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. punisisiEEn X2VX3R7 SATURDAYS' In advance, peryear,$2 00 Not paid in advance, 2 50 Not paid until six months have expir ed, 300 Not paid till the year has expired, 350 ADVERTISING! One squareoftwenty-en lines or les,for one inser tion, GO, cents ; every sub -seauentinsertiou.SO cent pexcept it remaininfor jcv. iieralmontlis, wnen n win jibe charged $3 for two r months, 34 for three, &.C V.S10 lor twelvemonths. CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE GLORY OF THE STATE IS THE COMMON TROrERTV OF ITS CITIZENS. 5 No subscription received -- for a less time then a year,'; unless the price be paid '"ijjjTT ,'K7XV3! XX FAYETTE YILLE, N. C, APRIL 5, 1851. for large advertisements ,!y tlie year orsix mortis VOS. 12-.OTO, 632. i! Or?- Persons who adrcrtise in the newspapers should always mark their advertisements with the number of nsertions : otherwise they often forget and let the ad- ertUeuient ran longer than necessary , and -when the bill comes to be settled- there is something said about the ca3T, And when an article is advertised for sale, w hex it is ioi-D, the ndrertiser should attend to taking it out of tbe paper, because it misleads the readers of the paper csides ruuuing him to morecost. rmcEs of AT TUB CAROLINLAN OFFICE. From and after the 1st of Sept. 185 0. For all such Blanks as we keep for sale, GO cents per quire. Where Blanks are printed to order, the prices will rane from 33 cts. to 1 30 per quire, thus: 1 quire cap blanks S'l 30 per ouire. 2 . it (& j 00 83 73 GO 30 10 3 4, 3 or (j 10 13 20 1 quire letter-sheet blanks 1 23 2 !) 73 0') 33 4 3 33 3 " 4, 3 or 0 10 " 13 2 0 Any Mink printed to order which has more iiMtter in it, than is usual in bl.mks printed for the above prices, will be charged extra accord ing to the amount of matter, or the f.iiiey-work directed to be done. In like manner, a tdank containing but a few lines ot matter to the sheet will be charged a less price. NEW CLOTHING AND GEMTLKMEKS' OUTFITTING E.STAKUS1IMEXT. A. WALDAUEll & CO., (He street, corner opposite Eayclteville Hotel, and next Jour to .Messrs J All ys store,) Has jut received a large assortment of winter Clothing cniisisling of lin double-sfwvd drab Overcoats; fine Cas tarin Conts; tine frock and dress Coats. &.c. : and a good assortment of 1'autuloons of all colors and prices. Cloaks, Catnlons. a new and fashionable article; winter loose Sacks, and all kinds of winter Coats; line Shirts, (the finest assortment ever brought into this market). Boots. Shoes. Hats, Cas, Xruuks. Travelling Bags. Umbrellas . Sec. Old customers are particularly invitfd to call and ex amine our goods. A. WALUAUKB& CO. Nov 2. ISoO. Cm NEGROES WANTED. 1ash will be paid for likely young Negi oes if application i madesooti. J. & T. XV. DDILL. Sept 14, 1.',0. C03-tf FAIjrAND WINTKU We are now receiving our F.'ll and Winter Goods, consisting of a very general and well selected stock, In all .Lines. which we are offering on our usual terms. All sorts of Produce purdiascd ; and we attend as usual to the Forwarding Busi ness. J. & T. WAD DILL, Nov 30, IS 10 CI 1-tf Hay street. j oil rf d. w ill I a! W, Commission and Forwarding MEIICIIANT- Fayetteville, N- C. Feh, '23, ls30. GK0CERS AND COMMISSION 135 Front Street, near Maiden Lane Particular attention paid to the sale of Cot ton, Naval sslures, and other Produce. Liberal advances made on consignments. P.MALLKTT. MfW YORK. J.TAULMIEU. Jan. 11, 1S51. Cm Benj. Blossom & Son, COMMISSION" MERCHANTS, No. 145, Front Street, SEW YOKK. Liberal advances made upon consignments of N.iv.il Stores, Cotton, Grain, and other produce. Jan'y IS y jos kv 1 1 j7. bi.ossoai, G E N E 11 AL C 0 M M I S S I 0 N AND Forwarding Mcrdiant, WILMINGTON, X. C Prompt personal attention sivpn to consign ments, and cash advances made on shipments to me or my friends in New York. Feb'y "'22, ISjI ly WANTED. A goou Carriage Trimmer will find steady em ployment and good wages, by applying imme diately to A. A. McKETHAN. Fayetteville, March 15. tf JUST RECEIVED, 1730 Panama, Leghorn, and Palm-leaf HATS, And this springs Paris and New York stvle of mole-skin, silk and anjola Hats, a beautiful ar ticle. Also, men's, boys' and children's beaver, silk, and fur do., of every desciiption, from sev eral of the best manufactories in the U. States, together with a good assortment of mv own manufacture, which makes jny stock the most complete ever offered in this msrket. A few beautiful misses' Gypsies and oil silk. I have made arrangements that will enable me to sell to country merchants and dealers, at wholesale, at a very small advance, and respect fully invite them and all others in want of Hats ' and Caps, to give me a call, believing that it will be to their advantage to do so, as I have deter mined to sell cheap. Highest prices paid for fur skins and lamb's wool. DAVID GEE, North-east corner Market Square, Green st. March 15, 1S51. POST OFFICE INFORMATION. A single letter means any weighing ounce avoidrupois or less. A letter weighing over 1 oz. and less than 2 isregarded as 4 letters. Newspaper, means a paper of 1900 square in ches or less. No P. M. can frank a letter weighing over J ounce, except on 'official Business.' Postage on letters from any office in the U. S., to and from California, or our Territories on the Pacific, 40 cents prepaid or not. 'Newspapers and pamphlets 3 cents each, sea postage, and the inland Postage to be added, if any. P. M.'s whose corn's were $200 or less for the year ending June 30, 1S50, can send and receive written letters free, not weighing over oz. each on their own private business. They can Irank to California, or any other place in the U. S. possessions, but not beyond. Postage on letters to China, &.c. may be 75 cents or -15 cents. Postage on regular or transient papers, 1 or 1 cents, and 50 per cent, commission on them. Total postage on papers to Great Britain 4 cents, 2 cents to be paid in each country; to any ptace through Great Britain 4 cents, prepaid. The Postage on letters, to or from Great Brit ain is 2 lets., the single rate. The franking privilege 'travels with .its pos sessor.' A Postmaster can frank through any office he may pass in travelling, but he cannot send franked letters from his own office at the same time. Postmasters whose annual compensation is not over $200, may frank names of subscribers and money to newspapers. Postmasters are entitled by livv to the follow ing commissions on the amount of letter postages received by them in each quarter of the. year, and in due proportion of any fractional part of a quarter ; but no Postmaster can receive a larger compensation from commissions than $--300 per quarter: 40 per cent, on the first .100; Xf " next 300 ; 30' " " " 2,000; 12! " on all over 2,100 : A commission of 50 per cent, is allowed on postage of Newspapers, Pamphlets, and Maga zines; also two cents is allowed for the delivery of each free letter, (excepting free packets of printed matter, such as Speeches, Sec, though made up in letter form,) to officers where the commission does not am't to $500. On letters received for distribution at such offices as are designated for that purpose by the Postmaster General, a commission of 7 per cent, is allowed Postmasters whose annual compen sation is not over $200 may frank names of sub scribers and money to editors. At offices where the mail is regularly to arrive between the hours of J o'clock in the evening and 5 o'clock in the morning, 50 instead of 40 per cent, is allowed on the first $100 of letter postage. Table of jiostages. i 07. Letters not over 300 miles, Letters over 30!) miles, Dropped letters, Letters bv British mails, 30 GO o 144 Newspapers not over ?0t) mils, or within tlie St.ite, for each sheet or supplement, Do. over 100 miles and out of t he State, To be prepaid if not sent from the office of publication. Pamphlets, Magazines, Periodi cals and all other printed mat ter, except as before and under mentioned for each not over loz 1 cent. 11 cts. 2oz. 3 oz. 4 oz A fraction of 2 oz. over not to be 2 1 r. regarded. Circulars and handbills not over single cap size and unsealed (to be prepaid,) 3 cents. Tlie Cunard line of steamers is under contract pay with Great Britain, for carrying mails, and ail the postage except 5 cents on letters carried from the IJ. States by that line, is received by Great Britain; but tlie Collins' linn is under con tract with the United States, and all the postage except 3 cents on letters carried out by this line, is received by the U States. UIIOCKHIES, PROVISIONS, &c. R0BT. MITCHELL, (drey's Row, Gillespie street.) Has always on hand Prime Bacon, Whiskey, Brandy and Rum, Sugar, Coffee, Flour, Meal, Corn, Tobacco, Candles, Molasses, Salt, Castor Oil , Painted Water Pails, N.iils, Hollow-ware, Prime and Mess Pork, Prime and Mess Beef, Saltod Fish of various kinds, Winter shad, herrings, mulletts, &-C These are all cash articles, and can only be hd from me for the CASH, and they will con sequently be sold at very low cash ju ices. Fresh butter and eggs generally on hand, and other family articles. K. MITCHELL. March S, 1S51. 3m WASI1IXGTOX LIVERY STABLES. J. J. Philips & Kobt. IV 00 ten Are prepared to furnish the public with HOUSES, CARRIAGES. & BUGGIES, kcsd q a s as. 63 i:. They are also prepared to send passengers to any of the neighboring towns, on reasonable terms. Their stock may be found at their sta ki !inti, Za : . t . 1 1 . . 1. i lvi IC 11JC MCIBUUIH il.piSCOpai V, HUTCH, Hay street. They always have in attendance a good hostler and reinsman. They will take horses on livery at reasonable terms. A two-horse carnage will be in readiness, at short notice, to convey passengers to or from the steamboats. Please give us a call, and if satisfaction is not given, no pay will be required. Favetfeville, March S, 1S51. Cm 2 oz 1 oz. 2 oz 5 To "20 10 20 40 ' ' 2 " 21 4S W PETER P. JOHNSON, Is now receiving his stock of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, consisting of a large assort- mePasliioiiable G-oods for Ladies and Gentlemens' wear for Spring and Summer. Also, Boots and Shoes, Ready-made Clothing, fashionable Bonnets &c. Alt of which hia customers and friends are re spectfully invited to call and examine. Also, Groceries, Hardware, and Cutlery, Iron, &.C., all of the best qualitv. March 22, 1851. " f.r,0-3t ENCOUUAGK THE B1G31E THE undersigned would respect full announce to their friends and the fashionable public generally, that they have just received their Spring and Summer Report of New York and Philadelphia Fashions fur Gen tlemen's Clothing; and would tender their thanks for past patronage, and solicit a continuation from all who mavwantto have just the thing in the way of a good fitting coat, pants, or vest. No pains will be spared in giving entire satisfaction to all those who may favor them with their pat ronage. Their prices low for cash or note. GRAHAM Sc WOODWARD. West end Hotel Building. Hay street. March 22, 1S51. "G30-3m We want 5000 customers to call and examine our new and desirable assortment of Spring and Summer Goods, Selected ia New York, which we offer at extremely low prices. DRY GOODS : Calicoes. Oinjrhams. I.nwiis-. Muslins. Cambrics. Cham brays, brown :mil 1 in bed h hirtings. &.c. &c. Also. Mitts, Veils. Bmiils. Uobbiueti. Kilgiugs. Laces, colored Counet Dimity, fc. HEADY-MADE CLOTHING Coats, from $1 to $.15; Saeques. Coatees. Union Tweeds, Merinn . -ind Alpaec.-i. !iTits and vests. A prime lot of lUBEONS, which we can sell lower than any other house iu town. GROCERIES, Porto iSico Sugar. Clnritied do.: Rio Coffee. Starch. Pepper. Gin;;er. Spice. Soaps. Mustard. Snuff t Tobacco! Dairy Cheese: Principe iiUgalia Segars, CognacBrandy. Port Wine. &.;. All persons desirous of obtaining bargains, are invited to call one door east of Cook 4c Tavlor's. J. SMITH &. CO. March 22. ISGI. Cm Spring Goods, 1851. JAMES KYLE Has just received a large and general assort ment of Dry Goods, among which are J00 pieces new stvle Calicoes, -'50 " " Ginghams, yiO " printed and embroidered Lawns, Brocade and other Silks, Swiss and other Muslins Irish Linens, Lawns and Diapers, Bobinet Lace and Kdgingrs Silk, Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Umbrellas and Parasols, Superfine Cloths and Cassirneres, Tweeeds and Mare no Cassimere, Bonnets, uncommonly cheap, Bolting Cloths, Anker brand, with many other goods, all of which were Pur chased by the package for cash. Those wishing: to purchase by wholesale or retail, will please call before purchasing elsewhere, as good bar sains may be expected this season. March 15, 1S51. M. GKEEXTKEK & CO., Market Square,- next floor to J. M. Beasley, Jeweler Have just opened a larce stock of ready made Clothing for Spring and Summer wear, consisting of h ess and frock coats from 5 to $15. Business Coats from $'2 50 to .$5 and upward. Pantaloons, vests, of all kinds for spring and Sum mer wear. Silk. Docket and neck IS- handkerchiefs, shirts, suspenders, &.c. Gentlemen are requested to call and examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. March 2:2, 1S51. 3m. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. The Subscriber having obtained letters of ad ministration, on the estate of D.ml. XV. Mirsh, at the December term of Cumberland County Court, 1S50, hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them within thr time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Persons indebted to the estate are requested to make payment imme diately. ABS. MARSH. DUNCAN McFADYEN. March f2, 1S51 G30-3t. Fisfo's Patent JYIetalic BURIAL CASES. The Subscriber has been appointed Agent for the sale of these Metalic Coffins, and has re ceived and int ends to keep a supply of various sizes, combining the late improvements. They are equally as good in all respects as the ordinary Wood Coffin, and in various particulars are far superior. Being air tight, remains can be kept in them w ithout burial for a reasonable lensth of time, withou tany oflensive odor. They are also proof against water or vermin, and whether intended for ordinary burial in the ground, for vaults, or for transportation, they will be found to meet the expectations of those who use them. If it is necessary at any time, even 50 years after interment, to remove remains, it can be done without any difficulty lor the Cases themselves will last as long as time itself. Thev- have received Premiums at the State Fairs "of New York in IS 10 and 150; at the State Fair of Ohio in 1S50; at the American In stitute in N. York; at the Boston Mechanics' Charitable Association, and at the Franklin In stitute, Philadelphia. These cases are now very extensively used in the large cities, and have been highly approved of, as may be seen by certificates in mv posses sion. DUNCAN McNEILL. Fajetteville, March 29, 63 1-tf $10 Reward. I will pay the above reward for the apprehension and de livery to me of my man DAVE; he is about 5 feet 10 inches high; thick large frame; about 2S vears old. The same reward will be paid for SOLOMON. They went eff last Monday to- trethpr ' p. C-lfin Mir'iril u.ill h d'fcn for th cnnirf inn of any white person for harboring both, or $50 for harboring either of them. CHARLES MONTAGUE. ' March 29,1351. 631-tf G-OODS. The Subscribers would announce to the pub--lic that they have associated themselves together under the style and firm of STARR &. WIL LIAMS, for the purprse of transacting a general wholesale and retail Dry Goods business. In their store may now be seen the latest styles of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dress Goods in great varietv. including a selection of elegant CHENE SILKS, to which they solicit the par ticular attention of the ladies. Also, Gro de Rhines, Gro de Swiss, Chamelion, Fullard, Check and black watered Silks: fig'd & plain silk and linen tissues; white satin; barages; fig'd lawns; grenadines and dona louisas; figured, col'd and embroidered Swiss, jaconet, mull and checked muslins; Victoria and bishop lawns; pink, blue, crimson and corn-colored tarletons ; chene, check and brocade poplins ; pink, crim son, white, blue and green llorencrs ; polka, chene and brocade bonnet ribbons; belts; chene scarls and neck ribbons; black silk lace; French worked and Saratoga collars; lace capes; wrought sleeves; wristletts and elastic cuffs; mourning sleeve cuffs and collars ; chantilla, Canton-crape5, and other shawls; a superior article of Alexan der's white, black and col'd kid gloves; twisted silk and long-armed mitts; embroidered chimi setts; mus in, blond, Swiss, wove and thread edgings. FOR GEJTLEMEJ" S JVE.lIi: Black, brown, forest-green, blue, and olive Cloths; black and colored Drab d'Etes; French doe skin and summer Cassirneres; white and checked Linens; Italian cloth and cashineret, for summer coats; satin, silk and Marseilles vesting; gentlemen's cravat and scarfs, anew and beauti ful article. A large assortment of fashionable EONNETS, worth Irom 50 cts. to Misses' and hoys' fashionable summer Hats and Bonnets iu great variety. Panama, double and single brim-Leghorn and palm-leaf HATS; fash ionable mole-skin, beaver, brush," coney, angola, and other Hats; traveling and common trunks ; umbrellas and parasols, with a large stock of French calf BOOTS; ladies', gentlemen's, misses' and infant's Gaiters, Shoes and Slippers. We respectfully invite those purchasing jroods in this market, to give our stock an examination. J . M. Williams' old stand, Hay street, nearly opposite the Fayetteville Hotel. J. M. WILLIAMS, J. B. STARR. Fayetteville, March 20, 1S51 NEW SPRING & SUMMER G- O O P S . AREY, SHEMWELL & CO., Are now receiving direct from N,ew Yirk .and Philadelphia, their spring and sumnter Goods, embracing every "article which is usually kept in a Dry Goods Store. They would call the at tention of the ladies in particular to their very handsome stock of DRESS GOODS, which have been selected with the greatest care by one of the firm, and which w ill compare, in quality, styles and prices, with anj' in the mar ket. Thev will not enumerate, as thev have such a varietv; and would say to the ladies that the-have no Jenny Lind goods, but would re spectfully solicit a call to see the goods and hear their names. To the gentlemen they would say that they have the hanJsomest stock of Cloths", Cassirneres and Vestingsthat have ever been ex hibited in this market. Give us a call. Also, a large assortment of ladies', gentlemen's and children's BOOTS and SHOES, and a beauti ful lot of Parasols and Umbrellas, together with a general assortment of CANTOX CRAPE SHAWLS, white and col'd; summer Vizites and Mantillas ; lace and muslin Capes, Collars and Cuffs; mourning and second mourning ditto. Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Spice-, &.c. March 20, 1S50. GRKA T A TTRA CTION Clotliing, Clothing, j BETTER AND CHEAPER THAN EVER. All gentlemen who may be in want of good and cheap Clothing, would find it to their great advantage to call on me before purchasing else- ! wnere, as I have just returned from the northern ' cities with an entire new, splendid, and lare j stocii 01 lliL.JiJi -At AUrj UL.U i UiAG, consis-t-ing of every variety of Coats, Vests, and Panta loons, furnishing goods, domestic dry goods, hats, caps, boots and shoes, trunks, valises, carj it bags, walking canes, umbrellas, &c. &lc. Constantly on hand, a large assortment of Ha vana, Regalia, and Principe Segars, of the most favorite brands. Also, fine cut ehewing and smoking Tobacco of superior quality, which will be disposed of at wholesale on very favor able terms. 1 am grateful for past encouragement of my former customers, and solicit a continuance of the same; and all who may recommend their friends to trade at my establishment, can depend upon their being dealt with fairly and honestly, and receiving for their money its full equivalent; and I pledge mvself to use all honorable means to give satisfaction and deserve the confidence of! my patrons. Call at my establishment and see for yourself. GEORGE BRANDT, South side Hay street, opposite H. Branson Sc Son. March 29, 1S51. 3m At the March Term, 1S51, of our Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, it was ordered by the Court, that tlie tolls charged at the several Bridges and Ferries in Cumberland County shall not exceed the following, that is to say: At Bridges and Ferries, over the Cape Fear river, For all Wagons and Carriages drawn by 1 or more horses, 50 cents. Drawn by three horses, 40 " " . two " 30 " " one " 20 " Horse and rider, 10 " Loose horses, each, Persons on foot, Cattle, hogs, sheep, &c. At all other Bridges and Ferries, For all wagons or carriages drawn by o o 1, 2 or 3 horses, Drawn by 4 or more horses, Horse and Rider, 10 cents. 15 " 5 " Extract from the Minutes, J. McLAURIK, Clark March 29, 1S51. 631-3t 3tfPrime New Orleans Molasses, hourlv expected by Steamer Rowan, and for eale by " II. BRANSON L. SON. March 29, IS51. 531-St Five SliareS Fajetteville and Western Plank Road stock for sale. Inquire" at this Oface. G31-3t lOfiTH CAR0LLlA.Nr. Witt. II. Kuynei Editor and Proprietor FAYETTEVILLE. X. C. APRZ57i851. NO ARREST. All a mistake. We regret to learn that a letter was received here on Tuesday 1st inst., by Mr Benbow, in which it is stated that Pitt has not been arrested in New York, but is belived to have 'taken passage on the steamer Chio for California. Mr Benbow has telegraph ed to NewOrleans, where the steamer will touch, and it he does not conclude to stay at Ilavanna, where the steamer also touches, he will proba bly be arrested at New Orleans. If he stops in Cuba, $100 is enough to justify an officer to go after him and bring him back, if the Cuban authorities will surrender him. But the failure of the U. S. courts to convict any of the " Cuban invaders" may lead to a refusal of surrender. DISASTROUS FIRE. By a telegraphic despatch from a friend at Ral eigh, we learn that the Manteo Paper Mills, in that vicinity, was totally destroyed by lire on Saturday night last, about 1 1 o'clock. The fire originated from friction in the machinery. The establishment belonged to Messrs J. F. Jordan & Co., who had recently fitted it up with all the improved machinery, with which they were en abled to make about 25 reams per day of such paper as the Observer is printed on. The loss is heavy, we are informed, as nothing was saved but apart of the manufactured stock. Insurance about .5,000. This lire will be a great inconvenience to Edi tors in this State, nearly all of whom obtained their supplies of printing paper from that Mill. P. S. The proprietors have promptly com menced to rebuild, and hope to be again in oper ation by the middle of August next. Observer. 03" The whigs of Tennessee have nominated Wm. Campbell as their Candidate for Governor. The democrats, we believe, have named Gen. Wm. Trousdale. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. Bal.tim.ore, March 27. The steamship Canada arrived at Halifax last nitht, with Liverpool daces to the 15th, and 75 passengers. Cotton had declined one-eighth (?) on better qualities, to one quarter (J) on lower qualities. The sales of the week were 31,000 bales. It was supposed in England that it would not be possible for the Russel administration to hold together until after Easter, as the Ministry had sutlercd another defeat in Parliament. The agitation among the Catholics relative to the penal measures proposed by the ministry, con tinues unabated. The Protectionist leaders are making strong efforts to secure a majority in the House of Commons favorable to 4s. duty on for eign corn, and Is. on breadstuff's FATAL AFFRAY IN EDGEFIELD, S. C. We learn the following particulars of a horritl shooting affair, which occurred in Edgefield District, on the 25th ult Tlie parties engaged in it were Elbert Hardin, Wm. Tread way, Wm. Wilson and Steph en Wilson. It appears that the difficulty arose between the Wilsons and the other two persons mentioned, in regard to the line fence between their plantations. J he Wilsons proceeded to move the fence fur ther in on their own land, when Mrs Hard in discovered it and forbade them threat ening, at the same time, to cut off the hands of the negroes who were moving the rails. The Wilsons ordered the negroes to proceed, which they did. Mrs Hardin then sent off for Hardin ami Treadaway. On their arrival, it seems that thev resisted the moving of the fence Hardin attacking the Wilson's with a rail, .Wm. Wilson and Treadaway bein armed with guns. Wilson shot Treada way, who soon fell, mortally wounded. Hardin then stunned Wilson by strik ing him with the rail seized tlie gun of Treadaway and fired at Wm. Wilson, without effect. Wilson then fired at him, the shot taking effect in one eye, and also in his face, breast and arm. Treadaway has since died from the wouwds inflicted Hardin is not yet dead, but the wounds are represented to be very severe. We give the above particulars as we have heard them from good sources. They are doubtless mainly correct. We understand that Wm. Wilson delivered himself up in Hamburg, and was admitted to bail. Au gusta Republic. Sudden Death. Augustus Moore, Estp-, a distinguished member of the North Carolina Bar. and formerly a Superior Court Judge in that State, died suddenly at his residence in Edenton on Sunday niht last. Air Moore was apparently in wood health, and white sitting in his house was seized with an apoplectic tit and died in a few minutes. Giant Cotton Stalk. :The Alabama Journal, Montgomery, says: We. were shown a few days since by Mr. Coxe, one of the delegates from , this quarter to the World's Fair in London, a , section of an immense cotton stalk, which he will take with him as a specimen of the plant as it grows in the rich prairie bottoms of Alaba ma. The plant was twenty feet in height and bore 1.000 boles. It was grown on the plantation of Mr P. A. Wray, of. this county. A HUNGRY BOARDER. Every one who ha? boarded at a city hotel, or boarding house, is aware of the "grab game" system of operations which often prevails at these places during meal time. At every such place there are more or less persons with piggish manners ami voracious appetites, who seek to monopo lize the lion's share of any delicacies w hich may be placed on the table; and the others are consequently compelled to "look after Number One, in self-defence . Some years ago, one of our city hnteU was favored with a boarder of this sort, w ho had a frightfully ravenous appetite, to which Justice Greed y's ''wasn't a circum stance.-' He was a tall, .Latein-ja wed chap, with an exceedingly hungry iuok. and had the dilating powers of an anacon da. Only Ichabod Crane, or huge mouth ed Guargantua, with' his enormous appetite lor "plenty of links, and , chittlings, and puddings, in their season, could be his parallel; and what rendered him a inoro formidable competitor at the dinner-table, v;;s a pair of long arms, which enabled him to swoop iu all the ''creature cum forts," far and near, about his plate, while he bolted them with a rapidity that would have thrown Graham into hysterics?"' Among other things, he was exceedingly fond of sti aw-berrics, in their season, and generally managed to crowd them so fast into his "abdominal pantry," that lew of the boarders could secure any portion of the luxury. One day a plan was laid by the latter with the assistance of the ser vants, to mortify him if possible, and. shame him-out of his gluttony. After he had as usual, cleared the dish of its contents, and had called to the servant, "John bring me some more of those straw berries," two or t'.iree waiters came in, bearing a huge platter loaded with his fa vorite luxury, and clearing away a wide space among the dishes, deposited it before him. Our hero's eyes sparkled with a per fect ecstacy of delight at the prospect be fore him; he coughed and cleared his throat drew his chair nearer to the table rolled up the culls of his coat-sleeves and then proceeded coolly and deliberate ly, but with amazing celerity, to relieve th platter ot its contents. In a few minutes, the entire heap of straw-berries had disap peared having been transferred with ma gical dexterity to our hero's stomach and, turning to "John," who was tranaftscd with astonishment, he said "John, couldn't you contrive to scare up another dish of thost sir aio -berries, scme how? And mind, bring me a good lot vf them, for I should like to get my share of them once. A NEW OMNIBUS. A new omnibus has been introduced in to Ltondon, soananged that every passen ger has a tloor, a seat and a window for himself, with a gutta percha tube through which to convey orders to the cab. The arrangement is mo.t ingenious. The only difficulty is, that friends getting in have no opportunity of saying a word to each other until the journey is performed. Connect ed with every seat, or cell, or box, which ever it may be called, is a self-acting ma chine for registering the daily number of passengers. A Cure for Neuralgia. The Cour rier des Etats Unis says: A young doctor of the Paris Faculty of Medicine has just made a discovery, which we deem of importance to communicate to our readers. Neuralgic affections are, of ail others, the most impervious to the art of medicine. M. Desterne, profoundly convinced of the science in those affections, so common and so terrible, has devoted himself zealously to researches upon the physiological action of the nervous system. Taking for the starting Mint of his resear ches the remarkable results of the cure of Neuralgia by the cauterization of the "helix," he has discovered a method of curing instantaneously, and without- dis turbing any organ, all Neuralgic affections of the head, attacks of megrim, and pains resulting from teeth in an advanced state of decay. What renders this discovery truly marvellous, is tlie promptness at once of the cure, and its perfect success in more than two hundred cases, which have presented themselves since the SL9A cf December, the date of the first experi ments. M. Desterne purposes presenting to the Academy of Medicine a memoir upon this important discovery. The presentation of the memoir is only retarded by the hope which the author entertains of preventing, by the same means, hysterical and epilep tic attacks, and his desire to make a more complete work. Original Conundrums. Why is .a thief who purloins a feather pillow like a tear ? ' Because he steals soft down from the head, and evaporates. . Why is a wise man like a pin P Because he has got a head. and. conies to a point. Why is a fool like a needle ? He has an eye, but he has got no head; and you can't see: his point. "John, I'd like' to bet you three to one that I can spell, barrel with one letter." Well, I'll take you." "Now then. John, if you were to write the word yourself, and had but little room to doit in, wouldn't you think a baft L would be enough ?' i
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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