes.-r Capt. A. A. McKethan, W. E. Kiik-
putiick, and John Wilkinson, deserve great
creditj and are certainly entitled to the thanks
of their invited guests for their very excellent
collation. Go on boys, I hope you w ill alwys
he on the committee when 1 am to be me ol
your guests. 1 am sure we shall never peri.-h
ei'her by the sword or for want of " goodies''
ou the (able, while you have a Cook iu the"
crowd. A GUEST.
For the North Carol-nian.
Astronomers! yc men of slsirs !
What ails i lie mighty hero Mors ?
Why is he eeen at dead of night.
Marching o'er the t lherial hriht ?
ilis lace more red, more fir'd his eye,
Than any planer (' the ky.
Is it because he heard afar,
Of Mexico's il.c4arni-war ?
That he ha douu'd liis tn-lmi t bright
AimJs marching on to join the llht 1
Uis increas'd .ize is proof alone,"
Of two great Fpifits link'd in one.
May not it be tbat Jackson' ee,
Is addm lustre lo Ihe sky ?
And that, cotniiiincljng with the itorv
His ale is hnk'd with tbat of Mare?
And that tiie s-pint of the jus',
Returns atfcci on for its dust 7
That he looks down Irom his high state,
With parent's feeling for our fate.
And Jupiter renown'd of old,
The great, the noble, and the bold.
Why comes he too, at this lone hour.
When darkness would usurp herpow'r 7
Is it because of war he heard,
Aad that the hero's blood is stirr'd.
And stooping from, his lofty height.
He would dttend a nation's right ?
He loo has borrow'd size of late,
His martial bearing's grown more great.'
May not it be that Washington,
WLo ftccdom for his country won,
His sou now resting wit,b bis SoV
Sid! unftrg"tful of the sod,.
- Whereon hi name's for aye enrolTd,'
In living h-Uers bright as gold ; .
Tbat link'd with Jupiter he roves.
In spirit on the land he loves.
And that he looks with watchful eye,
Upon his nation's destiny.
Those spirits of departed worth,
Hovering nightly on this earth,
As rich in purity as might,
Are hut the guardians of its right.
Gre it Jupiter, and Mars his son,
Are our Washington and Jackson ;
While th'-se bold spirits lend their aid,
What foe will dare our soil invade ?
This motto on our flag's unfurl'd,
" America against the world."
The Spartanburg paper, as well as several
of its correspondents, recommends, very
strongly, the laboring portion of their commu
nity to move away to Tennessee or Virginia,'
where there is grain and work lor all," the'
sooner the better. We think this rather bas
fy, as the Convention to be held in Union,
next month, of the upper districts of South'
Carolina', will certainly have sufficient influ
ence to cause the Governor to call the Legis
lature together a month .earlier, to make some
provision for its chizens. In this our own
State, we fear but little can be expected, as
we in the west are nearly as bad off as our
neighbors. Yet We will stick to the home
stead, and hope onr for better tinaea. Linedln
Courier.